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PhDs in Focus: Understanding rare diseases

Author: Aoife O’Sullivan

For our PhDs in Focus blog series, Aoife O’Sullivan outlines how their Manchester BRC PhD project is investigating how certain rare developmental genetic conditions affect a person’s thinking, behavioural, emotional and social skills, as part of the Rare Conditions theme.

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Embed, Build, Accelerate – Manchester BRC Director’s blog – November 2024

Author: Professor Anne Barton

In her latest blog Professor Anne Barton, Director of Manchester BRC, celebrates the £68.2 million in additional funding awards that we have leveraged in our second year and how they support our vast teams to deliver research which can save, change and improve lives.

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PhDs in Focus: The predictive value of extended high-frequency hearing

Author: Melanie Lough

For our PhDs in Focus blog series, Melanie Lough outlines how their Manchester BRC PhD project aims to determine the value of the highest frequency range of human hearing for predicting hearing aid fitting outcomes, as part of our Hearing Health theme.

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PhDs in Focus: Understanding the risk of developing mental health conditions among children and young people after a cancer diagnosis

Author: Moe Zandy

For our PhDs in Focus blog series, Moe Zandy outlines how their Manchester BRC PhD project is investigating the risk of developing mental health conditions among children and young people who have been diagnosed with cancer, as part of the Living With and Beyond Cancer theme.

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PhDs in Focus: Enhancing opioid safety – Predicting adverse outcomes in musculoskeletal and post-surgery patients

Author: Christina Diomatari

For our PhDs in Focus blog series, Christina Diomatari outlines how their Manchester BRC PhD project aims to improve the safety of opioid use for patients with musculoskeletal conditions and those recovering from orthopaedic surgery, as part of the Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases theme.

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PhDs in Focus: Treatment decision-making in a complex cancer setting

Author: Katie Dixon

For our PhDs in Focus blog series, Katie Dixon shares how their Manchester BRC PhD project focuses on the development of an intervention aimed at helping people make informed decisions about small-cell lung cancer treatment, as part of the Cancer Advanced Radiotherapy theme.

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Embed, Build, Accelerate – Manchester BRC Director’s blog

Author: Professor Anne Barton

In her first blog as NIHR Manchester BRC Director, Professor Anne Barton discusses the role of fellowships in supporting individuals to become future leaders in healthcare research and shares our recent successful fellowship awards.

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Celebrating International Nurses Day 2024 – blog by Favour Adoghe, BRC Research Nurse

Author: Favour Adoghe

To celebrate this year’s International Nurses Day, Favour Adoghe, BRC Research Nurse, has shared her passion for research and an insight into her role on Manchester BRC studies at Blackpool Victoria Hospital.

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