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Improving clinical pathways through prediction of health risks and outcomes – 21 June

This interactive workshop is an opportunity to learn more about the use of data to predict health risks and outcomes for clinical pathway redesign and disease prevention.

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Six weeks to save the planet! – BRC research placement

Author: Will Gregory

Will Gregory, Advanced Musculoskeletal Practitioner at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, blogs about his experience of a short BRC research placement within the neuromuscular service.

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Short research placements available for nurses, midwives, pharmacists and allied health professionals – closes 8th May

The NIHR Manchester BRC, in collaboration with the NIHR Manchester Clinical Research Facility (CRF) and supported by Corridor Manchester and Health Innovation Manchester is investing in the next generation of NHS researchers and want you to be part of it!

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UK-wide consortium aims to transform treatment for children and young people with arthritis and uveitis

Researchers from the Manchester BRC are part of a UK-wide effort to drive the development of new, targeted treatments for children and young people with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and its associated eye-inflammation condition, uveitis.

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Cough research into new treatment receives £3.04 million Wellcome Investigator award

A new treatment currently being trialled could transform the life of a grandmother whose adult life has been plagued by a painful, hacking cough

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International research leaders meet with NIHR Manchester BRC to discuss research strategy

At the start of the year a panel of international experts from academia and industry visited Manchester for the first annual strategy workshop.

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Manchester BRC and CRF part of national test bed for newly launched national standards to improve public involvement in research

The Public Programmes team at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust - who lead the involvement and engagement work for the NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre and Clinical Research Facility - has been selected as one of ten organisations in the UK to become a test-bed for this work.

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Evidence suggests patients with early inflammatory arthritis now have better outcomes compared with previous decades

New research from The University of Manchester in collaboration with researchers at the University of East Anglia shows improved long-term outcomes for patients diagnosed with early inflammatory arthritis, when comparing to the previous 10 year period.

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