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Professor Jørgen Vestbo, Respiratory Lead for the Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) shares his insight into the respiratory research programme.
Continue reading full article: Working towards earlier diagnosis and a more targeted approach for respiratory conditions
This seminar will look towards how we can develop and evaluate a knowledge-based message tailoring system for clinical performance feedback.
Continue reading full article: HeRC seminar: Towards a Feedback Intervention Ontology
Professor David Felson from the Musculoskeletal Theme was recently awarded the Master of the American College of Rheumatology Designation, at the 2017 conference in San Diego.
Continue reading full article: Professor David Felson awarded Master of the American College of Rheumatology at Annual Meeting
Professor Ben Bridgewater, a digital trailblazer in healthcare and former cardiac surgeon, who was named as one of the UK’s top 50 health innovators, has been appointed as Health Innovation Manchester’s new Chief Executive Officer.
Continue reading full article: Top 50 healthcare innovator appointed as Health Innovation Manchester’s Chief Executive Officer
New research shows a promising genetic test, when combined with mammograms, could provide a more accurate breast cancer risk in women attending routine breast cancer screening.
Continue reading full article: Genetic test could give women a more accurate breast cancer risk when combined with standard screening
The Manchester Molecular Pathology Innovation Centre (MMPathIC) is hosting an Interdisciplinary Workshop on 14th February 2018.
Continue reading full article: Manchester Molecular Pathology Innovation Centre – Interdisciplinary Workshop: Engaging Engineers and Physical Scientists
The Future In Your Hands - a photography exhibition celebrating musculoskeletal conditions
Continue reading full article: The Future In Your Hands – a photography exhibition celebrating musculoskeletal conditions
A team at The University of Manchester have found that in a minority of patients they studied, the standard treatment for asthma - oral steroids - was associated with increased levels of the treatable mould Aspergillus in the lung.
Continue reading full article: Mould discovery in lungs paves way for helping hard to treat asthma