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Effective Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement in experimental medicine event 27th Nov

This workshop will provide attendees with opportunities to discuss and develop practical strategies for effective PPIE to enhance the design and delivery of their research and to meet the requirements of research funders.

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Musculoskeletal geneticist secures esteemed Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship

Dr Gisela Orozco has been awarded a Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship to continue her work in genomics to gain a better understanding of the biological mechanisms that drive rheumatoid arthritis, which will ultimately help identify new and improved treatment.

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Hearing impairment: A modifiable risk for dementia? By Dr Piers Dawes

A recent review of dementia prevention, intervention and care in the Lancet identified hearing impairment as the largest potentially modifiable mid-life risk factor for dementia. In response Dr Piers Dawes has written a blog post for policy@manchester

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Manchester researchers deliver Advanced Radiotherapy Summer School

Around 70 radiographers, medical physicists, clinicians and biologists attended The Christie Advanced Radiotherapy Summer School in July.

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Researchers identify important genetic markers which differentiate psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis

Research recently published in Annals of Rheumatic Diseases has shown genetic markers which differentiate psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. This important finding will help doctors better understand the mechanism of these conditions and with targeting of future treatment.

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Manchester researchers uncover novel insights into early detection of cancer

Three new publications in the high impact JAMA group of journals provide information that could shape the way in which patients with a genetic predisposition are screened for cancers associated with brain and nerve cell tumours, Lynch Syndrome and Li-Fraumeni Syndrome.

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New research highlights research priorities for young people with rheumatic disease

A national study led by members of the Musculoskeletal Theme is the first of its kind to present young people’s priorities in rheumatology research, suggesting that young people would like to see a greater focus on basic science and psychosocial research into their conditions.

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NIHR Manchester BRC seeking people and patients to shape our research

The BRC has been busy this summer conducting scoping work to inform an ambitious, five year patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) strategy. Delivering exemplary PPIE across Greater Manchester, the strategy will serve both the BRC and the NIHR Manchester CRF.

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