Applied Health Sciences

📢Exciting news!📢 The largest surgical trial ever funded in the UK is set to open, which will see 26,000 patients recruited to test interventions to make future operations safer. Read about the £10m ROSSINI-Platform trial, led by Prof Thomas Pinkney👇 birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/larg…

Birmingham researchers are to play a role in @CR_UK's recently-announced £10 million AI detection programme, harnessing vast quantities of health data, linking datasets and developing new tools to predict cancer risk >> birminghamhealthpartners.co.uk/new-ai-tools-s… @sundar_sudha @NIHRresearch @EPSRC

A new study has found that progress towards universal access to safe, affordable surgical care is dangerously off track, with quality of surgical care remaining a concern in Low and Middle Income Countries. birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/mill… @aneelbhangu @dnepo @TheLancet @NIHR_GSU

Our Department of Applied Health Sciences has been designated as a new @WHO collaborating centre, designed to improve emergency, critical and operative care services for patients in Low and Middle Income Countries. Read more: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/new-… @UoB_DAHS @unibirm_CMH

A new @NIHRresearch-funded, @unibirmingham-led trial has been launched to enhance the care of adults with diabetic kidney disease (DKD) by using computer prompts to help GPs follow key guideline recommendations for patient care. Read more: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/tria…

Congratulations to Dr Mel Calvert, Prof Dion Morton and Prof John Terry for being elected as Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences!👏 We're thrilled that 3 of our researchers have been recognised for their exceptional contributions to medical science. birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/thre…

A study published in @eClinicalMed and led by UoB's Sivesh Kamarajah has highlighted considerable gaps in clinical practice guidelines for patients with acute pancreatitis, with a call to action for research to improve long-term outcomes in the future. birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/impr…

An international review published by @TheLancet and co-authored by UoB's Prof @JohtChandan has estimated nearly 1 in 5 women and 1 in 7 men globally experienced sexual violence before 18 years of age, highlighting the need for urgent action. Read more: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/inte…

A paper published by @Cambridge_Uni involving UoB's Dr @SarahHughesSLT has found significant gaps in NHS care for those who are deaf or have hearing loss, highlighting vital changes needed for improving deaf aware communication. cam.ac.uk/research/news/… @unibirm_CMH @UoB_DAHS

Interested in clinical trials? Our online Introduction to Randomised Controlled Trials in Healthcare is running from 19th-21st May. This course provides an overview of the research process from idea and design to analysis and publication. To book➡ birmingham.ac.uk/study/short-co…

Our Head of @UoB_DAHS, Professor Yemisi Takwoingi, will be joining an @NIHRresearch-funded national partnership (led by @UniofNewcastle) researching healthcare workforce sustainability! Read more about her work embedding EDI into the project: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/cham…

Exciting news: Prof @JohtChandan will be joining the Expert Advisory Group for the government's National Youth Strategy!👏 He will be using his insights into public health to inform conversations with young people around healthcare. Read more: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/birm…

Funding from @NIHRresearch led by @NorthumbriaUni involving @unibirmingham researchers will examine how welfare policy could positively impact physical and mental public health outcomes, and possibly save the NHS money. Read more: mynewsdesk.com/uk/northumbria… @HajBrum

"Our findings highlight an urgent need for targeted interventions to improve governance for injury care in LMICs." Researchers discovered a significant gap exists between health policy making and implementation in low/middle income countries. Read more: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/gove…

Catch our Applied Health's own Vanessa Heggie on @BBCRadio4's history podcast, You're Dead to Me, as the historical expert on the history of Arctic Exploration! Have a listen: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… @UoB_DAHS @unibirm_CMH

A new network will foster collaboration among regulators, industry, and researchers to identify effective and efficient regulatory strategies for advanced therapies in the UK, to ensure patients access transformative treatments promptly. Read more: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/new-…

A @unibirmingham-led study has found that banning smartphones in schools does not significantly improve students' mental health or wellbeing, with an integrated approach needed both at school and home to address the negative impacts of phone/social media. bit.ly/4gs2zoW

🚀 PhD Opportunity in Digital Health🚀 @Peymane_Adab and I are recruiting a @centre_ub-funded PhD student 📍 Based at @UoB_DAHS @unibirmingham in collaboration with @uhbtrust 🔗Apply [link below] Deadline: 5 March 2025 RT & share! #PhD #DigitalHealth #HealthTech #PublicHealth

Curious to hear more about how we work with patients to improve equity in health research? 🎧 Tune into @unityfm935, 93.5 today at 4pm to hear from our #PPIE and #ResearchInclusion teams & researcher Dr Jo Lanario (@CPROR_UoB). @laura_j_chapman @NIHRresearch

To celebrate 125 years of the University of Birmingham this year, the University is appointing 125 Anniversary Fellows and Chairs. This opportunity provides protected research time, career development and training, and more! For more info and to apply: fellowsandchairs.birmingham.ac.uk