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NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)
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The Bristol Biomedical Research Centre is led by University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust in partnership with the University of Bristol. We're funded by @nihr.bsky.social (National Institute for Health and Care Research)
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In the last 6 years, we have reached…

📱 Over 13k social media followers, including:
⭐ 9764 on X
⭐ 2512 on Bluesky
⭐ 1068 on LinkedIn
…and more than 1,200 newsletter subscribers 📰

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November 11, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Improving disability inclusion in qualitative health research – why and how?

Dr Anna Anderson, Research Fellow in Qualitative Research at the @nihrleedsbrc.bsky.social, reflects on the need to improve disability inclusion in qualitative health research.
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Improving disability inclusion in qualitative health research – why and how? - Bristol Biomedical Research Centre
Dr Anna Anderson is a Research Fellow in Qualitative Research at the University of Leeds who leads disability inclusion in research initiatives supported by the NIHR Leeds BRC. She’s also a member of ...
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November 10, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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💬 “Clinical trials are important for making sure that medical treatments are safe and work well. For trials to benefit everyone they must include people from all backgrounds.”

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MAPLE project maple.bristol.ac.uk

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November 10, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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📢 In this week’s blog, Catherine Jameson, Vikki Wylde, Emma Johnson and Kirsty Roberts, researchers from the @bristoluni.bsky.social, share how they co-produced an inclusive patient information leaflet (PIL) template to make research participation more accessible to everyone.
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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👏Research thrives when everyone has a voice.

Mental health research is evolving. Patients, carers & communities are now active partners shaping studies from #depression to #psychosis.

Discover how lived experience drives change: tinyurl.com/24bukvvf
November 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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🧠 Cambridge researchers have discovered living in a disadvantaged neighbourhood may increase the risk of dementia
🧠 Deprivation can limit brain-healthy behaviours, leading to poorer cognition
🧠To find out more: bit.ly/4947oEQ
@cuh.nhs.uk @cam.ac.uk @audreylow.bsky.social @campsydept.bsky.social
Cambridge Study show why living in a disadvantaged neighbourhood may increase dementia risk - NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre
Cambridge BRC researchers have discovered why living in a disadvantaged neighbourhood may be linked to an increase in an individual’s risk of dementia.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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#Mentalhealth education is now mandatory in UK schools but could it be doing more harm than good?

Dr @lucyfoulkes.bsky.social joins Claudia Hammond on BBC Sounds to explore surprising findings. Listen here:

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BBC Sounds - All in the Mind - Available Episodes
Listen to the latest episodes of All in the Mind on BBC Sounds.
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November 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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🚨Cambridge researchers are leading the way in developing the world’s first cot-side functional neuroimaging system to help rapidly detect brain injuries such as cerebral palsy in newborns.
🚨 Learn more: bit.ly/47INInH
@cuh.nhs.uk @cam.ac.uk @braininjuryhrc.bsky.social @gowerlabs.bsky.social
Cutting-edge baby brain scan technology is world first - NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre
A team effort to develop the world’s first cot-side functional neuroimaging technology to speedily detect brain injuries including cerebral palsy in newborn babies is being spearheaded in Cambridge.
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November 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Mandatory nutrition labelling could cut obesity deaths

New research from @liverpooluni.bsky.social supported by our BRC, shows front-of-pack labelling, especially warning labels can drive healthier choices and save lives.

Read more: tinyurl.com/nutrientlabel
November 7, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Working alongside people with lived experience of multiple disadvantage can transform services – and lives.

Our new study with Changing Futures Bristol shows how trauma-informed, co-produced work makes a difference.

📄 Read more: arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/evaluating-h...
#HealthResearch #CoProduction
Evaluating how people with lived experience of multiple disadvantage can improve services - ARC West
Working alongside people with lived experience of multiple disadvantage to improve services can have multiple benefits, according to a new study published in Health Expectations. Multiple disadvantage...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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ICON is a UK-wide programme to reduce the risk of abusive head trauma in infants. How do healthcare managers & frontline staff influence the delivery & sustainability of the programme?

New research has revealed organisational barriers & facilitators.

📰 Read the news: tinyurl.com/59vdh2t3

#GPSky
November 5, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Cross-sector collaboration & long-term stable funding are key to making services more trauma-informed for people facing multiple disadvantage, according to new research.

The study evaluated the 'Changing Futures' programme in Bristol, UK.

📰News: tinyurl.com/2t4b3j54
📄Paper: tinyurl.com/mr3shaxc
November 6, 2025 at 10:43 AM
🆕 New project!
🫶 How can we support patients with a prosthetic joint infection?

💻 We're working on a hybrid digital programme of mental health support for patients with this devastating condition 🔽
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Mental health support for patients with prosthetic joint infection and their families - Bristol Biomedical Research Centre
Deep prosthetic joint infection is a devastating condition that can cause pain, disability and death. It affects 1-4% of patients after joint replacement and has a major psychological impact on patien...
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November 6, 2025 at 10:13 AM
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In the last 6 years, we have…
💰 Leveraged nearly £157 million in external research funding

🏆 Find out about our other achievements: arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/six-years-of...
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November 6, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Colleagues @bristolbrc.bsky.social are looking for patients/members of the public to join their Public Advisory Group to help shape their research. More info 🔽
📣Your voice matters in our research!

Whether you're a patient, carer, young person, community member - we're looking for new members of our Public Advisory Group. You'll help shape our research.

Register your interest:
www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/PublicAdviso...
November 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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In the last 6 years, we have hosted…

280 events 🎟️ including:
✍️ 149 training and capacity-building events
💬 116 public engagement events
… with over 5,000 attendances 🧍‍♀️🧍‍♂️🧍

👉 Find out more: arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/six-years-of...
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November 4, 2025 at 10:37 AM
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A UK first: a patient with multiple sclerosis has received CAR T-cell therapy in a trial testing whether this personalised treatment could slow or even halt disease progression.

“Our ultimate goal is to achieve long periods of remission with a single, one-time CAR T treatment.” - Dr Claire Roddie
First MS patient in the UK to trial CAR T cell therapy at UCLH
A UK patient with multiple sclerosis (MS) is the first to receive CAR T cell therapy in a BRC supported trial testing whether this personalised treatment may slow or even halt the progression of the d...
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October 24, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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📣 Catch the Cambridge BRC's very own NIHR Director, Miles Parkes talking on BBC Look East about the PROFILE study
📣 PROFILE has shown treating Crohn’s Disease early transforms lives andcould save the NHS up to £20m per year!
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@cuh.nhs.uk @cam.ac.uk @nihr.bsky.social
Look East - Evening News: 23/10/2025
The latest news, sport and weather for the East of England.
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October 24, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Oxford researchers have published a review into ketamine as a treatment for depression.

Unlike traditional medications, a single dose can ease depressive symptoms within hours and has opened the door to a new generation of fast-acting antidepressants.

🔗 tinyurl.com/mr3scjud
October 28, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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▶️ Mary Wilson, working in the NIHR MH-TRC Mission, talks about her role.

Mary supports the development of the Mood Disorder Mission Cohort Study, which will bring together data from across the UK to better understand #depression and #bipolardisorder.

🔗https://tinyurl.com/3u3fbadw
October 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Do you care for or work with under-5s?
Are you a researcher in child development?

Help shape future research by taking part in a national survey from Supporting Early Minds Research Network @mhid.org.uk

Read more: tinyurl.com/DevelopingCh...
October 29, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Prisons often fail to cut reoffending and harm health & communities.

With UK prison numbers set to exceed 100k by 2029, @oxmartinschool.bsky.social programme on #Decarceration is providing data & evidence to help shape policy towards safer, fairer justice.

Read more: tinyurl.com/Decarceration
October 31, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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Clinical Research Fellow in Neuroscience, Linxin Li interviewed on BBC RADIO OXFORD below with key insights on her Free Public Talk ‘Why are more younger people having strokes?
Listen in: Adam Ball Show at 10:13.
Come along tomorrow 6pm, Rewley House, Oxford, OX1 2JA.
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Radio Oxford - Listen Live - BBC Sounds
Listen live to Radio Oxford on BBC Sounds
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November 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM