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News and Research 
February 2019
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This edition includes:
NIHR launches £56m funding competition for public health research
Molecular profiling could catch lung cancer early
Making a difference - halting sight loss
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A round up of health news and updates from the NIHR; alongside information about events and how NIHR research is making a difference. You'll also find features that take a look behind the news, blogs from our experts, and the latest Journals Library publications and Dissemination Centre Signals.
News from the NIHR
NIHR launches £56 million new funding competition for public health research
The NIHR has launched a new funding competition to allocate up to £56 million of funding over 5 years to public health research. The competition will award funding from the Department of Health and Social Care to 14 NIHR Health Protection Research Units (HPRUs) - partnerships between academic institutions and Public Health England (PHE). These new units will act as centres of excellence in multidisciplinary health protection research in England. Read more
NIHR appoints first in-house Senior Research Fellow to investigate impact, value and evaluation
The NIHR has appointed Adam Kamenetzky into the new role of in-house Senior Research Fellow, to explore questions of NIHR’s impact and wider value to society. Read more
We need your help so more can people be part of research
The UK Clinical Trials Gateway makes it possible for anyone to find research studies and get involved. We’re making improvements to the service, but we need your help to make it the best it can be. Through online surveys and face-to-face sessions we want to hear your views as our new website develops. Sign up to take part
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Research news round up
Molecular profiling could catch lung cancer early and lead to new treatments
NIHR researchers have undertaken the world’s first genetic sequencing of precancerous lung lesions, a development that could pave the way for very early detection and new treatments. Read more
Mental health stigma worse in London and south of England
New research from the NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre suggests that people living in London and the south of England have more negative attitudes towards mental health problems than those in other areas of the country. Read more
Liver drug being trialled to slow disease progression in people with Parkinson’s disease
A new clinical trial supported by the NIHR is offering patients with Parkinson’s disease a liver disease drug that has the potential to slow down progression of the neurological condition. Read more
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Making a difference
The NIHR invests over £1 billion a year in research that benefits the NHS, public health and social care. Find out how our research is making a difference.  
Halting sight loss
NIHR Biomedical Research Centres are leading groundbreaking experimental research to restore vision in people affected by age-related macular degeneration, a common eye condition. Read more
Improving treatment for advanced prostate cancer
An NIHR supported prostate cancer trial called STAMPEDE has made a global impact in how men presenting with advanced prostate cancer are treated. Find out how one particular arm of the trial has led to a change in NHS clinical practice for men with high risk, locally advanced metastatic prostate cancer who are starting first line hormone therapy. Read more
A new drug for a rare disease
Several NIHR Clinical Research Facilities took part in an international research study on a new drug for children with a rare form of rickets. The drug has now been approved for use on the NHS. Read more

Events and courses


Free online course for carers: Living well as dementia progresses
As dementia progresses, those with the condition are less able to share their views and wishes. Studies show that it’s best to talk about the future early on, with the support of a healthcare professional. On this course, based on findings from the NIHR-funded SEED project, carers can learn how to be better prepared and supported to ensure quality of life and comfort for themselves and the person living with dementia. Register now - the course begins on 18 March 2019. Find out more

Hold the date: intellectual property webinar for researchers
This webinar will provide an introduction to intellectual property (IP) to help researchers understand how NIHR approaches IP issues when contracting, monitoring and reviewing requests to commercialise the IP. 
12-1pm, Wednesday 27 March.  Find out more
Blog round up
On the NIHR blog this month, Sally McManus writes about how UK national survey data can be used to help medical, social, educational and public health services understand and address self harm.

We also hear from Louise Joly about how NIHR-funded researchers are working with people with direct personal experience of homelessness and their valuable contribution as advisors in research.
Also this month, Elaine Cameron and David French write about evaluating the NHS Healthier You: NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme and whether it is delivered with fidelity.

And Adam Galloway talks about how a Pre-Doctoral Clinical Academic Fellowship has allowed him to develop a research career while continuing his clinical work.

Latest NIHR Signals from the Dissemination Centre

For our complete, searchable, selection of NIHR Signals please visit the Discover Portal.
Behind the news
Welcome to our new visual identity
We are pleased to announce that on 5 February  the NIHR introduced a new, independent visual identity, to reflect our growing maturity as an organisation, the breadth of our work across public health and the nation’s health and care system, and the research we now undertake to benefit international development. 

Professor Chris Whitty, Chief Scientific Adviser for the Department of Health and Social Care, said “Over the last 12 years, the NIHR has transformed research in and for the NHS. The NHS and its patients continues to be at the centre of the NIHR, but it also has a critical role to play in public health and social care practice beyond the NHS. The new NIHR identity reflects that wider UK health landscape and also research the NIHR is funding to improve the health of the most vulnerable people in low and middle-income countries.” Read more

Journals Library


This month's NIHR Journals Library publications include:
You can read all the latest publications and find out about research being published in the future on the Journals Library website.
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