News – Institute of Translational Medicine

A UK trial into the effectiveness of giving blood to trauma patients before they come to hospital has recently introduced an innovation that, if proven to be successful, could be adopted across the country. Previously, only doctors could recruit patients to the RePHILL (Resuscitation with Pre-Hospital Blood Products) trial. The RePHILL team have developed a…

Prestigious career achievement award for Birmingham professor

July 9, 2020

Melanie Calvert, Professor of Outcomes Methodology at BHP founder member the University of Birmingham, has been awarded the prestigious Health Assessment Lab/Medical Outcomes Trust John Ware and Alvin Tarlov Career Achievement Prize in Patient-Reported Outcomes Measures. Only the second UK recipient of this award, Professor Calvert is Director of Birmingham Health Partners Centre for Regulatory…

ITM Director elected Academy of Medical Sciences Fellow

May 14, 2020

Professor Subrata Ghosh, Director of the Institute of Translational Medicine, is one of three University of Birmingham Professors to be named among the UK’s most prominent biomedical and health scientists by the Academy of Medical Sciences which has announced its prestigious list of newly elected Fellows. Professor Ghosh is joined by Christine MacArthur, Professor of Maternal and Child…

Right kit, right time: medical device specialists supporting NHS

April 22, 2020

Medical device specialists have joined together to support the supply and deployment of vital medical equipment into the healthcare system. The aim is to support healthcare providers in ordering new devices such as ventilators, infusion pumps, dialysis and critical care equipment that is fit for purpose and appropriate for use in treating COVID-19 patients. Activities…

Birmingham-designed pop-up tent protects frontline NHS workers from COVID-19

April 8, 2020

A disposable plastic ‘pop-up tent’ which creates a protective barrier between patients and healthcare professionals could be the latest line of defence for frontline NHS workers thanks to a new product developed by a collaborative team effort in Birmingham. Designed by experts at the University of Birmingham, the Disposable Resuscitation, Intubation and Nebulisation Kit Shield…

The trauma landscape – #WhyWeDoResearch

February 18, 2020

The face of trauma and emergency medicine is undeniably changing. Between 2008 and 2017, there were almost 250,000 major trauma cases in the NHS – and the complexity of cases has increased for a number of reasons: > Patients are getting older. In 2008, the median age of trauma patients was 45. By 2017, it…

“Millie” award win for research centre

February 14, 2020

The Scar Free Foundation – based at the Institute of Translational Medicine – has won one of The Sun’s prestigious Military Awards for pioneering research carried out in partnership with Birmingham Health Partners founder members UoB and UHB, aiming to advance the rehabilitation and recovery of injured servicemen and women. Prime Minister Boris Johnson helped hand out…

Trauma is not nine to five – and neither are our research nurses

January 27, 2020

Marking the 200th anniversary of Florence Nightingale’s birth, 2020 has been named the ‘Year of the Nurse and Midwife’ by the World Health Organization (WHO). While many of us will think of a hospital ward-based caregiver when asked to picture a nurse, they actually undertake a much wider variety of roles than you may know. In…

Medtech worth £1.6bn to Midlands economy

November 7, 2019