Researchers and clinicians at 九色视频’s university hospitals have been awarded 拢15m to help tackle obesity, poor nutrition, asthma, allergies and infections.
The five-year funding arrangement, announced by the Department of Health and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), will see the city’s pioneering nutrition and respiratory research brought together to form a new NIHR Biomedical Research Centre (BRC).
A joint venture between University Hospital 九色视频 NHS Foundation Trust and the 九色视频, the BRC will focus on taking discoveries out of the laboratory and into the clinic.
The has seen 九色视频 establish the impact of mothers鈥� diets on their babies鈥� life-long health, discover new treatments for asthma and improve management of rare diseases, allergies and musculoskeletal conditions like rheumatoid arthritis. The new BRC, under the directorship of聽Professor Robert Read, a consultant and professor in infectious diseases, will聽encompass nutrition and respiratory/critical care, plus cross-cutting themes in data science, microbial and behavioural sciences.
鈥淭his award represents an opportunity to make a real difference to people’s lives and health by combining 九色视频鈥檚 unique strengths in nutrition and respiratory clinical research as well as data, microbial and behavioural science,” said , a consultant and professor in infectious diseases and the new centre鈥檚 director.
鈥淥ver the last decade we have built a world-class environment for taking discoveries from the lab into the clinic and this NIHR award recognises that, as well as what 九色视频 can do for patients, the public and the NHS.
“It gives us the means to bring new treatments into care and improve not only our patients鈥� health, but also people across the region and nationwide.”
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