BRC News

The BRC is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Shonit Punwani as BRC Director of Clinical Imaging, under its cross-cutting theme Healthcare Engineering & Imaging.

Good luck to UCLH staff who are finalists in the Pharma Times awards ‘clinical research site of the year’ category.

UCLH will be celebrating International Clinical Trials Day on 19 May with information stalls, tours and activities across the trust.

A study assessing the safety of an innovative medical device invented by a UCL researcher as a potential treatment for perianal fistulas has launched. 

A major trial in its third phase, led by BRC supported researcher Dr Jeremy Chataway, has begun to see if statins can be used to treat multiple sclerosis.

Blog post: BRC Chief Operating Officer Dr Nick McNally and BRC Communications Officer Madeleine Stewart round up conclusions from the Accelerating Access to Personalised Medicine symposium.

The deadline for researchers to apply to have a stall at the UCLH open day celebrating research this year has been extended to 12 May. 

New research, which has revealed unstable chromosomes within lung tumours increase the risk of cancer returning after surgery, has allowed scientists to detect relapse long before standard testing.

A special documentary about obesity presented by BRC researcher Professor Rachel Batterham airs on Tuesday 11 April, BBC 2 at 9pm. 

The in2science scheme sponsored by the BRC is looking for researchers interested in providing one or two-week lab placements for ‘AS’ level students from low income backgrounds.

Today marks the start of our BRC’s third term following £111.5 million in funding from the National Institute for Health Research to extend our groundbreaking biomedical research.

A team from the Leonard Wolfson Experimental Neurology Centre have been awarded the first ever major UK grant to investigate how changes in gut bacteria could slow the progression of neurodegenerative disorders such as Motor Neuron Disease.

The Oral Health and Disease theme brings together an exciting programme of research from the UCL Eastman Dental Institute, the largest institute in Europe for postgraduate education and research in oral health and disease; the Eastman Dental Hospital, one of the UKs largest secondary health care

Researchers have developed a way to use MRI scans to help identify when HIV is persisting in the brain despite effective drug treatment.

UCLH is holding a huge open day celebrating research on 4 July this year and researchers are invited to have a stand.