🚨 New project on our website! Our researchers are comparing hip-worn and wrist-worn fitness tracker data for primary school children to estimate moderate-to-vigorous physical activity levels. More about the project👇 www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/comparing-hi... #HealthResearch #PhysicalActivity

🚨 New project on our site! Surgeon often modify new surgical procedures as they are introduced into practice BUT they don't always document these modifications. Our team will develop a framework to: 1️⃣ identify 2️⃣ classify 3️⃣ report modifications More info👇 www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/improving-ho...

🚨 New project on our website Our team has been exploring the continuity of outcome measures in early and late phase surgical research. More👇 www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/outcome-asse... Paper👇 doi.org/10.1186/s128... #HealthResearch #Surgery #Surgicalinnovation

🥳Congratulations to Professor James Dodd, our respiratory theme co-lead, who will be taking up the role of national clinical lead within the recently launched Respiratory Transformation Partnership. #HealthResearch #COPD For more info visit👇 www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/bristol-brc-...

🚨 New paper alert! Study we supported found clear conversations before surgery were linked with: 1️⃣ High patient confidence about decision to undergo surgery 2️⃣ Low conflict regarding choice to proceed 3️⃣ High confidence risks had been adequately explained www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/patients-fel...

Congratulations to Profs Russ Jago and Nick Maskell, 2 of our theme leads who have been awarded @nihr.bsky.social Senior Investigator status. We are very proud of you both! www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/bristol-brc-...

🚨New project on our website! How does ROHHAD syndrome impact families and children? ROHHAD is a rare + life-threatening condition affecting children. It can develop very suddenly and leads to rapid and extreme weight gain. Project page👇 www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/how-does-roh...

NIHR Health and Care Professionals Internships Programme open for applications! 📢 Calling health & care professionals in Glos, Bristol, N. Somerset, S. Glos, Bath, Swindon, Wiltshire & Dorset - this is a fantastic opportunity to develop your research knowledge & skills. 👉 tinyurl.com/bd5p84tt

🚨New project!🚨 Do our eating patterns change when we exercise? Researchers from our Diet and Physical Activity team have designed a four-week intervention to explore if eating patterns change in response to exercise. Find out more: www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/research/res...

Difficult choices and uncertainty - @daisyelliott.bsky.social and the research team interviewed clinicians and women involved in groundbreaking uterine transplants taking place in the UK over a period of 6 years. Find out more: www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/news/insight...

What are the genes that make you more likely to experience postoperative delirium? Our Translational Data Science Theme researchers performed a genome-wide association study to unpick the genetics of postoperative delirium and its links to Alzheimer's. www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/unpicking-th...

Towards intraoperative measurements: reflections from the recent SPOC-TRC Measure Twice Cut Once workshop hosted by Tim Denison from the @oxfordbrc.bsky.social, Deena Harji from Manchester BRC and Jane Blazeby from Bristol BRC. www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/towards-intr...

🛠️New tool to help statisticians decide how to handle missing study data. 🎯Multiple imputation (MI) is where missing values are filled using stats techniques. The tool uses directed acyclic graphs to help decide whether MI will lead to misleading results. www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/improving-ho...

Could AI improve quality assurance (QA) in surgical studies? A new project just published on our website exploring whether AI can help analyse QA videos more quickly and efficiently. Led by Natalie Blencowe. #AI #SurgicalResearch #ArtificialIntelligence www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/using-ai-to-...

We're teaming up with @bristolbrc.bsky.social to develop a secure mental health data pipeline. It will enable de-identified electronic patient records from Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Trust (AWP) to be securely available for research via the SDE. www.southwestsde.nhs.uk/understandin...

🆕 New project! Can we improve autistic people’s health by changing the medicines we prescribe?💊 ❓Is over-prescribing or under-prescribing some types of medicine causing health problems for people with #autism? 👉 bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/can-we-impro... @draipsych.bsky.social

💡 New project! Understanding how patients use e-bikes 🚴‍♂️ We want to know how patients use e-bikes, to inform guidelines for using them as a health promotion tool among patients 👉 bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/understandin... Research by @drmirandaarmstrong.bsky.social and Jessica Bourne #SocialPrescribing

My first paper for 20 years - a bit of a change from mass spectrometry 😂

⏰ Don't miss it! Research conversation: Masking and mental health in neurodivergent young people 🗓️ Tomorrow (25 Feb) 5-6pm, online Sign up 👉 bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/research-con... #autism #ADHD #neurodivergence #masking #MentalHealth #ResearchConversations

📢 New publication! Analysis of equality, diversity and inclusion strategies at NIHR Biomedical Research Centres and Clinical Research Facilities 👇 www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/analysis-of-... #EDI #ResearchInclusion @corylus.bsky.social @shobadawson.bsky.social @capcbristol.bsky.social

📢#PhD opportunity: 📢 Applications are open for a @nihrspcr.bsky.social funded PhD Studentship in #PrimaryCare here in Bristol, working on a co-design study to improve the system within which families access child & adolescent vaccination programmes. Closes: 4pm, 2 March 2026. tinyurl.com/9cww353

📢Summer Internships! 📢 Applications open for @nihrspcr.bsky.social funded undergraduate summer internships 2026. We have 2 exciting internship opportunities here in Bristol for UK undergraduates (any discipline) who are interested in primary care research. 👉 Find out more: tinyurl.com/4fpxjunb

🆕 New project! ❓ How inclusive is physical activity research? ❓ How physically active are children with special educational needs or neurodiverse traits? ➡️ We're trying to answer these questions bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/increasing-t... #HealthyChildhood #SEN #neurodiversity @bibresearch.bsky.social

Booster jabs reduce the risks of COVID-19 deaths, study finds 👇

📢 New study! 💉 Booster jabs reduce the risks of COVID-19 deaths 👉 www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/booster-jabs... #COVID #vaccination @bristoluni.bsky.social @imsepidemiology.bsky.social @bennettoxford.bsky.social

🎉 Bristol BRC researchers have been awarded £2.3 million for follow-on research! 🧓 The grant from NIHR will allow the researchers to study whether #prehab can help frail patients having total hip or knee replacement 👉 www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/bristol-brc-... #BristolBRCimpact

📰News!📰Community pharmacies are a promising site for expanding access to HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), according to a recent study. This is a highly effective medication can be used to reduce the risk of getting HIV. More ▶️ tinyurl.com/ysn6kkkh @arc-west.bsky.social @jhorwood.bsky.social

📢New blog!📢Helping people to live and survive co-use of benzodiazepines/z-drugs and opioids: the importance of asking how and why people co-use. By @drnscot.bsky.social, Dr Gabriele Vojt, @jokesten.bsky.social, @hannah-family.bsky.social, @jscottuob.bsky.social Read more▶️ tinyurl.com/2wp9fhwc

The cost of social care following hip fractures is an estimated £1.25 billion per year in the UK, according to new research oxfordbrc.nihr.ac.uk/hidden-cost-... @ndorms.bsky.social @ouhospitals.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social @medsci.ox.ac.uk

🧠 There are now seven patients participating in the GB-PRIME study involving @officialneuralink.bsky.social's brain-computer interface technology. The technology aims to improve independence for those who are paralysed. All patients surgeries were conducted at @uclh.bsky.social.

Last year, Prof James East led a team who published major new guidelines for the monitoring of patients with # IBD to prevent them going on to develop #BowelCancer. Listen to him speaking about the risks and how to minimise them on the Wrestling the Octopus podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/0Oq8...

OH BRC February #newsletter has landed 📬 Read about the EPIONE deep brain stimulation study, research equity in women’s #mentalhealth plus our latest 60 Second interview. Catch up now 👇 tinyurl.com/Issue24OHBRC

🚨 New project! 🚨 Supporting surgeons identified as negative outliers to improve patient care🪡 👉 Read more: www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/supporting-s... #SurgicalInnovation #PatientSafety

❓ Planning to perform a #ScopingReview? ▶️ Read our new paper on the #protocol for a scoping review of #EDI considerations in surgical studies 👉 bit.ly/40e96h4 Part of this project 👉 bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/a-scoping-re... @kerryavery.bsky.social

We’re proud of the women who play key roles at all levels of our BRC and are determined to support their career pathway. One who has benefitted is radiographer Miriam Lacharie. Read her story #womeninscience oxfordbrc.nihr.ac.uk/we-need-clea... @rdm.ox.ac.uk @medsci.ox.ac.uk

This #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek, we are highlighting a study into learning and mood in children with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). The study aims to learn more about brain functioning in NF1 to help develop future treatments. tinyurl.com/ybdnaesz

We're supporting the drive to #BePartofResearch here in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. Sign up today: bepartofresearch.nihr.ac.uk/join?utm_sou... @nihr.bsky.social

🆕 New project! 😴 What is the link between #sleep and #Alzheimers disease? 🛌 Our new study aims to find out how altering slow-wave sleep affects people with early-stage Alzheimer’s disease ➡️ This could lead to new treatments 👉 www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/understandin... @lizcoulthard.bsky.social

🎉 Our research features in Women's Health magazine‼️ 🗨️ "How PE kit shapes a girl’s health for life – and practical ways to keep them active" 👉 Read the article: bit.ly/46DeMVp #PEkit #InclusiveSportswear #PhysicalActivity #EveryBodyBelongs

From AI to NIHR priorities, the Qualitative Social and Behavioural Science Network for all #NIHRBRCs met to consider the opportunities & challenges in #quali research In this blog Katie Whale, Rachael Gooberman-Hill and Kirsten Bell reflect on discussions. www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/opportunitie...

💡 New project! A new approach to diagnosing thoracic #endometriosis If the new technique works, it will be the first test for thoracic endometriosis that doesn’t involve surgery 👉 bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/a-new-approa... #ThoracicEndometriosis #CatamenialPneumothorax #SPECT

📰News!📰A new study found strong support for opt-out Blood-Borne Viruses testing among Emergency Department staff, with training playing a crucial role in improving understanding of the programme’s purpose & processes. More▶️ tinyurl.com/vn5sm5nn @jhorwood.bsky.social @siobhanallison.bsky.social

📢 In our latest newsletter: ➡️Welcome to our new Chair, Tim Whittlestone ➡️National HIV Testing Week: where to get tested, plus more sexual health news ➡️ Get involved with NIHR #BePartofResearch Read: mailchi.mp/bristolhealt... Subscribe: bristolhealthpartners.org.uk/newsletter/

Psoriasis is a common inflammatory skin disease linked to several long-term health conditions. Experts from @newcastleuni.bsky.social @nihrnewcastlebrc.bsky.social and @qmul.bsky.social have led an analysis of data from a large cohort of patients. 🔗 newcastlebrc.nihr.ac.uk/our-research...

🚨In case you missed it:🚨 The recording is now available of our recent webinar on: 'Improving #MentalHealth in primary care: novel psychological and pharmacological interventions'. 📽️ You can watch back on our YouTube channel: 👉 youtu.be/lLu1rNfZyHs?si=O3GEUjuVxKaKvT7Q #GPSky #PrimaryCare

📢 New research paper! 🫂Our review shows there's a lack of risk calculators to predict long-term #depression and #anxiety 👉 www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/review-finds... #MentalHealth #MentalHealthResearch @sjfairweather.bsky.social @uob-ieu.bsky.social

Our systematic review highlights a lack of robust models to forecast future risk of persistent or worsening anxiety and depression, especially in child/adolescent populations where there is opportunity for early intervention. Read: tinyurl.com/h7vjzjch @bristolbrc.bsky.social @uob-ieu.bsky.social

📰News!📰New research, published in Vaccines, has highlighted ways sexual health services can help increase #HPV, #hepatitis A & hepatitis B #vaccine uptake among gay and bisexual men. Read more ▶️ tinyurl.com/mvzu7vwb