A Uni of Birmingham-led study has found that banning smartphones in schools does not significantly improve students' mental health or wellbeing, with an integrated approach needed both at school and home to address the negative impacts of phone/social media. bit.ly/4gs2zoW

A new network will foster collaboration among regulators, industry, and researchers to identify effective and efficient regulatory strategies for advanced therapies in the UK, to ensure patients access transformative treatments promptly. Read more: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/new-…

📢Exciting news!📢 The largest surgical trial ever funded in the UK is set to open, which will see 26,000 patients recruited to test interventions to make future operations safer. Read about the £10m ROSSINI-Platform trial, led by Prof Thomas Pinkney👇 birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/larg…

Catch our Applied Health's own Vanessa Heggie on BBC Radio 4's history podcast, You're Dead to Me, as the historical expert on the history of Arctic Exploration! Have a listen: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00… Applied Health Sciences College of Medicine and Health (UoB)

"Our findings highlight an urgent need for targeted interventions to improve governance for injury care in LMICs." Researchers discovered a significant gap exists between health policy making and implementation in low/middle income countries. Read more: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/gove…

Funding from National Institute for Health and Care Research led by Northumbria Uni involving Uni of Birmingham researchers will examine how welfare policy could positively impact physical and mental public health outcomes, and possibly save the NHS money. Read more: mynewsdesk.com/uk/northumbria… Hareth Al-Janabi

Exciting news: Prof Professor Joht Singh Chandan will be joining the Expert Advisory Group for the government's National Youth Strategy!👏 He will be using his insights into public health to inform conversations with young people around healthcare. Read more: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/birm…

Our Head of Applied Health Sciences, Professor Yemisi Takwoingi, will be joining an National Institute for Health and Care Research-funded national partnership (led by Newcastle University) researching healthcare workforce sustainability! Read more about her work embedding EDI into the project: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/cham…

Interested in clinical trials? Our online Introduction to Randomised Controlled Trials in Healthcare is running from 19th-21st May. This course provides an overview of the research process from idea and design to analysis and publication. To book➡ birmingham.ac.uk/study/short-co…

A paper published by Cambridge University involving UoB's Dr Dr Sarah Hughes has found significant gaps in NHS care for those who are deaf or have hearing loss, highlighting vital changes needed for improving deaf aware communication. cam.ac.uk/research/news/… College of Medicine and Health (UoB) Applied Health Sciences

An international review published by The Lancet and co-authored by UoB's Prof Professor Joht Singh Chandan has estimated nearly 1 in 5 women and 1 in 7 men globally experienced sexual violence before 18 years of age, highlighting the need for urgent action. Read more: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/inte…

A study published in eClinicalMedicine – The Lancet Discovery Science and led by UoB's Sivesh Kamarajah has highlighted considerable gaps in clinical practice guidelines for patients with acute pancreatitis, with a call to action for research to improve long-term outcomes in the future. birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/impr…

Congratulations to Dr Mel Calvert, Prof Dion Morton and Prof John Terry for being elected as Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences!👏 We're thrilled that 3 of our researchers have been recognised for their exceptional contributions to medical science. birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/thre…

A new National Institute for Health and Care Research-funded, Uni of Birmingham-led trial has been launched to enhance the care of adults with diabetic kidney disease (DKD) by using computer prompts to help GPs follow key guideline recommendations for patient care. Read more: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/tria…

Our Department of Applied Health Sciences has been designated as a new World Health Organization (WHO) collaborating centre, designed to improve emergency, critical and operative care services for patients in Low and Middle Income Countries. Read more: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/new-… Applied Health Sciences College of Medicine and Health (UoB)

A new study has found that progress towards universal access to safe, affordable surgical care is dangerously off track, with quality of surgical care remaining a concern in Low and Middle Income Countries. birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/mill… Aneel Bhangu Dmitri Nepogodiev The Lancet NIHR Global Surgery

A new study has revealed overweight patients waiting for operations could safely use a particular type of weight-loss treatment to reduce the risk of surgical complications linked to their obesity, although more trials are needed to assess feasibility. 🔗birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/obes…

A new ambulance software developed in Rwanda by Uni of Birmingham experts and a local Rwandan software company could save nearly 1 million lives by helping ambulance crew and hospitals coordinate to get emergency patients the right care. Read more: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/inno…

Congratulations to Professor Lorraine Harper from Applied Health Sciences, who has been named the Clinical Lead for a new National Institute for Health and Care Research-funded Commercial Research Delivery Centre (CRDC) Network! 🎉 Read more about the £6.5m funded Network's aims: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/birm…

The INDICATE-2 study, funded by @Haleon_Health, is trialling a new pathway to spot Type 2 diabetes early in dental practices - and has already recruited 1,775 participants, more than double the August target. Thanks to all involved! 🔗birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/from…