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17 September 2020
NIHR Clinical Research Network Greater Manchester (CRN GM) has appointed its new Chief Operating Officer (COO).
14 September 2020
Greater Manchester residents are being encouraged to help fight COVID-19 by taking part in one of the UK’s largest research studies of the virus.
07 September 2020
Nine-out-of-10 Greater Manchester patients had a good or excellent experience of taking part in research, according to the latest survey.
07 September 2020
NIHR Clinical Research Greater Manchester has launched its 2020/21 Participant Research Experience Survey
02 September 2020
Patients, NHS trusts and local research teams across the Greater Manchester region have contributed important data to new global research which shows that corticosteroids can significantly improve outcomes for severely ill patients with COVID-19.
20 August 2020
The Women and Children's Health Research Team at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT) were able to recruit their first patient within days of re-opening an NIHR Clinical Research Network Portfolio study during the coronavirus outbreak.
14 August 2020
A patient living with a rare chronic disease has told how taking part in a clinical research study has improved her health and wellbeing.
12 August 2020
Greater Manchester and East Cheshire citizens experiencing COVID-19 symptoms have the opportunity to take part in a clinical trial of potential treatments that can be taken at home.
17 July 2020
More than a quarter-of-a-million people have now taken part in research studies in Greater Manchester over the last five years, according to annual figures released by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).
16 July 2020
Senior specialty doctor in Infectious Diseases Alison Uriel has been appointed as the NIHR Clinical Research Network Greater Manchester Specialty Lead for Infectious Diseases.
30 June 2020
An adult social care worker who took part in a trial testing potential treatments for COVID-19 via GP practices has explained how she got involved in the research to help others.
30 June 2020
A retired biomedical scientist from Bolton, John Taylor became a Research Champion for NIHR CRN Greater Manchester in June 2019.
16 June 2020
Dr Emma Vardy has been appointed the NIHR Clinical Research Network Greater Manchester specialty lead for ageing.
28 May 2020
Greater Manchester Research Champions co-designed with healthcare technology and services company Flatiron
19 May 2020
COVID-19 patients at all 10 NHS hospital trusts in Greater Manchester, East Cheshire and East Lancashire are taking part in urgent clinical trials being conducted to better understand and stop the virus.
18 May 2020
A grandfather taking part in the first trial to test potential treatments for COVID-19 through GP surgeries has told how he is proud to be part of research into the disease.
07 May 2020
Greater Manchester infectious diseases consultant Dr Andy Ustianowski has been appointed as the joint NIHR CRN National Specialty Lead for Infection.
04 May 2020
Greater Manchester and East Cheshire patients encouraged to take part in urgent COVID-19 research trial taking place in GP practices
18 March 2020
In response to COVID-19, Dr Louise Wood CBE, has issued the following statement. Dr Wood is Director of Science, Research and Evidence at the Department of Health and Social Care and co-lead for NIHR.
13 March 2020
Consultant Nurse Dr Christina Heaton has recently been appointed as Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust’s (WWL) Community lead for research.
13 March 2020
NIHR CRN Greater Manchester (CRN GM) has appointed Gemma Faulkner as specialty lead for surgery.
09 March 2020
Following the success of our inaugural event in 2019, CRN Greater Manchester was delighted to host another occasion to mark International Women’s Day.
05 March 2020
Dr Smeeta Sinha is a Consultant Nephrologist at Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust.
02 March 2020
Dr Sadie Khwaja is an Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) consultant at Stepping Hill Hospital, part of Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.
28 February 2020
Dr Beatriz Duran Jimenez, Consultant Pharmacist at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT), shares her story.