Professor Gwenllian Wynne-Jones appointed as Chief Nurse Research Lead for CRN West Midlands
29 March 2023
New Nurse Research Lead appointed
29 March 2023
New Nurse Research Lead appointed
24 February 2023
Spreading the word about research
16 February 2023
National appointment for West Midlands clinician
13 February 2023
Come and see us at Birmingham thinktank
23 December 2022
Antiviral Covid-19 treatment study results published
06 December 2022
Network project is a Finalist in the HSJ Partnership Awards
15 November 2022
20,000 recruits needed for respiratory study
11 November 2022
A national appointment for West Midlands clinician
18 October 2022
The Network's Young Research Champions would love you to join them
09 August 2022
Network staff have been out and about during the Games, telling people how they can #BePartOfResearch
28 July 2022
Carly Craddock is the new Chief Operating Officer at CRN West Midlands
19 July 2022
Pregnant women across the West Midlands are being urged to step forward to take part in an ongoing national COVID-19 vaccine study.
06 July 2022
Another great year for research in our region
30 June 2022
The Network's Race, Diversity and Inclusion Research Group has been shortlisted in the Improving Health Outcomes for Minority Ethnic Communities Category at this year’s HSJ Patient Safety Awards,
21 June 2022
A development programme to encourage and support more West Midlands healthcare colleagues to become research leaders – as well generating £18m of funding opportunities - has been shortlisted for a national award.
09 June 2022
CRN West Midlands celebrates with staff and partners
20 May 2022
Could you be a TrialBlazer?
15 March 2022
The NIHR Clinical Research Network West Midlands is pleased to announce it has appointed two new Clinical Research Specialty Leads with responsibility for Community Trust Research.
08 March 2022
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)-supported GenOMICC study, the world’s largest study of the genetics of critical COVID-19, has revealed details about some of the biological mechanisms behind the severe form of the disease
04 March 2022
The world’s largest COVID-19 treatment trial has found that baricitinib, an anti-inflammatory rheumatoid arthritis drug, reduces deaths in patients hospitalised for COVID-19 by around one-fifth.
16 February 2022
A study monitoring a common winter disease in small children is up and running at two NHS Trusts in the Black Country.
09 February 2022
There are at least 314 research nurses and midwives working across the West Midlands, within all areas of healthcare, reveals a landmark new census initiated by a group of NIHR 70@70 Senior Nurse & Midwife Research Leaders.
03 February 2022
The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has today authorised Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine for use in the UK.
20 January 2022
Local GPs and healthcare professionals are urging people across the region to come forward and take part in a first-of-its-kind clinical trial investigating the effectiveness of new antiviral treatments for COVID-19 - which can be safely taken at home.