28 September 2023
The Clinical Research Network West of England (CRN WE) has published a report that shares reflections and recommendations from a series of innovative community engagement projects that were delivered from December 2022 until April 2023.
18 September 2023
The Cleft Collective, a Bristol-based cleft lip and palate research programme, is marking ten years since it started recruiting and the advances it’s made during that time.
15 September 2023
The research community from the West of England gathered to celebrate the incredible achievements of their colleagues at the Clinical Research Network (CRN) West of England’s (WE) first in-person award ceremony.
24 July 2023
The shortlist for the Clinical Research Network West of England 2023 Research Awards has been announced.
22 June 2023
The Clinical Research Network West of England (CRN WE) has launched a regional strategy that emphasises its commitment to the research workforce and participants in the region.
21 June 2023
Kate Coates, Lead Research Allied Health Professional for the CoMiTED Trial, North Bristol NHS Trust, has been awarded the Royal College of Emergency Medicine Category B Award 2023 by The Royal College of Emergency Medicine (RCEM) and the NIHR CRN.
20 May 2023
To mark International Clinical Trials Day (ICTD), the Clinical Research Network West of England (CRN WE) has announced that an incredible 84,477 participants across the West of England volunteered to take part in health and care research studies in 2022/23.
30 March 2023
Nominations for the Clinical Research Network West of England (CRN WE) 2023 Awards are now open.
02 November 2022
A new funding model launched by the NIHR Clinical Research Network West of England has awarded £30,000 to hospices in the region in line with its continued commitment to health and care research.
26 October 2022
A report published by the Clinical Research Network (CRN) West of England has shown that a record number of participants in the region have shared their experiences of taking part in research.
08 September 2022
GP practices and NHS Trusts across the West of England will play a vital role in a new respiratory virus study looking into the leading cause of infant hospitalisation.
10 June 2022
Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common and costly problems seen in GP surgeries. SupportBack2 is a randomised controlled trial looking at supporting patients to self-manage LBP with an internet intervention.
20 May 2022
To coincide with the International Clinical Trials Day today (May 20th), the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has launched TrialBlazers - a campaign that recognises the life-changing contribution participants make to health and care research.
27 April 2022
An NIHR-funded study being delivered in the West of England is trialling how one drug can improve the risk of falls in patients living with Parkinson’s.
06 April 2022
The winning nominees for the CRN West of England Research Awards were announced at the inaugural ceremony on 24 March.
23 March 2022
Volunteers from across Bristol will have the opportunity to take part in one of the world’s first Omicron-specific COVID-19 variant vaccine studies, as biotechnology company Moderna, Inc works with the NIHR.
04 March 2022
A study that aims to find new ways of identifying and treating brain tumours has opened in Bristol.
16 February 2022
One of the world’s first Omicron-specific variant vaccines is to be trialled in Bristol, as the biotechnology company Moderna, Inc works with the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).
09 February 2022
The shortlist for the West of England Research Awards has been announced, featuring selected nominees for each of the nine categories.
24 January 2022
Last month, the Research and Innovation team at Great Western Hospital (GWH) recruited the world's first participant to the Conduction System Pacing Optimized Therapy (CSPOT) Study.
22 December 2021
Local people across the West of England with newly confirmed COVID-19 are being urged to take part in a first-of-its-kind clinical trial investigating the effectiveness of new oral antiviral treatments for COVID-19 - which can be safely taken at home.
21 December 2021
After an unprecedented couple of years, the Clinical Research Network West of England (CRN WE) will be hosting an awards ceremony to recognise the hard work and achievements of those working within research in the region.
25 November 2021
Dr Jonathan Rodrigues has been awarded Outstanding Clinical Radiology Researcher of 2021 by The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) and the NIHR.
05 November 2021
The latest COVID-19 vaccine booster study is to launch in Bath and Gloucester, this month. Around six hundred volunteers are set to be recruited to the study across the UK.
03 November 2021
Sign up for our online webinar, being held on Tuesday 16 November from 11am-12pm, to get answers to any questions you might have about a career in health and social care research.
