Nominations are now open for the West of England Research Awards!
30 March 2023
Nominations for the Clinical Research Network West of England (CRN WE) 2023 Awards are now open.
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.
11 October 2021
People are invited to join a webinar to ask their questions of leading experts about diabetes research.
01 October 2021
Research has found that it is safe for people to receive a flu vaccine at the same time as a COVID-19 vaccine. Reported side effects were mainly mild to moderate, and there were no negative impacts on the immune response produced by either vaccine when both were given on the same day, in opposite arms.
22 September 2021
Researchers in Bristol are to begin running the latest University of Oxford-led Com-COV study, looking into different COVID-19 vaccination schedules for young people aged 12 to 16.
16 August 2021
A report published by the Clinical Research Network (CRN) West of England has shown that the majority of people who volunteered to take part in research in the region would consider taking part in a study again.
05 August 2021
Participants and local research teams in Bristol have contributed important data to research which shows that treating hospitalised COVID-19 patients who have acute respiratory failure with continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) reduces the need for invasive mechanical ventilation.
07 July 2021
Ifan Jones has been announced as the new Chief Operating Officer of the NIHR Clinical Research Network West of England (CRN WE).
02 July 2021
Volunteers in Bristol are being asked to take part in a study using a Oxford/AstraZeneca variant vaccine, aimed at preventing the Beta COVID-19 variant.