Healthcare professionals outside of medicine make up a very significant part of the NHS workforce, and are indispensable for initiation and delivery of patient-centred research. Supporting development of the next generation of non-medical clinician-scientists across Imperial College AHSC is therefore one of the major strategic aims of the NIHR Imperial BRC, with an ultimate aim […]

A 15-minute scan could help diagnose brain damage in babies up to two years earlier than current methods. The study, supported by the NIHR Imperial BRC and the MRC, involved scanning over 200 babies at 7 hospitals across the UK and USA. Using a type of brain scan called magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy, the researchers […]

Premature birth is an extremely traumatic experience and its complications are the leading cause of death in children under 5 years of age. Researchers at Imperial College have been identifying causes of premature labour using infrastructure and technologies available through NIHR Imperial BRC, to better manage high-risk pregnancies. Now a new research centre – the […]

A new £10m centre focused on medical imaging and artificial intelligence that will help improve diagnosis and care has been announced. This is one of five new centres awarded by UK Research and Innovation through the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, the UK government’s flagship investment programme that focusses on addressing the opportunities and challenges of […]

Imperial BRC researchers have identified mechanisms underlying the excellent efficacy of faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) in treating antibiotic-resistant Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) in the gut. Clostridioides difficile is a form of bacteria that infects the human colon, usually following treatment with antibiotics, and can lead to diarrhoea, intestinal perforation, multiorgan failure, and death.  Antibiotic treatment […]