NIHR Biomedical Research Centre Leicester
Diverse Community Engagement and Involvement (CEI) is required to address, and avoid perpetuating, health inequities, but approaches to CEI tend to be based on how things are done within academia …
Researchers at the University of Leicester are looking for 450 people willing to ditch meat in 2026 as they explore how vegetarian and vegan diets can affect our long‑term health.
Tuberculosis (TB), a bacterial infection often thought to be a relic of the Victorian era, is on the rise in the UK and across the world. Like many other infectious …
Professor Melanie Davies, whose “constant curiosity” propelled her rise to be among the world’s leading type 2 diabetes and obesity experts, has been named a Dame in The King’s Birthday …
A leading cardiologist from the NIHR BRC: Leicester has been awarded an MBE for his services to medical research and healthcare as part of the King’s Birthday Honours
A global study investigating the safety and effectiveness of a new tablet form of weight loss medication has found it resulted in meaningful weight loss.
A pilot project led by NIHR BRC Leicester respiratory nurses to share research expertise with colleagues in primary care is widening participation in research in Leicester.
A group of global experts in type 2 diabetes have come together to deliver an up to date overview of the health condition that affects millions of people around the …
The importance of the role of research nurses is the subject of a commentary by a NIHR Leicester BRC research nurse, published in the Journal of Lower Limb Wound Care …
A major study investigating the diagnosis and outcomes of more than 400,000 people with heart failure over the past 20 years has found that diagnostic investigations in primary care were …
NIHR Leicester BRC experts have been awarded nearly £2 million to set up a global vascular research centre.
Dr Kayesha Coley, a Research Associate with the BRC’s Data and Multiple Long Term Conditions theme has been awarded a prestigious Royal Society Career Development Fellowship to lead groundbreaking research …
