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Public Engagement

Bollywood dance is helping underrepresented communities connect and learn about research

Cardiovascular researcher joined public involvement session on Belgrave Road  

You’re invited to the PPIE for statistical methodology research workshop

Would you like to discover new ways to engage and involve the public in your work, and your findings? Then our workshop on 26 February 2024 at College Court, the …

£2.6 million to create new approach to care for the under 40s with type 2 diabetes

Funding for a five-year project, that aims to develop a new type of care package that addresses gaps in support for people under 40 living with type 2 diabetes, has …

Local residents encouraged to sign up for research at Leicester’s Hospitals

Leicester’s Hospitals is celebrating International Clinical Trials Day on Thursday 20 May by launching a new research registry for local residents.

This International Dance Day (29 April 2021) Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Manager, Rebecca Pritchard, describes how dance has been the perfect medium to develop relationships with the local community.

Hard to reach[1] is the term often used to describe people who don’t want to come to ‘town hall’ style meetings, academic talks or committees. It’s a term increasingly and …

Volunteers needed to help plan research

Volunteers are needed to help Leicester researchers design a programme for peripheral arterial disease screening, with the aim to improve heart and circulatory health.

Local people wanted for new group helping researchers understand COVID

Members of the public who have had, or cared for someone with, COVID-19 are being asked to join a new advisory group run by Leicester’s Hospitals to help researchers design …

Leicester woman overhauls health ahead of 70th birthday

A woman from Leicester who feels “on top of the world” following her own personal health drive is sharing her story to mark Diabetes Week. Jashoda Patel was inspired to …

Hospital encourages visitors to ‘Be Part of Research’

Leicester’s Hospitals is celebrating International Clinical Trials Day on Monday 20 May by encouraging more people to be part of research in 2019.

Recent News

How we’ve embedded culturally tailored approaches into public involvement

Leicester health specialists receive NIHR prizes for excelling in their fields

Respiratory researcher awarded Asthma + Lung UK Junior Fellowship

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The NIHR Leicester BRC is part of the NIHR and hosted by the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust in partnership with the University of Leicester,  Loughborough University and the University Hospitals of the Northamptonshire NHS Group.

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Leicester General Hospital
Gwendolen Road
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