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Professor Karen Spilsbury announced as NIHR Senior Investigator
Professor Karen Spilsbury at the School of Healthcare, University of Leeds, has been appointed as an NIHR Senior Investigator.
Genes reveal kidney cancer’s risk of recurrence
A decade-long international study into kidney cancer has shown that doctors can predict the likelihood of a patient’s disease returning by looking at DNA mutations in their tumours.
Iria finds her NICHE with NIHR Career development award
Skills, passion and experience in dementia care leads to research role
New surgical devices improve access to surgery in low-resource settings
The NIHR Global Health Research Group in Surgical Technologies has developed and trained surgeons to use innovative new devices, enabling routine surgery in remote communities in low-resource settings
Pharmacists based in care homes make them safer for residents
Basing specialist pharmacists in care homes can help make residents safer by cutting potential harm from medicines, according to research carried out by University of Leeds academics.