Impact 2025/26 is now live.
Great ideas only make a difference for our health when they are put into practice. We work with partners across health and care to turn ideas into real-world impact.
Read our latest Impact Review:
healthinnovationeast.co.uk/ir25-26
Finally, a proper study on #concussion & repeated head impacts in women’s rugby. Cardiff University is using instrumented mouthguards and brain scans to gather real data, not assumptions from men’s studies. Female players deserve clear evidence to make informed decisions.
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Listen to another patient story on our podcast. Jesus talks about his injury and recovery open.spotify.com/episode/6mph...
A first-of-its-kind rugby study changes how players think about their health and future in the sport.
Today our PPIE Lead James Piercy is at the BABICM case management conference in Birmingham. Listen to his conversation with previous chair Vicki Gilman on the HRC podcast open.spotify.com/episode/2dLd...
Listen to our clinical theme lead Topun Austin on the great babyfactcheck podcast open.spotify.com/episode/1xPv...
Hear about our clinical theme Prevention and education in this podcast open.spotify.com/episode/2EkP...
Dr Thomas Kabir recently joined our Biomedical Research Centre as Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) Academic Lead.
In this 60 second interview, Dr Kabir shares PPIE experience and plans for the role.
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NIHR HealthTech Research Centre in Brain Injury
In January 2026, @headway_uk launched a survey into the levels of isolation following a brain injury to help shape the core of this campaign.
Explore the full survey results here: www.headway.org.uk/news-and-cam...
#Headway #ABI #BrainInjury #Loneliness
In the past 12 months people from 46 countries have listened to the podcast. Why not join them? open.spotify.com/show/1S0ZfQI...
Our PPIE lead James is in Birmingham today chairing day 2 of the BABICM case managers conference
Podcast · NIHR HRC Brain Injury · Listen to conversations about research. Hear personal stories of brain injury and the development of new technologies
