The NIHR Biomedical Research Centre: Bristol is led by University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust in partnership with the University of Bristol. We're funded by @nihr.bsky.social (National Institute for Health and Care Research)
NIHR Biomedical Research Centre: Bristol
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This PhD project is funded by @wellcometrust.bsky.social. It is led by Aaron Yap with supervision from @pmadleydowd.bsky.social, @draipsych.bsky.social, Dr Deborah McCahon and Dr Eleanor Sanderson.
NIHR Biomedical Research Centre: Bristol
📢 New project on our website!
Does psychiatric polypharmacy increase the risk of falls and fractures in older adults?
@aaron-yap.bsky.social is investigating the safest way of combining antidepressants, antipsychotics + benzodiazepines in older adults.
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www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/does-psychia...
New paper alert! 🚨
Researchers in Bristol have shown how embedding rapid qualitative research into clinical trials can help overcome recruitment challenges and strengthen study delivery.
Find out more👇
www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/new-study-hi...
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Need participants for your study + struggling with recruitment?
Get inspired!
Read this blog about our researcher's experience using @nihr.bsky.social's Be Part of Research.
She's even broken the process down into 6 easy steps for you!👇
www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/the-benefits...
It's newsletter time!
In this edition 👇
💊 Anti-inflammatory dug could help difficult-to-treat depression
📋 Using @nihr.bsky.social's Be Part of Research to recruit participants
🎆 New projects and much more
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New project! Developing protocols for managing digital videos of surgical procedures. Recording procedures provides data we could use to:
↗️ Improve research
↗️ Innovate
↗️ Assess outcomes
↗️ Ensure quality
↗️ Educate
These benefit patient safety + care.
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www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/developing-p...
📢 New paper alert!
Study reveals unique stress hormone response in newborns undergoing heart surgery.
Researchers looked at the HPA axis and found that neonates (under 30 days old) have a different physiological response to older children.
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www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/study-reveal...
🚨New blog post!
Improving research participation for children and young people through co-design
Jacq Miller, from @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social, writes about embedding child-friendly features in a research project.
Blog👇
www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/improving-re...
Project👇
www.kcl.ac.uk/research/ci2i
In this blog, Jacqueline Miller writes about how child-friendly features were embedded in the Ci2i project from the start, the philosophical approaches that underpinned this work and the factors that ...
Psychiatric polypharmacy is when a person is prescribed two or more psychiatric medications at the same time. It is estimated this affects one in every two older adults who start taking an antidepress...
