Perfect posture? How sitting-up straight won’t stop your back pain…
Professor Philip Conaghan (LIRMM) says that good posture may have some benefits for older people, but that keeping active is the most important …
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BEAT-Lupus trial hits 50% recruitment milestone
The UK’s first clinical trial testing a biological combination treatment for patients with the chronic autoimmune disease, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), has successfully …
Newcastle and Leeds Biomedical Research Centres collaborate on cognitive study
Through the NIHR Infrastructure Short Placement Award for Research Collaboration (SPARC), Dr David Lunn, Research Fellow at the Leeds Biomedical Research Centre will …
Trust backs Leeds research into devastating disease
Researchers in Leeds are hoping for a breakthrough in the treatment of the devastating immune system disease scleroderma, thanks to the support of …
Leeds professors shortlisted for international inventor prize
A marriage of biology and physics has resulted in two leading University academics being shortlisted for the 2018 European Inventor of the Year …
Emerging leader prize for Ed
Congratulations to Ed Vital, Associate Professor and Honorary Consultant Rheumatologist (LIRMM) who has been placed as Runner up in the Medical Research Foundation …
Leeds acknowledged as national leader in AHP research
A recent MRC publication has identified that Leeds is leading the way in high quality research funding for allied health professionals (AHP). …
£10m plan to take Yorkshire’s medical technologies expertise to the world
Solving the challenges which hamper Yorkshire’s medical technology experts when they attempt to bring innovative products to market is the focus of a …
NIHR Bioresource Centre Leeds
Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is delighted to join a network of national Bioresource centres. Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust (LTHT) has been …
Dedicated lupus clinic room opens at Chapel Allerton Hospital
A dedicated lupus clinic room has now been officially opened at Chapel Allerton Hospital. LTHT has one of the largest rheumatology clinics …