Medical Research Foundation

🚨 Reminder! 🚨

Are you a UK-based academic or clinical researcher working on movement and balance disorders in children and young people?

Our new Launchpad Grant scheme offering up to £100,000 is open for applications!

🗓️ Deadline: 12:00 on Friday 27 March 2026

👉 For more details: bit.ly/3MqpYh9

Graphic explaining that the Medical Research Foundation is one of the biggest funders of eating disorders research.

Graphic showing the Medical Research Foundation's commitment to eating disorders research.

Thanks to you, we are one of the UK's biggest funders of eating disorders research.💚

However, research into these serious illnesses is still far too underfunded, receiving just 1% of all mental health research funding.

See how you can support our work: bit.ly/3OZiPFC

#EatingDisordersAwarenessWeek

Join us for the launch event! We are excited to invite you to the official launch of the Global Society for Infectious Disease Dynamics (GSIDD) on February 26th, 2026.This launch marks an important milestone for our global communi...

Launch of the Global Society of Infectious Disease Dynamics. 🎉

2 online webinars on Thursday 26th.
Do join to see what it's all about, and get involved in the community as it kicks off!

www.gsidd.org/post/join-us...

📣 Exciting opportunity!

We're seeking a #Trustee with senior-level experience in #Fundraising to join our Board of Trustees.

If you're passionate about advancing medical research, we’d love to hear from you! More info: bit.ly/4rvGgox

📅 Closing date: 23 March
📅 Interview date: 14 April

📢 Applications are open for two fellowships in Child and Adolescent Cancer Pain, co-funded with the @ukri.org MRC! 📢

🗓️ Applications for the current round close at 16:00 on 08 April 2026.

👉 Find out all the details and how to apply: https://bit.ly/4kUNLTp

Statistics showing eating disorders to be one of the least funded mental health research areas.

Statistics showing how eating disorders account for around 9% of the total number of people with a mental health condition in the UK.

Eating disorders remain among the least funded areas of mental health research, despite affecting 1.25 million people and accounting for 9% of those with a mental health condition in the UK. 📈

This #EatingDisordersAwarenessWeek, learn how you can support vital research in this area: bit.ly/3OZiPFC

@bristoluni.bsky.social

My maddening battle with chronic fatigue syndrome: ‘On my worst days, it feels almost demonic’ The long read: I suffered with my mystery illness for decades before gaining a diagnosis. Could retraining my brain be the answer?

Chronic fatigue syndrome is debilitating & often underdiagnosed, especially in women. @theguardian.com shares a first-hand account: shorturl.at/2hhUK

We’re funding research to better understand chronic pain, including Dr Robert Drake’s work on sex differences in pain development: shorturl.at/a4TzV

Eating disorders can be deeply isolating, but connecting with others can be life-changing. Whether your community is one person or many, every meaningful connection can bring hope, strength, and the reminder that #YouAreNotAlone

#EatingDisordersAwarenessWeek #BeatCommunity #EDAW2026

@lstmnews.bsky.social

Measles is one of the most infectious diseases around. It can cause blindness and hearing loss – and can also be fatal.

📈 Why are cases now soaring and what can be done about it?

We spoke to one of our experts in epidemiology to find out what this means for the UK, @tomwingfield.bsky.social.

Did you know that some of the immune mechanisms involved in eyes and joints are related?

Visit the new website of one of our brilliant researchers, Dr Lizzy Rosser, and her team to find out how!

rosserlab.com/eyes--joints...

For #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek, we’re highlighting our work to address neglected areas of children & young people’s mental health.

Recently, two of our funded researchers from @kingsioppn.bsky.social led a study exploring how young people who self-harm use social media.

➡️ https://bit.ly/3Mwh2ag

📢 Are you a research leader of the future working on the early origins of health and disease? 📢

Our 2026 Emerging Leaders Prize offering up to £100,000 of flexible funding is now open for applications!

🗓️ Deadline: 12:00 on Thursday 16 April 2026

👉 For full details: https://bit.ly/3ZQKZov

Altered B cell activation contributes to the immunopathogenesis of childhood arthritis-associated uveitis - Nature Communications Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) associated uveitis can cause vision loss in children, but mechanisms remain unclear. The authors here identify elevated CD19+IgD-CD27- double negative type 1 B cell...

Very proud that our investigating uveitis pathogenesis in young people living with arthritis is out today @natcomms.nature.com. A real team science effort made possible by collaborations across hospital & researchers with support of patients. Check it out 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

▪️ The study has been funded by us, Moorfields Eye Charity, @arthritisuk.bsky.social & @fightforsight.bsky.social.

▪️ Leading researchers of the paper include: Dr @bcellsrosser.bsky.social, Dr Beth Jebson and Dr Ameenat Lola Solebo.

🔬 New research from @uclmedsci.bsky.social, @moorfields.bsky.social & @greatormondst.bsky.social is changing how we understand a sight-threatening condition in children with arthritis - bringing us closer to protecting children’s sight. 👁️

👉 Read the full story on our website:
bit.ly/49SfuQW

Lizzy Rosser starting in her laboratory. She is wearing a white labcoat, standing to the righhand side of the frame and leaning on some equipment as she looks at the camera. A bright red chair and red draws under the lab bench are in the background.

👀 New insights into childhood arthritis‑linked uveitis!

#ListerFellow @bcellsrosser.bsky.social et al. reveal in
@natcomms.nature.com bigger‑than‑expected role for B cells. A potential path to protect children's sight?
👉 nature.com/articles/s41...

Where next for this disease? Comment & share🔄

We're proud to have supported Dr Gemma Knowles' first phase of her Bridging Divides project. We are incredibly  pleased to see Gemma win the Medical Research Foundation Emerging Leaders Prize, enabling her team to dive deeper into boys’ experiences of sexism within this project.

🔎 Dr Ellen Dyer (SoGE) is co-leading a project awarded @medresfdn.bsky.social's Impact of Climate Change on Health funding, with Dr Anani Badje (PAC-CI 🇨🇮)

🦟'Preventing the spread of dengue in Côte d’Ivoire' will study relationships between #climate and #dengue fever transmission in Côte d’Ivoire ⬇️

@josefienbreedvelt.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @kingsioppn.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

📢 Announcing the winners of our 2025 Emerging Leaders Prize! 📢

Thanks to our generous donors, the award winners will be able to further their research into the underfunded area of children and young people's mental health, as well as developing their careers 👏

👉 Read more: https://bit.ly/4qK85co

People with #ADHD face many health challenges from cardiovascular disease to metabolic disorders - yet research to date has been limited.

To better understand the health inequalities linked to ADHD traits, researchers at UCL & Liverpool University have published a new study: shorturl.at/4jFKi

Janet with her family in Kenya.

Janet faces the harsh realities of climate change every day as extreme heat impacts her home, her health, and her family.

She is a participant in Prof Lusambili and Dr Part's study, which is working to find solutions that keep homes cooler and protect maternal and newborn health.

📖✨ bit.ly/45MZkpF

Global temperatures are already 1.2°C above pre-industrial levels, with serious implications for human health.

New Foundation-funded research from Dr Khondoker Akram (@sheffielduni.bsky.social) explores how extreme heat can affect the placenta & pregnancy.

Read more: https://bit.ly/3NR4Hh3 #MedSky

The Medical Research Foundation has awarded £200K to a new IOI–Nigerian Defence Academy study into how phage-based disinfectants could reduce #AMR in Nigeria.

Read more👉
https://ow.ly/xWaF50XZGvV

📸 credit: R. Kometani, S. Ishihara (https://ow.ly/cASz50XZGvX)

@ineosoxford.bsky.social

🔆 New funding award announcement! 🔆

We are backing seven exciting new collaborations between scientists in Africa and the UK to investigate the health impacts of climate change.

👉 Read more: https://bit.ly/4pPW2J3

🚨 Reminder! 🚨

Are you a UK-based academic or clinical researcher working on movement and balance disorders in children and young people?

Our new Launchpad Grant scheme offering up to £100,000 is open for applications!

🗓️ Deadline: 12:00 on Friday 27 March 2026

👉 For more details: bit.ly/3MqpYh9

Over 80% of adolescents who die by suicide live in LMICs, like Rwanda.

Intergenerational trauma, conflict & other complex challenges contribute to high rates of youth self-harm in the country. A new study led by Dr Faith Martin reveals more: https://bit.ly/3Nbhf2O

@psy-fm.bsky.social #MedSky