NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)

Great to see this paper looking at how #PhysicalActivity approaches vary from school to school - including 5 evidence-based recommendations.

Designing context-specific physical activity interventions for English primary schools: key learning from a four-month rapid ethnography - BMC Public Health Background Physical activity is essential for children’s health. Primary schools offer an opportunity to equitably promote physical activity. However, school-based interventions have been shown to hav...

This paper is part of the PASSPORT study supported by @bristolbrc.bsky.social. Read the full paper here:

bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

Primary schools can play to their strengths in boosting child physical activity - Bristol Biomedical Research Centre A 4 month rapid ethnography study in 3 primary schools across Bristol reveals that “one‐size‐fits‐all” physical activity strategies will fall short. Schools differ widely in culture, resources, and ob...

A 4 month rapid ethnography study in 3 primary schools across Bristol reveals that “one‐size‐fits‐all” physical activity strategies will fall short. Schools differ widely meaning they need tailored, context‑specific #PhysicalActivity interventions.
www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/primary-scho...

Read the full research paper by Alice Porter, Elin Cawley,
@laura-ann-chapman.bsky.social, Charlotte Crisp, Ruth Wadman, Sally Barber, Ian Penton-Voak, Angela Attwood, Russ Jago and Helen Bould in @bmj.com Open:
bit.ly/4nUUuhd

Olympian teams up with researchers to make PE kit more inclusive for teen girls Tess Howard, who competed for Team GB in the Paris 2024 games, has joined Dr Alice Porter to make school sports clothing fitter for purpose.

📰 We're in the news!
🏆 Congratulations to Alice Porter on the publication of her research today:
bit.ly/40TU4Og

July: School sports kit research | News and features - United Kingdom Top researchers have united with Team GB hockey player and sports inclusivity trailblazer Tess Howard MBE on a mission to help teenage girls feel more

July: School sports kit research | News and features

https://www.europesays.com/uk/268432/

Top researchers have united with Team GB hockey player and sports inclusivity trailblazer Tess Howard MBE on a…#uk #news #uknews

University experts team up with Team GB hockey Olympian to make school PE kits fitter for purpose and put ball in pupils’ court - Bristol Biomedical Research Centre Top researchers have united with Team GB hockey player and sports inclusivity trailblazer Tess Howard MBE on a mission to help teenage girls feel more comfortable in their school PE uniforms – and own...

🏆Top researchers have joined @teamgbofficial.bsky.social hockey player and #SportsInclusivity trailblazer Tess Howard to help teenage girls feel more comfortable in their school PE uniforms – and own bodies
bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/university-e...

#PhysicalActivity #PEkit #InclusiveSportswear

Childhood cancer incidence around nuclear installations in Great Britain, 1995–2016 AbstractBackground. Concerns remain about the potential harmful health impact of nuclear installations. Historical clusters of leukaemia and non-Hodgkin’s

Led by @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social with input from @frankdv.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social, here's the full paper published in the @oxfordacademic.bsky.social International Journal of Epidemiology
academic.oup.com/ije/article/...

No increased risk of childhood cancer near UK nuclear sites, study finds - ARC West Children living near nuclear power stations in the UK are not at increased risk of childhood cancers, according to a new analysis. The research, led by scientists at Imperial College London and the Un...

🧪 New UK study: No increased risk of childhood cancer near nuclear sites
📍 Analysed data from 28 sites incl Sellafield & Dounreay (1995–2016)
👶 Nearly 50,000 cases reviewed
📉 No rise in cancer incidence found

🔗 arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/no-increased...
#PublicHealth #Nuclear

Bridging the gap between theory and practice: Reflections from missing data KM workshops - Bristol Biomedical Research Centre Elinor Curnow ran 3 knowledge mobilisation (KM) workshops to demonstrate Multiple Imputation Doctor (midoc) to researchers. The workshops were funded by a University of Bristol Knowledge Mobilisation ...

Missing data is a common problem in studies. Elinor Curnow ran workshops to demonstrate Multiple Imputation Doctor (midoc) to researchers.

They were funded by a @bristoluni.bsky.social Knowledge Mobilisation Catalyst Award. Read her blog on what happened.

www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/reflections-...

Using genetics to find links between diet and disease - Bristol Biomedical Research Centre Understanding how diet affects our long-term health is a major challenge in nutrition research. Randomised controlled trials are considered the best way to test cause-and-effect relationships. In this...

📢 New project! How does diet relate to disease?

🧬This project will combine the methods of #RandomisedControlledTrials and #MendelianRandomisation to create a new way of studying #diet and #health.

www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/using-geneti...

Here's our poster presenting how our #qualitative #research is providing valuable insights and learning for innovative #surgical procedures in a uterine #transplant case study. #crfbrc25
@bristolbrc.bsky.social

Excited for the second day of the NIHR #CRFBRC25 conference

@bristolbrc.bsky.social
@bristol-csr.bsky.social

Treatment plan for patients in pain after knee surgery has been implemented - Bristol Biomedical Research Centre A treatment plan for patients still experiencing pain 3 months after total knee replacement surgery has been successfully implemented at North Bristol NHS Trust. The study, led by BRC researchers, is ...

🆕Treatment plan for patients still in pain 3 months after total knee replacement surgery
➡️Successfully implemented at North Bristol NHS Trust
www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/treatment-pl...

#NHS #Research #Healthcare #Orthopedics #KnowledgeTranslation @researchnbt.bsky.social
Full paper: bit.ly/44MuRXc

Conference slide about the PIMS study listing partners organisations

Nice for the PIMS study @bristolbrc.bsky.social and CRF and other partners to get a mention at #crfbrc25 conference

1st Joint UKCRF Network and BRC Conference | NIHR - UKCRF Network and BRC Conference

Look out for us at the joint @bristolbrc.bsky.social‬ CRF conference in Birmingham!
Posters presenting how our qualitative research is providing valuable insights and learning for innovative surgical procedures as they are introduced into clinical practice.
nihr.eventscase.com/EN/programme

UK researchers need to be aware that the 1958, 1970 & Millenium birth cohorts, as well as the massive Understanding Society, are freely available to academic researchers from @ukdataservice.bsky.social . Not the linked bits, but plenty to be going on with & under-used at present.

3 generations of a family, laughing together

📢 @ukllc.bsky.social announces new approvals from NHS providers and UK Government departments, meaning linked longitudinal data held in the UK LLC Trusted Research Environment (TRE) can now be used for a wide range of research in the public good:
bit.ly/4072vpd

Predicting patients’ risk of needing to return to hospital - Bristol Biomedical Research Centre Unplanned readmission to hospital reduces patients’ quality of life and puts extra pressure on the NHS. Some patients are readmitted to hospital because they don’t have the health or social care they ...

📢New project: We're creating a computer programme to predict patients’ risk of being readmitted to hospital

🧑‍⚕️This could help doctors decide how soon to discharge patients
www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/predicting-p...

#VirtualWards @bnssgresearch.bsky.social

⏰Tomorrow! 👇

Automated system to capture patients’ views on their involvement in decisions about their surgery is acceptable to patients and surgeons Patients and surgeons have reported that a new, automated system to monitor patients’ views on how much they have felt involved in decision-making about their surgery is acceptable. The study, led by ...

1/3 - A newly developed automated system that captures patients’ views on their involvement in decisions about their surgery, analyses the information, and feeds it back to the clinical team, has found to be acceptable to both patients and surgeons.

bit.ly/40bad1v

Do some symptoms of COVID-19 and long COVID typically occur together? - Bristol Biomedical Research Centre COVID-19 and long COVID are relatively new conditions. This means we don’t yet know much about what symptoms people have, how often they occur, and whether there are groups of symptoms that occur in t...

🤒Do some symptoms of COVID-19 and long COVID typically occur together?

📢New project!

💻We are combining data from past studies to see if some symptoms of #COVID19 and #longCOVID occur together, to help with diagnosis and treatment.

www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/do-some-symp...

Information standards for innovative surgery: what patients need to know International public inquiries into patient safety with regard to surgical innovation identified deficiencies in information provision and informed consent

📢Published today in the British Journal of Surgery

New ground-breaking study by Christin Hoffman, Daisy Elliott, @leilarooshenas.bsky.social, Cynthia Ochieng, Barry Main, Pete Wheatstone, Samuel Lawday, Abigail Vallance, Jane M Blazeby and Angus G K McNair

Read the full paper: bit.ly/4lrzZHp

International experts and patients unite to help ensure all patients are fully informed before consenting to new surgical procedures - Bristol Biomedical Research Centre Leading doctors, researchers, and lawyers have joined forces with patient representatives and created the first-ever information guide to better support and protect patients across the world who are c...

📢 The first-ever info guide to support and protect patients considering pioneering, but also potentially risky, surgery

🧑‍⚕️It sets out clearly what surgeons must tell patients before they undergo new procedures
www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/internationa...

#PelvicMesh #WomensHealth #PatientSafety

Young people eating out together

This Friday: Join the conversation!💬

Research conversations: What becoming an adult means for #Millennial and #GenZ health👩‍👩‍👧‍👦

Friday, 11am, online
www.bristolbrc.nihr.ac.uk/research-con...

📰 Worth a read if you're interested in #MentalHealth research 👇

📢 New project!

Our researchers are developing wearable devices to predict #COPD #LungDisease flare-ups 👇

Led by @airwaysdoc.bsky.social at @bristoluni.bsky.social with funding from @ai4cihub.bsky.social

💡 These were really fascinating talks, by researchers who have found creative ways to explore sensitive subjects👇

▶️ Watch here if you missed it

And one week until the next #ARCseminar - creative arts for #dementia. Sign up!👇

From Research to Impact: A Day of Ideas and Insights on Improving Child Health - PenARC On 18th June 2025, researchers, clinicians, public contributors, and policymakers came together at the British Library for an inspiring day of knowledge exchange and collaboration focused on child and...

🎥✨ From research to real-world impact!

We’ve captured highlights from our recent child & maternal health event in a new blog and short video. Find out about what made the day so powerful.

📖 Blog: tinyurl.com/2vvu2tew
▶️ Video: tinyurl.com/ytvhkxzr

#ChildHealthImpact2025

🆕🆕🆕🆕

❓AIM: How are modifications reported in IDEAL-cited papers?
🤯RESULTS: Only 68% of Stage 2a and 33% of Stage 2b reported ANY modifications. Within this, huge variation/inconsistencies.
🤓READ: shorturl.at/HCMGJ
⏭️NEXT: We have developed a checklist to report modifications in surgical innovation