NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre

@dphpc.bsky.social @cph.bsky.social @cambridge-scm.bsky.social

To mark International Women's Day, Charlotte Coles, Prof of Breast Cancer Clinical Oncology, will be talking about global health & inequities in breast cancer care
Wed 11 March | 1-2 PM
School of Clin Med | @cam.ac.uk
In person reg: bit.ly/4aW0m4n
Online regi: bit.ly/4sbWNxL
@cuh.nhs.uk #IWD2026

For Rare Disease Day @camrare.bsky.social is hosting an in-person event reflecting on what it means to live with a rare condition
👉For a FREE ticket, use code CAMRARE100
Book via: bit.ly/4sh8402
Feb 27 | 4-6 PM
Discovery Centre (DISC) AstraZeneca, CambridgeBRC
@cuh.nhs.uk @cam.ac.uk

Catch us today! All day! At the Norwich Science Festival!
We will be running activities that explore the different stages of research, encouraging new research ideas and collecting thoughts about research! Come & say Hi! 👋

@cuh.nhs.uk @cam.ac.uk #norwichscifestival
@nihr.bsky.social #research

Members of the PPI/E team visited East Coast College today in Lowestoft to talk about research and how young people can get involved! They also took part in a lunchtime sing along!
#NIHR #Research #BePartOfResearch

@cuh.nhs.uk @cam.ac.uk @nihr.bsky.social #EastCoastCollege #UniversityOfSuffolk

Graphic using Rare Disease Day branding. Title CamRARE, living rare. Photos of speakers along the bottom edge of the image, including two young adults.

Join #CamRARE in Cambridge (27 Feb) for #RareDiseaseDay
Through powerful lived-experience stories & a multidisciplinary panel, we’ll explore what it means to live with a rare condition & how systems can better respond throughout a lifetime.
Tickets: camrarerarediseaseday2026.eventbrite.co.uk

🧠Want to find out why people say yes (or no) to trial participation?
🔎Are you a researcher (or member of staff) affiliated with either of the six BRCs listed below?
👉 Book: bit.ly/46EtZ8P
❔ Mili.Kalia@ouh.nhs.uk
@oxhealthbrc.bsky.social @oxfordbrc.bsky.social @moorfieldsbrc.bsky.social @cuh.nhs.uk

CLOSES TODAY: FULLY FUNDED MEDIA FELLOWSHIP APPLICATIONS. For researchers in East England working in healthcare or science. Find out more: bit.ly/4r7eDBI or scan the QR code @absw.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk @cuh.nhs.uk

DEADLINE APPROACHING FOR MEDIA FELLOWSHIP APPLICATIONS! If you're a researcher in East England working in healthcare or science & want to improve your media skills, send in your application for @absw.bsky.social's Media Fellowship by 11 Feb 2026! Find out more: bit.ly/4r7eDBI or scan the QR code.

Woman in red top on the right with the words ' We all need to be more sensitive to not only the physical but also the mental health of women during menopause, however, and recognise when they are struggling. There should be no embarrassment in letting others know what you're going through and asking for help.

New research from Cambridge has shown that menopause is linked to changes in key areas of the brain, increasing anxiety and depression and sleep disturbances.
Hormone therapy and lifestyle can help reduce negative menopausal symptoms.
>> bit.ly/3NR14Yx
@cuh.nhs.uk @cam.ac.uk @camneuro.bsky.social

📣 Don't miss this opportunity to hear about the latest research in neurodegeneration with talks from Daniel Tams (Astex) and Stefano Pluchino (University of Cambridge)!
👉 Tue 27 Jan | 4-5pm
👉 Jeffrey Cheah Centre
👉 Register milner.cam.ac.uk
@cuh.nhs.uk @cam.ac.uk @cph.bsky.social @dphpc.bsky.social

Are you a researcher in East England working in healthcare or science? Want to improve your media skills? @absw.bsky.social's Media Fellowship offers 2-6 weeks' paid secondment working with journalists at a top media outfit. Find out more: bit.ly/4r7eDBI or scan the QR code. Deadline 11 Feb 2026!

📢 Call for abstracts!

Submit abstracts for short talks, flash presentations & posters at our Cancer Metabolism & Tumour Microenvironment Symposium.

🗓 Deadline: 21 Jan 2026
🔗 forms.office.com/pages/respon...

📅 Symposium 24 Feb 2026
Sign up ➡️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cancer-met...

📣 The Milner Consortium Call returns with its sixth call for research proposals. Academic researchers – join our Q&A webinar to learn more and ask questions about the Call!

🗓️ 22 Jan ⏰ 10am 📍 Online

🔗 Call & Webinar details: http://www.milner.cam.ac.uk/consortiumcall/

👉 Want to help shape a future trial focused on preventing falls in older people?
👉 Are you an older adult and/or family member/carer?
👉 Free on Wed 21st Jan 2026 at 13.30 for a one hour online group?
👉 Contact James Piercy - james@brainhrc.org
@cuh.nhs.uk @braininjuryhrc.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk

🎉Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year!🎉
Thinking of making a #NewYearsResolution?
Are you interested in giving feedback on the #research we do?
Live in the #EastOfEngland?
Then why not join our Patient & Public Involvement Panel >> To find out more: bit.ly/3LlRX1c
@cuh.nhs.uk @cam.ac.uk

Merry Christmas and a happy #NewYear from the #NIHR #Cambridge BRC!!
#Thankyou to all our amazing staff, everyone who has supported us and all those who took part in #research this year!
@cuh.nhs.uk @cam.ac.uk @nihr.bsky.social

Looking back over 2025: a year in highlights - NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre As 2025 draws to a close, we’ve put together a snapshot of some of our key research stories over the year.We'd like to thank everyone who took part in our research over 2025 - from the researchers who...

🥳 As 2025 draws to a close, we’ve put together a snapshot of some of our key research stories over the year.
🥳 We’d like to thank everyone who took part in, or contributed to our research over 2025!
To learn more >> bit.ly/44BH167
@cuh.nhs.uk @cam.ac.uk @nihr.bsky.social

NIHR launches £13.7m investment into brain tumour research, with Cambridge researcher to have crucial role - NIHR Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre NIHR launches £13.7m investment into brain tumour research, with Cambridge researcher to have crucial role

@nihr.bsky.social have announced a 13.7m investment into brain tumour research with leading Cambridge researcher, Dr Richard Mair, to play a crucial role.
The money will be used to set up a UK Consortium.
To learn more >> bit.ly/49j94tz
@crukcamcentre.bsky.social @cuh.nhs.uk @cam.ac.uk

Cambridge researchers have shown integrating genetic and metabolic markers with existing clinical data significantly enhances detection of people at high risk of heart disease,
leading to earlier and more effective prevention strategies.
>> bit.ly/4pNoAnA
@cuh.nhs.uk @dphpc.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk

Join our Nursing & Allied Health Professionals Programme networking event in January 2026, focusing on inclusion, equity, and innovation in cancer care!

📅 27 January 2026 | 09:30 - 16:00
📍 CRUK Cambridge Institute
🎟️ Free registration: zurl.co/M1dWx

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RESEARCHERS do you want to use our wonderful PPI Panel to review your documents or hold focus groups? Please note our Christmas deadlines in the slide below! The PPI office will close from ​
22 Dec-4 Jan 2026 ​& no doc reviews will be sent to the Panel from 15 Dec-6 Jan @cam.ac.uk @cuh.nhs.uk

People, Culture and Environment Conference 2025
Open to UoC staff, researchers & students!
Includes talks, panel discussions, posters and networking!
📅 Tues 09 Dec | 09.30-15.30
📍 Clinical School / Online
👉 In person booking: bit.ly/4iBxvWn
👉 Online booking: bit.ly/4oqwIZt
@cuh.nhs.uk @cam.ac.uk

👉East of England health researchers!
👉Want to learn strategies to reduce barriers in health inequalities?
👉Book onto our free, online Inclusivity training with Dr Heidi R Green via: bit.ly/4peHjYX
👉8 Dec | 10am - 11.30am
For info: georgina.norris3@nhs.net
@cuh.nhs.uk @cam.ac.uk @dphpc.bsky.social

🔴Today #WorldAIDSDay2025 highlights the global commitment to end new HIV infections & find a cure for AIDS
🔴 Learn about Prof Ravi Gupta, HIV researcher from the Cambridge BRC, who successfully treated the 'London Patient': >>> bit.ly/4pGbwj9
@cuh.nhs.uk @cam.ac.uk @nat.org.uk

ARC Research and Impact fellowships Applications for 2026 are now open. The deadline is 7 January 2026 at 12:00pm. For more information, please refer to the ‘Apply Here’ section.

👉 NIHR EoE Applied Research Collaboration 'Research and Impact Fellowship' applications are NOW OPEN!
👉 Deadline is 07 January 2026 - 12.00pm
👉 To find out more bit.ly/4pxLJd6
@cuh.nhs.uk @cuhpartners.bsky.social @angliaruskin.bsky.social @royalpapworth.bsky.social @nihrarcs.bsky.social @cam.ac.uk

Professor Miles Parkes, Director of NIHR Cambridge BRC, listening to Dr Kate Baker's presentation at the open event held last week.

A BIG THANK YOU to all our researchers, public members & students who took part in last week's open event on translational paediatric research. Great talks, amazing research posters. One woman said: “Really fascinating talks. I wish I'd brought my 14 year old daughter" @cam.ac.uk @cuh.nhs.uk

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What a fantastic series of talks from our 3 speakers, Dr Anna Moore Winter, Dr Kate Baker & Dr Chenqu Suo at our Public Open Event in Translational research in infants, children and young people! Topics included big data, rare childhood disorders & brain development! @cuh.nhs.uk

Tomorrow! Thursday 20 Nov! FREE, F2F, public event about paediatric translational research! Hear from 3 local researchers about big data, child mental health & childhood rare disease!
👉 Talks 4pm & 6pm
👉 Refreshments and poster exhibition 5pm - 6pm
👉 bit.ly/CYPafterEve
@cuh.nhs.uk @cam.ac.uk

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RESEARCHERS do you want to use our wonderful PPI Panel to review your documents or hold focus groups? Please note our Christmas deadlines in the slide below! The PPI office will close from ​
22 Dec-4 Jan 2026 ​& no doc reviews will be sent to the Panel from 15 Dec-6 Jan @cam.ac.uk @cuh.nhs.uk