On behalf of the PHOSP Consortium, we would like to say a huge thank you to all research staff working across the UK on this important study, and to every participant helping us better understand how #COVID19 is continuing to affect their physical, mental and cognitive health.
โYou canโt imagine what it must be like for patients to be coming in without having their loved ones with them.โ Michelle Craner spoke to @leicslive about her experience as a research nurse @leic_hospital during the pandemic. #ResearchVsCovid. Read more: https://t.co/JOPsJo19JG
ICYMI: Prof Chris Brightling updates @JCarpenter82 on the latest #COVID19 research taking place in Leicester, and answers questions about the latest treatments and potential vaccines on @BBCLeicester: https://t.co/SAhLJ8kDrc (from 1:08:48)
๐ขGreat news for the #COPD-HELP trial: 1st participant randomised yesterday & 2nd participant this morning! Massive well done to all involved, keep up the good work ๐ @Greening_COPD @HamishMcAuley @abuamar85 @HargadonBev@ChelleBourne@LeicResearch@Leic_hospital@LeicesterBRC
#PHOSP_COVID and we're off ...
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*first patient consented @uniofleicester *
visit completed by Kate and Tracy - photo coming!
Great work by @singapuri_a@HargadonBev and Michelle Bourne.
Please tweet when you start recruiting ... pressure's on ๐
Our respiratory team has been incredible in the face of the #COVID19 pandemic and are showing their support for everyone involved in research to find vaccines and treatments across the world #Red4Research
Congratulations to the @Leic_hospital and @LeicesterBRC research teams, who have recruited our first patient to the SARS-CoV2 infection study, which trials the efficacy of nebulised interferon beta for patients with #COVID19 and #pneumonia.
https://t.co/h8cnrJXiVc
@s_edwards_rn@EnyaDaynesPT Well I am rubbish. Havenโt actually looked at twitter in over a week and completely missed my nomination๐ Sorry @s_edwards_rn
Michelle Bourne and Sarah Parker from @LeicesterBRC discussing the impact of a new recruitment strategy to increase recruits to #respisbest studies. Use of clinical data and Staff training/ weekly meetings - Great job ladies ๐๐ป @HargadonBev
The Institute for Lung Health in Leicester is celebrating 20 years! Follow @LeicResearch account 12-14 Feb and use #ILH20 for live tweets and highlights about the latest in #respiratory#research from the scientific meeting.
Well done to the #COPD-HELP team who completed their Site Initiation Visit this week!โ Visit https://t.co/0E8w2777Zv to read more about this @uniofleicester sponsored study, led by Chris Brightling and @Greening_COPD and funded by @GSK#mepolizumab#eosinophilic
Read more about the BEAT Severe Asthma trial via the press release below. The trial will evaluate an eosinophil-lowering drug in severe eosinophilic #asthma patients. Led by @SalmanRespdoc, sponsored by @uniofleicester and chiefly funded by @NIHRresearch and @The_MRC#BEATSA
Great talk by @lorna_latimer on The responsiveness of skeletal muscle mRNA to aerobic exercise training is not blunted in COPD @LeicesterBRC@CersResearch. Some really interesting discussions.