🚀 13 NIHR BRCs news stories from March 2026
From simple blood tests improving cancer care to AI tools transforming mental health & heart monitoring, plus breakthroughs in osteoarthritis, infection prevention & more, March delivered research making a real difference.
🎥 Watch the video & explore the article: https://t.co/VQPp1KyYRD
👇 Read the thread below to visit each story
✨ We’re launching another round of Invention for Innovation (i4i) – Translate Healthcare Research through InnoVation and Entrepreneurship (THRIVE)!
THRIVE helps clinicians & researchers fast-track innovations tackling health inequalities with up to £150k/9 months plus entrepreneurial training, mentoring, peer support & networking.
Opens 12 March 2026, 1pm. Join our online events:
📅 Launch webinar - 12 Mar, 1–2:30pm
📅 Tips session - 18 Mar, 2:30–4pm
📅 Drop-ins - 23 Mar (10–11am) & 25 Mar (3–4pm)
🔗 More info: https://t.co/bEWU0VTiki
🤝 We work with patients, public groups, communities, researchers and healthcare partners to shape research that really matters.
https://t.co/OrdRpasUTs
The new UK Clinical Trial Regulations come into force in April 2026 and will have an impact on GCP requirements. Find out more about the changes by attending our #ResearchWalesFaculty webinar.
Register now for 17 March 2026:
https://t.co/4KeEoyW1fk
🗣️ We’re building a network of researchers dedicated to climate, health, and sustainability.
Join our matchmaking network to connect with peers, share knowledge, and find collaborators for future projects.
Register now: https://t.co/aSaiArie38
#ClimateHealth#Sustainability #HealthResearch
📢 NEW REPORT PUBLISHED 📢
#HSRUK research report exploring career experiences in HSR is now available. From contract precarity to mentoring, inclusion and tacit knowledge, this work shines a light on what needs to change.
Read it here ⬇️
https://t.co/9MAYTCfsyG
Have you thought about your training courses in 2026?
Why not join our FREE online #BuildingResearchPartnerships NI Training and learn about Personal and Public Involvement (#PPI) on Tuesday 21 April 2026, 10.30am – 12.15pm. Open to all.
To register, email [email protected]
For the past 20 years, NIHR has promoted gender equality in health and care research. Today, as we mark #InternationalDayOfWomenAndGirlsInScience, we’re spotlighting 3 NIHR-funded researchers:
🌟 Dr Sharna Shanmugavadivel
🌟 Dr Olufikayo Bamidele
🌟Professor Helen Murphy
They shared what inspired them into research, as well as advice for women and girls looking to pursue a career in science ⬇️
#WomenInScience #EveryVoiceInScience
A new @LindAlliance project is calling on everyone with lived or professional experience of women’s heart disease, including patients, carers, family members and healthcare professionals from across the Republic of Ireland and UK to answer the questions that matter most to them so that future research can be targeted specifically at these areas of women’s heart health.
Survey: Women's heart health ⬇️
Take part here: https://t.co/aFgGQOeg40
#WomensHeartHealth #CardiovascularResearch #HealthInequalities
📢 February EqIA Workshop – spaces available
Need support with your Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA)? Join our monthly workshop for practical guidance and shared learning.
👉 Register: https://t.co/UOKzGsxYvm
With thanks to @ARC_EM, @kamleshkhunti and @NIHRARCs.
The 2nd cohort of the EM Internship programme for Health and Care Professionals is due to launch later this year. Hear more about this flexible opportunity to develop your research career at their launch webinar on 4th March at 1pm via teams: https://t.co/2RRKoX1yGT
Are you a healthcare provider in community/primary care? Interested in health behaviour change? Then join 3-4 online meetings to design a walking programme for people with PAD.
[email protected]
https://t.co/hpSHdkpMEO
@bacpr@OfficialCAHPR@CommunityHART@PCCS_UK@rcgp