Archive£11.5m in flagship research awards for Nottingham
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 13:20:00 GMT
Young children, older people and people who suffer from skin diseases are among those who will benefit from more than £11.5m in new funding for research in Nottingham. The news comes just two months after Nottingham clinicians and researchers received an additional £7.5m to fund ground-breaking new treatments in respiratory disease and hearing problems.
Nearly £6m will fund three five-year studies by some of the city's leading health care experts at The University of Nottingham, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust and Nottinghamshire County Teaching Primary Care Trust (PCT). Their research will focus on the prevention of accidental injuries in pre-school children; developing and evaluating services for frail older people; and the treatment of disfiguring and mutilating skin diseases.
The funding — which could transform the lives of millions of patients - has been awarded in three Programme Grants for Applied Research by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) in recognition of Nottingham's strengths as a centre of excellence for applied and translational research. Overall, 25 awards were made nationally, with Nottingham winning more than any other centre.
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Source: www.nottingham.ac.uk
