October 7, 2019 Healthcare staff awarded fellowships to research better patient care Five healthcare professionals have been awarded prestigious research fellowships for projects which could improve the delivery of patient care across the NHS. Working in the fields of nursing, pharmacy, occupational therapy and dietetics, the five will conduct research over the next two years as part of the NIHR Pre-doctoral Clinical Academic Fellowships programme. Imperial College […]
August 20, 2019 ICR joins Imperial’s Academic Health Science Centre partnership The Institute of Cancer Research, London, has joined the Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre (AHSC). The Imperial College AHSC is a strategic University-NHS partnership that aims to accelerate the translation of scientific breakthroughs into innovative ways to provide patient care. The Imperial College AHSC was the UK’s first AHSC, formed in 2007 and subsequently gaining Department of Health and Social Care designation. Its existing members are Imperial College London, Imperial College […]
Clinicians discuss how leadership programme has prepared them for hospital board Twenty-three NHS clinicians have completed a unique programme to prepare them for hospital board roles. The Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre (AHSC) Leadership and Development programme, which launched in 2017, is a first-of-its-kind course in the UK. It equips senior clinicians and NHS managers with the leadership skills they need to operate effectively at board level, and to address key management challenges facing the healthcare […]
August 13, 2019 Researcher calls for more action to tackle sleep disorders Finding new ways to treat breathing problems during sleep should be a priority for the NHS, says an Imperial expert. Professor Mary Morrell, Professor of Sleep and Respiratory Physiology at the National Heart and Lung Institute, talked about her work to develop new treatments and technologies to treat obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) in older patients […]
Researcher discusses the mystery of why we sleep Poor sleep can badly affect health but we still do not understand the purpose of sleep, said an Imperial researcher at a recent talk. Professor Nick Franks, Professor of Biophysics and Anaesthetics at Imperial College London, talked about his work on the neuroscience of sleep and what is understood about the role of sleep at […]