We’re delighted to announce our latest #ChangingPolicyandPractice awardees!
👏 Congratulations to Prof Julie Balen, Dr @luciadambruoso, Prof Andrew Shennan, Prof Craig Anderson & Dr @CallyTann, working in neonatal health, stroke & wider health systems ➡️ bit.ly/447VDbR
ALT New funding supports researchers to make real-world impacts with their research
Dr @mrtzhrl's research showed that interventions to improve the way parents feed their children can reduce the risk of obesity in children.
With our #ChangingPolicyandPractice funding, the team will update the @ChildFeedGuide to help inform parents: bit.ly/3oiGLHn
Heart problems are a significant cause of maternal death worldwide. 🌏
With our #ChangingPolicyAndPractice funding, Dr Manisha Nair is developing a training resource alongside clinicians from Asia and Africa to help them use a new heart imaging method ➡️ bit.ly/3oiGLHn
We recently awarded a #ChangingPolicyAndPractice grant to @LFabriziUCL
who has used brain imaging to explore how babies experience pain 🧠
➡️Dr Fabrizi will now be able to share guidance that will help clinicians better monitor and manage pain in babies: bit.ly/3oiGLHn
Researchers at @LivUni are using our #ChangingPolicyAndPractice award to help clinicians diagnose encephalopathy earlier in COVID-19 patients.
🧠 In encephalopathy, normal brain functioning is disturbed, causing confusion and fluctuating alertness.
➡️ bit.ly/3oiGLHn
Thanks to donors @MedResFdn funded @ProfNickHarvey to make the case for screening to identify those most at risk of bone fracture. It’s a big and growing problem worldwide and there are cost effective ways to prevent it if we know who is at risk. #changingpolicyandpractice
Fantastic to hear from @ProfNickHarvey@MRC_LEU this morning on his vital work to prevent broken bones in older people 👏
3.5m people in the UK live with #osteoporosis & of that number, 50% of women & 20% of men aged 50 will break a bone because of the condition @RoyalOsteoSoc