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BRC Planning Diagram This is a round, colourful diagram explaining the structure and collaborative approach of the NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre. The diagram integrates the Centre’s research themes, which include Inflammatory Arthritis, Thrombo-inflammation, Sarcopenia & Multimorbidity, Cancer, Infection & Acute Care, Liver Disease, Oral, Intestinal & Systemic Health, Women’s Metabolic Health, Next Generation Therapies, Patient-reported Outcomes, and Data, Diagnostics & Decision Tools. It also highlights the importance of Equality & Diversity, Career Development, Trial Design & Delivery, Business Engagement, and Patient & Public Involvement across the entire programme. With two circular arrows around this, the diagram emphasises how inclusive research teams integrated across all themes achieve impact for our diverse region and patients, in a virtuous circle. In the middle of the round diagram, there is a circle of round images representing eight people of different ages, genders, ethnicities and religions, which further highlight the Centre’s commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion.

Our research programme focuses on inflammation and the diagnosis, prevention and treatment of its associated long-term illnesses.

Our eleven research themes share technologies, infrastructure and knowledge to create truly multi-disciplinary solutions to some of the most pressing healthcare challenges of our time.

Thanks to our collaborative approach, we can turn more discoveries into diagnostics and treatments for patients, faster.

Our research themes

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Advanced clinical nutrition: combining sensory perception with…

This research project was awarded the 2024 Birmingham BRC Collaboration Fund We aim…

Next generation therapies Oral, intestinal and systemic health Patient-reported outcomes

Mapping and tracking inflammatory platelets and their…

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Cancer inflammation Thrombo-inflammation

The RAPID project: Using electronic healthcare records…

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a long-term disease that involves inflammation of the joints…

Inflammatory arthritis
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