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Siemens Healthineers has officially opened a new Centre of Excellence for Immunoassay Instrument Research and Development in Swords, Ireland. The event was attended by Ireland’s minister for climate, energy and the environment Darragh O’Brien, together with Michael Lohan, CEO of IDA Ireland (Industrial Development Agency). More than €10 million has been invested to date, with […]

Research undertaken by radiographers and radiation therapists is growing at an exponential rate. A leading academic institution in radiography and radiation therapy research is University College Cork (UCC) in Ireland. UCC currently offers pre-registration training in diagnostic radiography and radiation therapy together with a series of postgraduate-taught courses for qualified practitioners. The discipline of Medical […]

Lead research therapeutic radiographer Dr Helen McNair at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is at the forefront of an opportunity to support more radiographers into research. The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has awarded funding to Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre for three years for the establishment of the Diagnostic […]

Pressures of day-to-day clinical radiology can mean NHS trials and research are overlooked due to lack of capacity, says Choice Health. Pharma and clinical research organisations have set turnarounds and service level agreements; if these are breached, they may pull out of sites and run trials abroad instead. “The net effect is denying patients access […]

Collective Minds Radiology is a healthcare collaboration company founded in Sweden in 2017 offering services in the field of medical imaging. It enables users to consult a global network of more than 13,000 healthcare professionals, conduct radiology education and perform research in a GDPR- compliant, secure cloud-based platform, accessible from any device at any time. […]

On World Cancer Day on February 4, the University of Cumbria announced that it is starting new research that will help to shape future national NHS cancer services. The university’s Health and Social Care Evaluations (HASCE) team has secured £50,000 from the Northern Cancer Alliance (NCA) for the nine-month Vague Symptoms Pathways research project. Academics […]

BIR president Dr David Wilson and Siemens plc (healthcare division) managing director Peter Harrison. Siemens is again backing a pump-priming research bursary, the BIR/Siemens Research Award, to provide support to researchers in the fields of radiology, radiotherapy, oncology, radiography or medical physics. The award will provide £1,000 for initial financial support to enable researchers to […]

At the launch of the research award are Steve Holmes of Siemens, Andy Rogers of BIR, Peter Harrison of Siemens and David Wilson of BIR. This year’s UKRC in Manchester saw the BIR and Siemens launch a new research award to provide supports to researchers in the fields of radiology, radiotherapy, oncology, radiography or medical […]