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A Clinical Nurse Specialist at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP) has spent the last year taking part in a new internship programme with the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration South West Peninsula (PenARC).  

Researchers at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust are in the finals for a European award.

Dr Nikitas Nikitas, a Consultant from University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP) has been recognised for his contribution to intensive care clinical research.

Professor Daniel Martin, a Consultant from University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP) and Professor of Perioperative and Intensive Care Medicine at the University of Plymouth is the Co-Chief Investigator for the UK-ROX trial

Professor Tim Nutbeam, a Consultant in Emergency Medicine at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP), and his team have won two awards for their research project, Extrication in Trauma (EXIT). 

We are excited to share results from the ‘Be on the TEAM’ study investigating meningococcal B vaccines and herd immunity that local schools and colleges took part in between 2018 - 2020.

Over 80 babies have been enrolled into the HARMONIE study thanks to the use of the south west first’s mobile research units.

A new mother who took part in research at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP) said that increased infant feeding support for first-time mums stopped her giving up breastfeeding when she encountered challenges.

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP) is part of a new national trial platform, launched towards the end of 2022, which aims to use pandemic lessons to help quickly find effective treatments for people hospitalised with severe flu.

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust have launched a new initiative – utilising mobile research units (MRUs) to bring health research into the community.