News stories from 2025
UHB consultant to Chair National AI Commission shaping the future of healthcare
Prof Alastair Denniston, Consultant Ophthalmologist at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust and Professor at the University of Birmingham, has been appointed Chair of the newly launched UK National Commission on the Regulation of AI in Healthcare.
Loren’s story: From life-saving liver transplantation to motherhood in one year
In just one year, Loren from Hinckley has seen her life completely transformed - from a life-saving liver transplant to marriage and the birth of her miracle baby, Issac.
Adding cell-based vaccine to liver cancer therapy found to slow cancer progression in patients
A new study has shown that patients with intermediate stage primary liver cancer had longer periods of progression-free survival, meaning their disease did not grow or spread, after receiving a vaccine made from their own immune cells.
Clinical Research Facility celebrates a year of growth and success
Birmingham’s NIHR Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility (CRF) has marked another successful year, with thousands of patients and volunteers taking part in pioneering studies that are shaping the future of medicine.
Head and neck cancer patients in Birmingham to be given access to new cancer vaccine trial
Patients in Birmingham who have advanced head and neck cancers may be eligible to take part in a new clinical trial of a potential cancer vaccine.
Shaping the future of research through collaboration
Teams at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) recently hosted the first-ever joint NIHR Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and UK Clinical Research Facility (CRF) Network conference.