Research news
Leading neurosurgeons train at BSMS
May 17, 2012
Anatomy Laboratory hosts International Surgical Course
Genetic link to podoconiosis
April 04, 2012
Prof Melanie Newport's research published in the New England Journal of Medicine
Global advocate for podoconiosis
March 19, 2012
BSMS researcher leads new initiative and is profiled in the Lancet.
Clinical research unit awarded £3m
March 07, 2012
New funding for BSMS and BSUH NHS trust clinical research facility.
Partner NHS trust is in top 8% in England.
Comorbidities need routine consideration
December 07, 2011
Dr Alistair Ring asks that co-morbidities need routine consideration in therapy decisions.
Research egg donors should be paid
October 19, 2011
Prof Bobbie Farsides contributes to human tissue donor report.
Lithium in tap water research questioned
July 26, 2011
BSMS researcher questions lithium in tap water link to lower suicide rates.
BSMS graduate wins nuclear medicine prize
May 31, 2011
Anita Wale, 2009 graduate, wins the British Nuclear Medicine Society Young Investigators Prize.
New research centre for cancer
April 11, 2011
New cancer reseach laboratories for Trafford Centre following refurbishment.
Ovarian cancer delays in diagnosis by GPs
April 06, 2011
Research reveals that GPs take more than a month to record ovarian cancer diagnosis one in 10 cases.
TexRAD launches as company
February 24, 2011
BSMS and University of Sussex researchers have jointly developed innovative medical imaging software that could have significant impact on improving patient care.
BSMS researcher profiled on primetime TV
February 10, 2011
BSMS Chair in Paediatrics, Professor Somnath Mukhopadhyay recently appeared as an expert on the primetime BBC television programme, How Science Changed our World.
BSMS appears at TEDx
February 09, 2011
Professor Darrell Evans represents the Scanning for Gold project at TEDx
Lifetime achievement award for Professor Fallowfield
February 03, 2011
BSMS professor wins award from the British Oncological Association for her work on the psychosocial impact of cancer.
Inaugural lecture by Prof Peter Schmid
Personalised treatment of breast cancer: is there a realistic hope?
BSMS has been evolving as a fully research-active medical school. Fulfilling our potential in the research domain is our highest priority for the coming years.
We have focused our endeavours in a number of key areas, such as neuroscience, imaging, cancer, and infection & immunology. As well as making key academic appointments in these domains, we have invested in the physical infrastructure needed to develop an internationally competitive position.
Our state-of-the-art facilities are designed for either basic biomedical or translational research. All are now fully functional, and the endeavours of the researchers working in these facilities are already bearing fruit.
Read more about our research facilities.
Recent examples of current research
Personalised care
Professor Peter Schmid applies genetic analysis to find therapies to bring personalised care for breast and lung cancer.
Read more about Cancer research.
Application to the local population
Professor Jackie Cassell’s research focuses on the analysis and use of primary care health records to manage communications and respond to sexually transmitted diseases.
Read more about Primary Care and Health Services research.
Impact on health and resource policy
Professor Melanie Newport’s research analyses the genetics of Tuberculosis to find why some people’s immunity to TB is better than others, and how genetics restores patients’ immune systems to full working order.
Read more about Infection and Immunology research.