What to understand more about what the NIHR funding does? Listen to Professor Peter Hutchinson, Director of Brain Injury HRC, Dr Virginia Newcombe, Acute Care and Monitoring Theme Lead, and James Piercy, PPIE Lead, talk about how the funding through the Brain Injury [...]
Listen to Elizabeth Bayleigh, Chair of our Public Oversight Committee, talk about her journey as a patient and her struggle to fight for her medical care. In 2011, Elizabeth's life changed. Overnight, Elizabeth went from sitting on the bench as one of the [...]
Join us at the Cambridge Science Festival, 11:00am-4:00pm on Saturday 22 March. We are running a drop-in session where you can learn how brains are protected and what can happen when they get injured. Try hands-on activities to understand your grey matter, learn [...]
Directory of Unmet Needs In 2016, it was estimated that Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) alone result in approximately 1.4 million attendances to A&E in England and Wales each year, and is the leading cause of death in the under 40s. Those who do [...]
While it is important to have public involvement in research, it is equally as important to ensure they are recognised for their work. For this reason, it is good practice to have a clear policy on payment and recognition in place before involvement. [...]
The Brain Injury HRC was delighted to be invited to the UKABIF Time for Change Summit 2024, which took place on 4th November in Manchester. Co-chaired by James Piercy (our PPIE lead) and Andrew Bateman (our Capacity Building lead), it was a day [...]
The Society for Research in Rehabilitation (SRR) is pleased to announce its Winter Conference on Rehabilitation Technology for Societal Participation. Took place on 15th January 2025 and was hosted at the University of Essex by Professor Andrew Bateman. Professor Reinhold Scherer, [...]
Headway is running a series of webinars that are free and open to all! Anyone can sign up, including brain injury survivors, carers, family members, health and social care professionals, and anyone with an interest in the topic being discussed. These monthly sessions [...]
We are delighted to have been invited to the UKABIF Summit 2024 on Monday 4th November in Manchester. Isabel and James will attend the exciting day's events, and the Fundraising Dinner and UKABIF award ceremony the evening before. The event will focus on [...]