The Barts Health Data Platform will bring together different types of health information - such as scans, health records, and lab results - into one secure system that researchers can apply to use.
Currently in the UK, babies of ethnic minority groups are at higher risk of severe jaundice and its consequences. Dr Kamla Pillay and Dr Eva Loucaides are paediatric registrars who, alongside a number of experts in the field, are conducting vital research into jaundice in newborn babies.
With support from Barts Charity, leading health experts are joining forces to help tackle tuberculosis (TB) in East London.
In 2017, our funding established the Preventive Neurology Unit at Queen Mary University of London. The unit brought together an ambitious team, including Ruth Dobson, Alastair Noyce and Charles Marshall, to pilot new, revolutionary research into dementia, Parkinson’s disease and multiple sclerosis (MS), tackling issues relevant to our local East London community.
Having depression is known to increase a person’s risk of developing dementia. But new research, supported by Barts Charity, shows that depression is also an early indicator of dementia – particularly in older people.
Ashwin Kalra is currently in his third and final year of a Barts Charity Healthcare Professional Clinical Research Training Fellowship. He is developing an online platform which will help patients make an informed decision about genetic testing, in the comfort of their own home.
A locally-led partnership programme makes it simpler for GP practices to call children for the right vaccinations at the right time.
Researchers from Queen Mary have uncovered why some British South Asian people may develop early-onset type 2 diabetes earlier than people from European backgrounds. This, they reveal, could be down to a number of unique genetic factors.
Dr Tracey Bowden completed a Barts Charity fellowship in 2023. During her fellowship, Tracey explored whether a brain training programme could improve people’s memory and learning after they have heart surgery – something that patients often struggle with.
Our Clinical Research Training Fellows for 2023/24 have now been appointed. Seven healthcare professionals from a range of different disciplines and backgrounds will be undertaking PhD training and delivering innovative research to help improve the health of people living in East London.
