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Professor Tim Holsgrove, University of Exeter
An introduction to the HIPSTER trial - Wed 6th Nov, 14:00-15:30                                                            3.06 South Cloisters, St Luke's Campus

The talk will provide an overview of the NIHR EME HIPSTER (HIP Surgical Techniques to Enhance Rehabilitation) RCT, which aims to understand whether muscle-sparing surgical approaches can improve patient outcomes in total hip replacement surgery. This will include an outline of how the trial was developed, the methods being used, and progress to date.

This is a hybrid seminar, followed by refreshments. For further information and to book click here.

Professor Helen Dawes runs her TECTOC Journal Club fortnightly (usually on a Tuesday) to discuss planned and current projects and research outcomes for rehabilitation research, from across a wider research network across the University, Nationally and Internationally. We invite along a main speaker for each session to give a talk about their work within the field of Rehabilitation. Helen’s PhD student and collaborator, Íbis Ariana Peña de Moraes, facilitates each session.

To be added to the mailing list please contact Helen's PA Katie Briggs.

Professor Vicki Goodwin and Professor Andrew Clegg co-lead on this £2.3m NIHR project evaluating if Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA), including rehabilitation at home, in addition to usual care helps people with  heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) maintain or improve everyday activities.

https://www.fundingawards.nihr.ac.uk/award/NIHR155936

A major research award worth over £2.5 million has been awarded by the European Research Council (ERC) to support cutting-edge University of Exeter research involving virtual reality, aiming to find new ways to prevent older people from falling.

The interdisciplinary team is led by Principal Investigator Professor Sallie Lamb, and consists of three post-doctoral fellows, three PhD students and a group of experts from Exeter and Stuttgart. At Exeter the team includes Dr Genevieve Williams, Dr William Young, Prof Krasi Tsaneva, Prof Mark Wilson, Dr Bryon Creese, Prof James Brownjohn and Prof Helen Dawes, along with a considerable amount of time using the VSimulators facility. 

Full story: £2.5 million European Research Council Advanced Grant to help reduce impact of falls

Our new Exeter NIHR Biomedical Research Centre (Exeter BRC) is now officially live, celebrating day one on 1 December 2022. Funded with £15 million from the National Institute for Health and Care Research, Exeter BRC is a partnership between the University and the Royal Devon University Healthcare Foundation Trust, working with other regional NHS partners. The Centre is led by Professor Sallie Lamb, with Lizzie Caughey appointed as Chief Operating Officer. The team will aim to improve diagnosis, treatment and care, in the South West and across the world, across five core themes: Neurodegeneration; Rehabilitation; Diabetes: Genetics and Genomics: Clinical Mycology.

Professor Vicki Goodwin and Dr Abi Hall are co-apps on the Maintain Study (led by Professor Louise Allan). "Maintaining Independence in People with Dementia who have had a fall: a pilot cluster randomised controlled trial". ‌‌https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/14/2/e083494