December 2024 - February 2025
The PRAMS study survey is now live
A word from the PRAMS study team:
We want to hear from you – healthcare professionals supporting women and birthing people in pregnancy and up to two years postpartum. Please take part with the survey linked below:
PRAMS study survey
Visit the PRAMS webpage to find out more about the intervention:
PRAMS
DETECT-CRC intervention begins
DETECT-CRC, a feasibility study looking to improve early detection of bowel cancer in less affluent areas of South Yorkshire, began delivering its intervention in early January 2025. They opened 12 sites across the county, and are hoping to open more in the coming months. The sites are set to be open for 1 year before the trial moves on to the analysis stage.
Visit the DETECT-CRC webpage to find out more about the intervention:
DETECT-CRC
TRICEPS featured in BBC News
In January, BBC South Yorkshire published two pieces on TRICEPS:
- January 17th: Sheffield: £2m electrical earpiece trial for stroke patients - BBC News
- This is an overview of the TRICEPS study, with many quotes from Prof Arshad Majid, the Chief Investigator.
- January 22nd: 'I had to relearn how to walk and read after having a stroke' - BBC News
- This is a profile of Helen Shelton, academic director of the English Language Learning Centre at the University of Sheffield, who is currently a participant in TRICEPS.
Visit the the TRICEPS webpage to find out more about the intervention:
TRICEPS
First participant for EXPERTS-ALS
EXPERTS-ALS, a trial looking to accelerate progress towards highly-effective drug therapies for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS, the most common form of Motor Neurone Disease, MND), are excited to announce that they randomised their first participant in December of 2024.
Being headed by researchers at both the University of Sheffield and the University of Oxford, EXPERTS-ALS involves 11 MND centres around the UK and is a flagship study within the broader portfolio of the UK MND Research Institute.
Visit the the EXPERTS-ALS webpage to find out more about the intervention:
EXPERTS-ALS