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The NIHR (originally named National Institute for Health Research) was created in April 2006 under the government's health research strategy, Best Research for Best Health. [7] This strategy outlined the direction that NIHR research and development should take. Its predecessor was the NHS Research & Development programme which was established ...
Lucy Chappell is a British professor of obstetrics at King’s College London and the Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA) for the UK Department of Health and Social Care.As part of her CSA role, she oversees the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) as Chief Executive Officer.
Pre-gestational diabetes can be classified as Type 1 or Type 2 depending on the physiological mechanism. Type 1 diabetes mellitus is an autoimmune disorder leading to destruction of insulin-producing cell in the pancreas; type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with obesity and results from a combination of insulin resistance and insufficient insulin production.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services and is the primary agency of the United States government responsible for biomedical and health-related research. [1] It comprises 27 separate institutes and centers (ICs) that carry out its mission in different areas of biomedical ...
Health Technology Assessment is a weekly peer-reviewed open access medical journal published by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), [1] [2] a research partner of the United Kingdom National Health Service. It publishes research on the evaluations of health technologies, their effectiveness, cost and broader impact. [3]
The law provided $150 million for type 1 diabetes research in FY 2009. July 15, 2008—The Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (P.L. 110–275) extended funding for the Special Statutory Funding Program for Type 1 Diabetes Research. The law provided $150 million per year for type 1 diabetes research in FY 2010 and FY 2011.
Waljit Dhillo FRCP FMedSci is an endocrinologist and a Professor of Endocrinology & Metabolism at the Imperial College London. [1] He is the Director of Research at the Division of Medicine & Integrated Care at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and the Dean of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Academy.
Lawlor's research has focused on reproductive health with a particular focus on the long-term effects of pregnancy on both mother and child outcomes. [3] In particular, her work has focused on the effects of cardio-metabolic diseases including diabetes and cardiovascular disease .