Research & Development - IOW NHS Trust

24/12/2025

🎄🌟 Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas from everyone at Isle of Wight NHS Trust Research Department! 🌟🎄

22/12/2025

We're proud to have reached our local recruitment target for the ResVir study! 🦠

These participants are helping train a new AI system, designed to detect respiratory viruses quickly and accurately. 🔬

Thank you to everyone involved for helping to support virus detection and future patient care.

21/12/2025

Thank you to everyone who has been involved in the SIREN study 🙌

This year, SIREN has:
🌟 Launched four sub-studies
🌟 Built partnerships with six organisations
🌟 Released 11 publications
🌟 Collected 40,707 surveys

19/12/2025

✨ Our Principal Investigator Dr. Khan, Consultant Ophthalmologist, was spotlighted in the PINNACLE and SUMMIT Study newsletter. Check out the feature below! ✨

17/12/2025

Take part in the IMPAQT study at the David Hide Asthma and Allergy Centre! 👇

15/12/2025

💛🔥 Help advance Heartburn research!

Our research department is preparing for an upcoming clinical study and partnering with Heartburn Health, to connect with individuals who experience, heartburn, indigestion or acid reflux.

💙 Sign up today to learn more and be considered for future research opportunities!

👉 https://www.heartburnhealth.org/

12/12/2025

A huge thank you to the Organisational Development Team who visited us yesterday, spreading festive cheer and delivering treats to teams across St Mary’s Hospital! 🎄⛄🌟

10/12/2025

🚁 Great to see the Isle of Wight Ambulance and 111 Service joining the Air Ambulance team for this brilliant training initiative!

🚑 We're especially proud of Izzy, who supports our ambulance research studies and has been part of the programme.

🚑 Amazing to see her skills helping to strengthen emergency care across the Island.

Critically ill and injured patients on the Isle of Wight are being given the best chance of survival and recovery thanks to an innovative collaboration between Hampshire and Isle of Wight Air Ambulance (HIOWAA) and the Isle of Wight Ambulance Service (IOWAS) to deliver advanced critical care trainin...

08/12/2025

🌟 Launchpad Programme £10k Internship applications open! 🌟

🧪 Are you ready to take your research skills to the next level? The NIHR-funded Launchpad Programme is offering annual Research Internships of up to £10,000 to help you dedicate time to research activities that matter to you.

🧪 Whether you’re just starting out or looking to progress your research career, don't miss this opportunity to invest in your professional growth and make a real impact through research!

🧬 Get in touch to find out more and apply!

05/12/2025

🚨 SUPREMO study results - women with early-stage breast cancer can avoid radiotherapy after mastectomy, as it does not affect long-term survival.

🎀 1,607 women were followed over 10 years
🎀 Included patients from Isle of Wight NHS Trust
🎀 Experts say these results can help guide treatment discussions

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who took part in this study!🌸

Read the published results: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2412225

03/12/2025

📣 Now recruiting: IMPAQT asthma study 📣

💙 Aims to improve quality of life for teenagers with asthma.

💙 Testing a new approach to supporting young people with their asthma management.

💙 Teenagers aged 12 to 18 with a diagnosis of asthma can take part.

01/12/2025

👏 Well done to our Research Nurses and Clinical Trials Assistant!

📊 They've received special thanks from the CRASH-4 team for the timely completion of outcome forms.

📊 We've currently recruited 68 people locally to the trial, fantastic work from all involved!