NIHR Maudsley BRC Blog

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King's launches new state-of-the-art genomics facility

King's Genomics is formed through a merger of two renowned research centres, designed to be a state-of-the-art laboratory facility at the forefront of genomics research.

 

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 28 Mar 2024
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Researchers investigate ability of their new AI tool to predict medical events

A new study led by King’s College London has demonstrated the potential of an AI tool they developed to predict the health trajectory of patients by forecasting future disorders, symptoms, medications and procedures.

 

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 20 Mar 2024
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Ethnicity mismatches in administrative data linkages

In this blog Alice Wickersham, Research Associate at King's IoPPN, reflects on the journey of exploring the data from the Department of Education and data from Clinical Record Interactive Search (CRIS) system, how she discovered a mismatch in their ethnicity variables and what this means for research in this area. With other authors from IoPPN and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust she has published a paper on this subject in BMJ Open. 

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 6 Mar 2024
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King’s led Multiple Sclerosis fatigue app part of government’s £10M medtech investment

A digital therapy developed by researchers at King’s College London and Avegen, is one of eight innovative technologies to receive support from the government with the aim to accelerate the pathway for NHS and/or market approval.

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 21 Feb 2024
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New digital therapy reduces anxiety and depression in people living with long-term physical health conditions

A therapist-guided digital cognitive behavioural therapy reduced distress in 89 per cent of participants living with long-term physical health conditions, a new King’s College London study finds.

By NIHR Maudsley BRC at 14 Feb 2024
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