News from 2021
Sheffield to host ‘pop up’ blood donation centre to help unique Covid study
13 May 21 - Urgent appeal seeking volunteers who’ve had Covid-19 but did not require treatment launched as ‘pop-up’ blood donation centre opens in Sheffield from Saturday 15 May to help scientists identify new treatments for Covid-19
Sheffield researchers to lead major study seeking to understand what matters most to patients with colitis and Crohn’s disease
1 Apr 21 - Researchers from Sheffield Teaching Hospitals' specialist inflammatory bowel disease unit awarded £450,000 to find out what matters most to patients with inflammatory bowel disease, including lesser heard voices
Researchers from Sheffield Teaching Hospitals help to save up to 1 million lives worldwide by pioneering highly effective COVID-19 therapy
1 Apr 21 - New figures show tens of thousands of patients have benefited from a Covid-19 therapy trialled at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
New study finds strong immune response following Covid-19 vaccination
1 Apr 21 - First findings from PITCH study, led by the Universities of Sheffield and Oxford and funded by the Department of Health and Social Care, shows one dose of the Pfizer vaccine generates robust T cell and antibody responses in 99 per cent of people.
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals consultant elected as President of prestigious national society
1 Apr 21 - Professor John Snowden elected President of the British Society of Blood and Marrow Transplantation and C
Pioneering £1.8m study to investigate if pregnancy success rates improved by removing small fibroids in womb
1 Apr 21 - • Researchers from Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust awarded £1.8m to assess if removing small fibroids and endometrial polyps improves women’s chances of having a baby
£1.6m study to investigate if talking therapies can reduce dental anxiety in children
15 Mar 21 - Researchers from Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and the University of Sheffield awarded £1.6m grant to investigate if talking therapy could help reduce the worrying high number of children who are afraid of the dentist
Surgeon receives highest honour in recognition of outstanding research into bone disease
26 Feb 21 - Professor Mark Wilkinson one of only two UK researchers awarded 2021 Orthopaedic Research Society Fellowship.
Sheffield gastroenterologist receives international accolade for research
29 Jan 21 - Dr Imran Aziz wins prestigious UEG Rising Star 2021 Award in recognition of his reserach into irritable bowel syndrome and other functional gut disorders
