Research News & Updates

Phase three COVID-19 vaccine study recruits its first participants in Leeds

13th October 2020

The Novavax COVID-19 vaccine research trial has launched a recruitment site in Leeds today.

Find out more:

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/research/news-blogs-and-events/latest-news/2020/10/13/phase-three-covid-19-vaccine-study-recruits-its-first-participants-in-leeds

World-first COVID-19 vaccine trial launches in Bradford

06th October 2020

Bradford Royal Infirmary today rolled out a world-first COVID-19 vaccine trial.

Read more: 

https://www.bradfordhospitals.nhs.uk/2020/10/06/world-first-covid-19-vaccine-trial-launches-in-bradford/

Vaccine research registry discussed in the Yorkshire Evening Post

23rd August 2020

Professor Alistair Hall, Clinical Director of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)'s Yorkshire and Humber Clinical Research Network has been featured in the Yorkshire Evening Post discussing COVID-19 vaccine research.

Read the article at the Yorkshire Evening Post website:

https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/health/coronavirus/join-common-goal-beating-covid-19-signing-vaccine-trials-says-leeds-professor-2947373

You can sign up to the national vaccine research registry here:

nhs.uk/researchcontact

100,000 volunteer for COVID-19 Vaccine Registry

19th August 2020

Over 100,000 people have signed up to the COVID-19 vaccine registry in its first month. Thousands of those who have volunteered are people in Yorkshire and Humber, including over 6,600 people across Leeds, Harrogate and York.

If you haven’t already, you can find out more and sign up today: 

http://nhs.uk/researchcontact

Born in Bradford COVID-19 protocol paper

17th August 2020

The Born in Bradford team has shared a protocol paper on the work they have been doing to find out the impact of COVID-19 on families in Bradford.

The Born in Bradford COVID-19 Research Study: Protocol for an adaptive mixed methods research study to gather actionable intelligence on the impact of COVID-19 on health inequalities amongst families living in Bradford [version 1; peer review: awaiting peer review]:

https://wellcomeopenresearch.org/articles/5-191/v1