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Yesterday was a really special day as we came together to celebrate 20 years of the NIHR in the East Midlands 🎉

It was a chance to look back at everything that has been achieved over the past two decades, but just as importantly, to spend time together, share ideas and make new connections 🙌

Days like this are extremely important. They bring people together, keep us joined up and connected, and most importantly help us keep moving research forward for our patients 🔬

There was a real sense throughout the day of how much exciting work is happening across the region, from the research being shared through the poster presentations to the conversations happening between colleagues 📝

Research moves forward when people come together, share what they know and find new ways to work with each other 👏

Thank you to everyone who joined us and made the day what it was. We’re proud of what has been achieved so far, and excited to see what the next 20 years will bring 🌟

We kicked off the afternoon proceedings here at Trent Vinyard for the event with a stirring performance from the Singing from the Soul choir.

Research colleagues from Nottingham, including from our NIHR BRC and CRF, are gathered together with partners from around the NIHR infrastructure across the East Midlands region including Leicestershire and Lincolnshire to celebrate 20 years of the NIHR at a conference today.

The choir was introduced by Professor Stephen Ryder, Director of our NIHR Clinical Research Facility in Nottingham.

We've been recognising two decades of life-changing health and care research, and to look ahead to the future.

We're joining colleagues from across the East Midlands today at Trent Vinyard Conference Centre in Nottingham to celebrate how research is not just adding years to the life of patients but adding life to years.

Colleagues from the NHS, academia, industry and public contributors from around the region are celebrating the difference the NIHR has made to transforming patients' outcomes over the last 20 years.

We’re excited to be celebrating 20 years of the NIHR in the East Midlands today! 🎉

People are starting to arrive as we bring together colleagues from across the region’s research community to celebrate two decades of health and care research and the difference it has made to people’s lives.

Today will feature inspiring speakers, interactive masterclasses, research poster presentations and plenty of opportunities to connect and share ideas.

A brilliant opportunity to come together as One NIHR, look back at what has been achieved over the last 20 years and look ahead to the future of research in the East Midlands.

We’ll be sharing more from the day as it happens. 📸

Our liver research experts in the spotlight over £2.7 million national research programme using weight loss drug

Researchers at our NIHR Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) in Nottingham are working with experts in Plymouth to find out whether a popular weight loss drug can help patients with alcohol dependency and obesity - two of the biggest causes of liver disease.

The CURB research trial is a £2.7 million national funded research programme to investigate whether a weight-loss injection (semaglutide, also known as Wegovy) can help patients living with alcohol dependency and obesity, two of the biggest causes of liver disease.

The story about this research has been catching the attention of the media. Professor Guru Aithal, Co-Lead of the CURB trial and Deputy Director of the NIHR BRC in Nottingham, was recently interviewed by BBC East Midlands TV.

This research was also the subject of a BBC News online story: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9q98n241g5o

Professor Aithal was also a guest on Verity Cowley’s BBC Radio Nottingham show. He discussed the urgent need for new treatments for alcohol dependency, obesity and liver disease.

His interview is on the BBC Sounds App and can be accessed via the link below, starting around 1 hour 14 minutes into the show, and finishing at approximately 1 hour 21 minutes

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00308cx