Dacheng Huo, member of the YH ARC Health Economics team, and Research Fellow in the Centre of Health Economics at the University of York presented at the HSR UK Conference in Oxford in July. Dacheng’s presentation explained the cost-effectiveness of improving adherence for asthma treatment
Dacheng Huo, member of the YH ARC Health Economics team, and Research Fellow in the Centre of Health Economics at the University of York presented at the HSR UK Conference in Oxford in July.
BaBi Network joins the NIHR Associate Principal Investigator Scheme
The ARC Yorkshire & Humber BaBi Network study has recently announced its participation in the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Associate Principal Investigator (API) scheme. This collaboration marks a significant step forward in developing research capacity and experience across the UK BaBi sites.
Congratulations to Senior Research Fellow, Sebastian Hinde who has completed a PhD by publication, using research as part of YH ARC.
Seb Hinde’s PhD project evaluated how decisions are made about spending NHS funding and made recommendations to involve more local decision makers.
Bradford leap-frogs London, Oxford and Cambridge to top UK medical research table for first time
Bradford has consolidated its position at the forefront of world-class, people-powered medical research after recruiting the highest number of volunteers to NIHR portfolio studies in the UK over the past year.
Child of the North 2024 Campaign continues with fifth report providing an evidence-based plan for supporting physical activity and healthy nutrition with and through education settings
The fifth report in a year-long series is a collaborative programme of work between Child of the North and the Centre for Young Lives including researchers from ARC Yorkshire & Humber. The report calls for schools to be supported to fix the broken school food system and tackle Britain’s child obesity crisis.
Born and Bred in Wakefield: New exhibition celebrating families living in Wakefield District launched
Wakefield Museums & Castles’ new online exhibition explores the experience of families living in the Wakefield district who have recently had a baby. The exhibition, entitled Born and Bred in Wakefield, introduces four young families who live in the Wakefield district. It features photographs, objects, and oral histories from the families as well as a […]
ARC Yorkshire & Humber receives an 18 month extension
ARC Yorkshire & Humber is pleased to share that the National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has confirmed that YH ARC has received an 18-month costed extension, until the end of March 2026. ARC Yorkshire & Humber would like to extend a big thank […]
Professor of Health Economics appointed as Inaugural Chair to prestigious WHO committee
Smoke over a city. Photo by @dylu on unsplash Laura Bojke, Professor of Health Economics at the Centre for Health Economics, has been appointed as Inaugural Chair for the World Health Organization (WHO) Advisory Group on Economics for Environment, Climate Change and Health (TAG-EconECH). The expert group is made up of 11 members drawn from the […]
A joint report between NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Yorkshire and Humber & Health Innovation Yorkshire & Humber, part of the NHS Insights Prioritisation Programme (NIPP), has been published today.
NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (NIHR ARCs) across the country paired up with their corresponding regional Health Innovation Networks (HINs) to solve the most significant issues in local health systems. 14 regional ARC and HIN pairs have been working on the NHS Insights Prioritisation Programme (NIPP), which started in November 2021 to accelerate the evaluation and […]
ARC Yorkshire & Humber supported study finds that telephone-based care can prevent loneliness and depression in older people
The Behavioural Activation in Social IsoLlation trial or BASIL+ was a major clinical trial carried out during the COVID pandemic. The trial found that when older people received weekly phone calls over 8 weeks, their mental health and quality of life improved. They received calls from a specially trained coach who encouraged them to maintain […]
