Colin Watts

🗓️ 20 June at 16:00 to 17:00 - BERTI virtual meeting - Dr Helen Benghiat, QEHB, will speak on 'Transitioning from Children's Hospital to Adult Neuro-oncology Care'. @UHBNeurosurgery @IcgsUob @uhbtrust

⏰There is still time to register and join us at our Connect: Health Tech Live event on 14 June ⬇️

Connect: Health Tech - Live! Join the discussion on bringing different fields together to drive game-changing health tech innovations. Hear from the Hard-To-Treat Cancers Interdisciplinary Research Centre and engage with @ProfCWatts and Claire McGlynn. lnkd.in/gSrGjv3U

Come & join Connect: Health Tech - Live on 14 June. I will be featured in one of the sessions giving a case study on the Hard-To-Treat Cancers Interdisciplinary Research Centre. CHTLive.eventbrite.com

The ARISTOCRAT clinical trial is now open, and has recruited its first patients. Run by @CRCTU led by colleagues at @UniversityLeeds investigating whether an oral spray which contains cannabinoids could treat an aggressive brain tumour, glioblastoma. Funded by @BrainTumourOrg. 👇

Come and join us tomorrow @mac_birmingham to find out interesting facts about the brain in #BrainAwarenessWeek

As it's #BrainTumourAwarenessMonth we're re-sharing this video explaining the @CRCTU's Tessa Jowell BRAIN MATRIX, collecting a large genomic, pathological & imaging dataset to better understand brain tumour, supported by @BrainTumourOrg & @GenomicsEngland. birmingham.ac.uk/research/crctu…

🧠Join us for #BrainAwarenessWeek 2023 🗓️ Saturday 18th March ⏰ 10.00am - 5.00pm 📍 Midlands Arts Centre | Cannon Hill Park

Join us at the BERTI Virtual meeting on 24 January at 6.30pm online. Tori Shane, Specialist Neuro-oncology Radiographer from @uhbtrust will be speaking on the brain tumour radiotherapy pathway. @UHBNeurosurgery

Do you want to understand more about whole genome sequencing (WGS) and its role in neuro-oncology? Join us online at 11.00am on 25th January when I will be speaking at this webinar hosted by @brainstrust

Applications are NOW OPEN for 12-month fully-funded Tessa Jowell Fellowships for applicants near to gaining their certificate of completion of training in medical/clin-onc, who want to further specialise in brain tumour treatment and research APPLY: bit.ly/3wcORBl

#TessaJowellBRAINMATRIX is leading the way in creating an infrastructure to support clinical trials for brain cancer patients. Led by @ProfCWatts @unibirmingham supported by @BrainTumourOrg & @GenomicsEngland #braincancer #clinicaltrials #PrecisionMedicine birmingham.ac.uk/brain-matrix

Our November @UHBNeurosurgery Dragons Den showcasing research/audit work in the department is underway. Kicking off with Ms Victoria Wykes talking about developing a precision medicine approach in neuro-oncology! #neurosurgery @UHBResearch @uhbtrust 1/

Now onto completed projects! @AndrewRStevens presenting on lumbar drainage in traumatic brain injury 2/

Professor of Neurosurgery @ProfCWatts aims to develop better drugs and improve patient quality of life with the largest UK trial in brain cancer: oldjoe.co.uk/article/rethin… @BrainTumourOrg #InternationalBrainTumourAwarenessWeek

Announcing a NEW Academy series: The Emerging Research Series 📢📢📢 This is on new and emerging research/tech in the treatment and care of brain cancer. The first session is on Fri 11th Nov with @uhbtrust on Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT). Sign up➡️bit.ly/3D4XsJy

We are building a large registry of patient tissue samples and images that will help researchers understand which treatments are likely to work best for brain cancer patients. Led by @unibirmingham supported by @BrainTumourOrg and @GenomicsEngland #braincancer #precisionmedicine