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We’ve partnered with the University of Sheffield, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to create a special research event in the Sheffield Winter Gardens as part of the continuing NHS 75 birthday...

We’ve turned #Red4Research today to show our support and thanks to everyone who makes research possible here at Sheffield Children’s!   #Red4Research day aims to get as many people as possible wearing red to demonstrate their support and appreciation...

We’re excited to have been a part of designing England’s first rotary-wing aircraft incubator for critically ill children with the Children’s Air Ambulance (TCAA)!  At Sheffield Children’s we’re lucky to have Embrace! They’re Yorkshire’s own specialist round the clock transport service...

As part of International Clinical Trials Day, we want to shine a light on a project funded by The Children’s Hospital Charity.     In 2021 Charity funding supported research into a suite of products, or toolkit, for children...

Meet Becca Smith, avid non-fiction reader, boundary pusher and Research Assistant at Sheffield Children’s. Becca joined the Sheffield Children’s team back in 2020 having smashed an undergraduate degree in psychology, followed by a master’s in health psychology. Becca said:...

We’ve created a new test to measure the stress chemicals in your body! There are some pretty cool things happening at our Clinical Research Facility at Sheffield Children’s and this is one of them! Introducing “NeSST2” – some children,...

Today is International Clinical Trials Day! A day to celebrate all things research at Sheffield Children’s. Keep your eyes peeled as we share a variety of research inspired stories and studies throughout the day. First up, we’d like you...

The 0-19 Research Network held their second face to face research network event, hosted by Sheffield Children’s. The network welcomed 55 professionals from 0-19 public health from across Yorkshire and Humber to explore Connecting our Research Community. The day...

Meet Quita, one of our many therapy dogs at Sheffield Children’s.  Quita is a beautiful ten-and-a-half-year-old Labrador Retriever cross, who loves swimming, running, and eating lots of delicious treats. She’s a very healthy dog and you’ll often find her...

Are you struggling to cope with a crying baby? Around a fifth of babies cry a lot without an apparent reason during the first four months after they are born. This excessive crying is often called colic and can...

If you’re a qualified or student diagnostic radiographer, then we want to meet you! On Saturday 15 April we’re holding a Radiology Recruitment Open Day from 9am – 2pm. This is your chance to experience what it would be...

Meet Laura!  Laura joined the Sheffield Children’s team in February 2021 as a Clinical Research Officer having previously been an Orthotist for 13 years in Newcastle and South Yorkshire. She said: “I completed a degree in Prosthetics and Orthotics, but my main focus was...