NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre Showcase

23 Feb 2022, 5:06 p.m.

RDC Symposium Event 2019

This exciting virtual event provided an opportunity for our community of researchers, funders, collaborators and external stakeholders to come together to celebrate the NIHR GOSH BRC's research activities and successes from across the last three years.

We featured research stories and successes from across the BRC, including from some of our early career researches, touching on future strategic direction of the themes.

It also highlighted some of our patient and public involvement and engagement activities and how the BRC plays a vital role in GOSH as a Research Hospital.

Around 320 people joined us from a wide range of backgrounds and fields and, along with the UK, we had international attendees from Taiwan, Italy, France, US, Canada, Germany, Ireland and Iceland. Thank you again for joining us.

We also ran a live vote for A Moment of Research 2021, with over 100 attendees voting. The winning image will be announced shortly.

Presentations from the NIHR GOSH BRC Showcase

You can watch sessions and individual presentations from the event below.

Chair: Professor Jane Sowden, BRC Theme Lead

Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (TERM) Theme

Chair: Dr Polly Livermore, Clinical Academic Programme Lead for Nurses and AHPs

Research Hospital - Career Development

Chair: Professor David Long, BRC Deputy Theme Lead

Genes, Stem and Cellular Therapies (GSCT) Theme

Chair: Professor Sergi Castellano, BRC Deputy Theme Lead

Genomics and Systems Medicine (GSM) Theme

Chair: Professor Pia Hardelid, BRC Deputy Theme Lead Elect

Research Hospital - Applied Child Health Informatics (ACHI) Theme

Chair: Dr Karin Straathof, BRC Deputy Theme Lead

Accelerating Novel Therapies (ANT) Theme

Chair: Dr Jenny Rivers, Deputy Director of Research and Innovation, GOSH

Research Hospital - COVID-19

Chair: Professor Ros Smyth, UCL Institute of Child Health Director

Image Competition & Closing Remarks

Engineered tissue offers hope for children born with ‘missing’ food pipe

Scientists from Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and University College London (UCL) have created the first lab‑grown oesophagus - the food pipe - shown to safely replace a full section of the organ and restore normal function, including swallowing, in

GOSH celebrates Rare Disease Day 2026 with local community

GOSH specialises in rare disease research and to celebrate, we recently invited two local North London Year 4 classes to join us for the day to learn about how we care for patients with rare diseases.

Professor Francesco Muntoni wins prestigious research prize

Professor Francesco Muntoni, GOSH Paediatric Neurology Consultant, has been awarded the 2026 Novo Nordisk Prize in recognition of his pioneering work transforming the outlook for children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD).

GOSH secures £1.4m in NIHR capital equipment funding to boost research capability

This investment will significantly strengthen our research infrastructure and enhance our ability to deliver world‑leading paediatric research across the whole hospital.