Professor Anthony Hilton, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Executive Dean of the College of Health and Life Sciences at Aston University, has been named as the new Convenor for Midlands Innovation Health (MI Health). Professor Pauline Walsh, Pro Vice-Chancell
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Midlands is delivering nearly £100m of COVID research to support nation’s fight against COVID-19
A new report – Mobilising Research Excellence in the Midlands to Tackle COVID-19 – published today (Friday, January 15 2021) reveals that the Midlands has moved swiftly to apply its wealth of capability in its hospitals, businesses and universities, including the University of Warwick, to deliver £90m of research to support regional, national and global efforts to tackle the Coronavirus Pandemic.
The report highlights that:
Experts in the Midlands are leading 81 new COVID-19 research programmes.
The region is playing a crucial and integral role in the world-leading genome sequencing consortium which is identifying the strains of COVID-19 recently in the UK and internationally.