Active research projects being led by researchers in IHN:
| Research Project | Funder |
| Ensuring timely and targeted intervention for anxiety and depression in minimally verbal individuals with autism | Autistica |
| Using resected human tissue in organotypic cultures for epilepsy research | Birmingham Women's and Children's Charity |
| A school closer to home: using mealtimes to foster language development, improve girls' nutrition and align home and school in rural Kenya and Zambia | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Appetite in Preschoolers: Producing Evidence to Tailor Interventions Effectively: the APPETItE study | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Understanding young people's experiences of racially motivated appearance focused (RMAF) bullying | Emerging Minds: Action for Child Mental Health |
| Can we snuff out the seizures in FIRES? | Epilepsy Research UK |
| Embracing complexity in the characterisation and tracking of neurodevelopment | Partially funded by Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
| Consumer survey of allergic reactions and near misses to food in those with food allergy, food intolerance and coeliac disease | Food Standards Agency |
| Antipsychotic efficacy of GWP42003 in the scPCP rat model with behavioural and EEG measures non-GLP | GW Research Limited |
| Further mechanistic study of CBD in the RISE model | GW Research Limited |
| Development of a decision-making tool for buccal transport of drugs. In partnership with Catalent Pharma Solutions | Innovate UK |
| Development of modified release formulations. In partnership with Quest Pharmaceuticals | Innovate UK |
| Process and composition optimisation of multifunctional excipients in orally disintegrating tablets. In partnership with Catalent Pharma Solutions | Innovate UK |
The development of a novel wireless EEG recording and optogenetics solution that will open new opportunities for pre-clinical research organisations and drug development | Innovate UK |
| Ten-year longitudinal follow-up of people with Rubinstein-Taybi syndrome. | Jerome Lejeune Foundation |
| A new methodology linking interactional and experiential approaches, and involving young people as co-analysts of mental health encounters | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Making vegetables the best target for public health interventions | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| MICA: The role of excitatory synaptic scaling in epileptogenesis in rodent and human brain networks | Medical Research Council (MRC) |
| Lysine metabolism in tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC): Characterising lysine metabolism as potential biomarker and pathogenic pathway of epilepsy in TSC. TSC is a rare genetic neurodevelopmental disease that causes many symptoms including epilepsy in childhood | National Institutes of Health (NIH) and TSC Alliance |
| Development of a toolkit to help parents/carers manage feeding problems in autistic children (Doctoral Research Fellowship) | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) |
| HELP: Hearing Loss and Patient Reported Experience - Using patient experience to improve audiology services | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) |
| Global Access to Psychological Services for Food Allergy (GAPS) | National Peanut Board, Aimmune, Novartis |
| Integrated health care for children and young people: Evaluating local models of care | NHS Birmingham and Solihull Integrated Care Board |
| Implementing SWell: testing Staff Wellbeing interventions in paediatric critical care in the UK | NHS England |
| Reading and Vocabulary (RAV) | Nuffield Foundation |
| Behaviours that challenge in SATB2-associated syndrome | TMF Global Services UK Ltd |
| Parenting behaviour and its relationship with anxiety in individuals with autism and intellectual disability | TMF Global Services UK Ltd |
| Personal and environmental characteristics associated with anxiety in minimally verbal individuals with autism. | TMF Global Services UK Ltd |
| Personal characteristics, mental health and well-being in Bardet-Biedl syndrome | TMF Global Services UK Ltd |
| The Safety, Acceptability, Feasibility and Efficacy of Bed Enclosure Designs in children with intellectual disability (The SAFE BED study) | TMF Global Services UK Ltd |
| Network dynamics of focal cortical dysplasia | The Academy of Medical Sciences |
| Learning to read the whole word as well as the parts | The British Academy |
| The impact of the Villa Vision Programme | Wesleyan Foundation |
| Understanding people’s experiences of assisted breathing interventions and critical care for COVID-19, in order to understand their psychological needs for long-term recovery | Wesleyan Foundation |
Completed research projects:
| Research Project | Funder |
| Setting girls on a trajectory of better health: Using complex systems modelling to reduce risks of poor diet quality in early childhood. | AXA Research Fund |
| STOP Diabesity: Strategic data linkage and needs assessment for preventive studies in “diabesity.” | National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) |