Queen Mary University of London

UCT and Queen Mary University of London team awarded £3 million funding to boost life-saving surgery research in Africa

A team of African researchers and Queen Mary University of London researchers have successfully secured almost £3 million in funding for a new research programme that will establish centres of research excellence in four African countries with the aim of saving the lives of patients who undergo life-saving surgery. Funding for the project was awarded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), and will be led by Professor Bruce Biccard from UCT and Professor Rupert Pearse from Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom. According to Professo...