2024 was a busy year for the 'Bhangu Lab', working across surgery, global health, and sustainability. Here are a few highlights: 🎯 In 2024, the team collectively published 16 research papers (including 5 in Lancet family journals) and 8 reviews / comments. Aneel Bhangu

Communities, patients & carers are at the core of the NIHR Global Surgery mission. Building trust takes time; our goal is to connect surgical services with primary care, reaching communities, especially ones that are isolated and often-overlooked. Read more here: bit.ly/CEI-GSU

At the GSU, our cancer study portfolio spans across the patient pathway. Explore below how we are improving outcomes from access to recovery 👇 #WorldCancerDay #CancerResearch

At the GSU, we are working across the globe to improve outcomes for cancer patients. Visit our interactive map to see the global reach of our GlobalSurg-3 and CovidSurg Cancer studies: datawrapper.dwcdn.net/CQNmt/3/ #WorldCancerDay

RCT Whole-food, plant-based lifestyle intervention more effective for improving glycaemic control than standard care in people with T2 diabetes Diabetes remission in some participants. link.springer.com/article/10.100… #PlantBased

Crispy cold morning and a much needed coffee! Uni of Birmingham #phdlife

Body-weight cycling (Yo-Yo diets) significantly associated with an ⬆️ risk of kidney events in people with T1 diabetes Regardless of body mass index and traditional risk factors. academic.oup.com/jcem/advance-a…

Guidelines committees need to stop making sweeping statements on very low quality evidence. Deal with uncertainty of effects, do not make recommendations based on industry driven evidence, and stop diverting money away from proven, value based healthcare interventions.

Join us in Geneva for the launch of the Lancet Health Policy article on Global Surgery 2025-2035! We’re excited to share that the Global Surgery Unit will be hosting a side event at the 2025 World Health Assembly!🌎 🗓May 20, 2025 |⏰18:00-22:00📍 La Pastorale, Geneva

Prevalence and risk factors for malignant nodal involvement in early esophago-gastric adenocarcinoma: Results from the multicenter retrospective CONGRESS study (endosCopic resectiON, esophaGectomy or gastrectomy foR Early eSophagogastric cancerS) journals.lww.com/annalsofsurger…

Directed acyclic graphs are used to illustrate and assess the hypothesised causal mechanisms in health and social research. This article provides a guide for clinical researchers on how to use directed acyclic graphs, @tfeend bmj.com/content/388/bm…

Big news for #EBM! Just out in #BMJ, ROBUST-RCT, pristinely developed, innovative, simple, user-friendly instrument for risk of bias assessment in #RCTs far superior to anything before, will become standard outside of Cochrane and in #Cochrane if they let folks use it.

Join us on Day 3 at #ASGBI2025 for the Humanitarian Surgery Symposium and listen to our inspiring speakers from some amazing organisations including: Kids Operating Room, David Nott Foundation, Operation Hernia, NIHR Global Surgery and The Uganda Child Birth Injury Fund. Discover the challenges and

📢REGISTRATION NOW LIVE! Register at: tinyurl.com/c46skm49 Join us in Geneva for the launch of the Lancet Health Policy article on Global Surgery 2025-2035! We will be hosting a side event at the 2025 World Health Assembly!🌎 📆May 20, 2025 📍La Pastorale, Geneva

This is a really important document. I was happy to be selected as a specialist committee member and I strongly feel that there is a clear direction for introducing RAS however the gaps in clinical efficacy and cost effectiveness cannot be ignored. nice.org.uk/guidance/HTE21

This first article in a seven part series presents an overview of the essential elements of the GRADE approach that has proved useful in systematic reviews, health technology assessment reports, and clinical practice guidelines bmj.com/content/389/bm…

Thanks ASGBI for giving me the opportunity to share my experiences in #Gaza. Too many medical and academic institutions have been silent about what is going on - you should be congratulated. Our Royal Colleges and other Surgical / Medical Associations need to follow ASGBI

A study published in eClinicalMedicine – The Lancet Discovery Science and led by UoB's Sivesh Kamarajah has highlighted considerable gaps in clinical practice guidelines for patients with acute pancreatitis, with a call to action for research to improve long-term outcomes in the future. birmingham.ac.uk/news/2025/impr…

𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲. But post-trial uptake of ChEETAh’s proven intervention? Just 27%. A new study in Impact Surgery presents a logic model to guide scale-up. Read more: bit.ly/4jl1Ln3 #GlobalSurgery

It's a pleasure to award Neil Smart a rare NIHR Global Surgery Global Surgery Unit recognition medal. His influence is well well beyond the UK, and he has a career with a huge global impact. Forgive me for doing it digitally tonight (I have one of these rare beasts at home and the