
British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative | A UK trainee-led research collaborative since 2012. Current chair: @conor_sg
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The latest BNTRC publication, @1MPACT_Study is out now in JAMA Oncology @JAMAOnc
Congrats to the study lead @AI_Islim and all collaborators!
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
Prof Price @Sjp58Price kicks us off with his invaluable talk and insights on “Taking a clinical problem to a killer grant proposal” 🎯
✨DEADLINE EXTENDED✨
Submit your ideas for the BNTRC 2026 Project Call by Saturday 7th of March 2026!
forms.gle/ichu21Wf6mgcsgfX9
The BNTRC is now accepting submissions for our 2026 Project Call 🚀
Submit your ideas by 23/02/2026:
forms.gle/ichu21Wf6mgcsgfX9
All neurosurgery residents are eligible to submit proposals (including NTN and non-NTN trainees).
Reminder that we are still accepting submissions for our 2026 Project Call 📣
Submit your ideas below by Monday 23/02/2026 🚀
The BNTRC is now accepting submissions for our 2026 Project Call 🚀
Submit your ideas by 23/02/2026:
forms.gle/ichu21Wf6mgcsgfX9
All neurosurgery residents are eligible to submit proposals (including NTN and non-NTN trainees).
The new investigation "A Clinical Tool to Identify Incidental #Meningioma for Early Outpatient Management" is now available in @JAMAOnc:
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam…
@AI_Islim @BNTRC @zakaria_neuro

ALT A Clinical Tool to Identify Incidental Meningioma for Early Outpatient Management by Abdurrahman I. Islim, MPhil; Christopher P. Millward, PhD; Rasheed Zakaria, PhD; Rory J. Piper, PhD; Daniel M. Fountain, DPhil; Shaveta Mehta, PhD; Ruwanthi Kolamunnage-Dona, PhD; Usama Ali, DPhil; Shelli D. Koszdin, PharmD; Theo Georgious, MBiol; Ryan K. Mathew, PhD; Samantha J. Mills, PhD; Andrew R. Brodbelt, PhD; Thomas Santarius, PhD; Michael D. Jenkinson, PhD; for the IMPACT Study Investigators, International Consortium on Meningioma (ICOM) and British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative (BNTRC)
TBI on anticoagulation? 🧠🔨
The RESTART-tICrH trial is recruiting neurosurgery registrars to collaborate in the national RCT- only 10 patients required to qualify for authorship!
See the link below for further details 👇
restart-trial.org.uk/
RESTART-tICrH trial now underway, see below for more info and get involved !
Referred a patient with TBI on anticoagulation? Unclear when to restart?
Then recruit to the RESTART-tICrH study! Randomising to 1 and 4 weeks will help guide future management on the optimal time point to restart this medication after TBI. For more info restart-trial.org.uk
Interested in participating in the upcoming National Chronic Subdural Data Hub?
See below for more info and to sign up as a local lead 👇
forms.office.com/Pages/Respo…
The TOP-TBI trial (VTE prophylaxis after TBI) is looking for trainee PIs at the following sites:
- Royal Stoke
- Royal Hallamshire (Sheffield)
- Hull
- Glasgow
- Edinburgh
- Queens Hospital, Romford
If interested, please email [email protected]!
We look forward to welcoming Mr Tsermoulas next week for our latest free BNTRC webinar, on the IIH intervention trial!
This Wednesday 15th January, at 7pm! (Zoom)
Meeting ID: 849 3684 8761
Passcode: 565577
Direct link in replies below 👇
We are delighted to announce our next webinar- on the IIH intervention trial!
Date: Wednesday 15th January
Time: 7-8pm (Zoom)
Speaker: Mr Georgios Tsermoulas (Birmingham)
Link to be shared soon!
Website link:
birmingham.ac.uk/research/me…
Trial summary: youtube.com/watch?v=uWydLOaX…
Tickets are still available for the North West Surgical Trial Centre (NWSTC) Surgical Workshop Sandpit day – This Friday 22nd November in Manchester (Free to attend). Please see below for more info:
hrc-surgical.nihr.ac.uk/even…
Congratulations to @anandpandit00 for his idea on linking together UK electronic Neurosurgical referrals. This will be the @BNTRC 2024 project! Stay tuned for more updates and other opportunities
Come to our BNTRC session next Friday 8th November 8-9am at the #BNRG in Oxford, where our next project will be selected!


















