Metabolism and Systems Science

Changing lives and advancing knowledge through innovative metabolism, maternal health and hormone research

Genes that make humans and Labradors more likely to become obese identified

Gene that regulates energy balance shared by lab retrievers and humans, but researchers say effects can be over-ridden with a strict diet and exercise regime

Global study on male infertility to advance development of new non-hormonal female contraceptives

Diabetes research gets animal replacement funding boost

New leadership for women’s health research at the NIHR Birmingham Biomedical Research Centre

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Research themes

Metabolism

Obesity, Diabetes, Cancer Metabolism, Immuno-Metabolism, and Metabolic Neurology
Endocrinology

Endocrine Tumours, Endocrine-Related Cancer, and Steroid Endocrinology
Maternal and Reproductive Health

Conception and Early Pregnancy, Late Pregnancy, Maternal and Fetal Health, and Global Maternal Health
Systems Modelling and Quantitative Biomedicine

A Systems Approach to Basic Biomedical Research and Clinical Translation

Centres of excellence

WHO Collaborating Centre for Global Women’s Health

Research supporting WHO’s programmes on maternal and perinatal health.
Tommy's National Centre for Miscarriage Research

We are finding new ways to prevent pregnancy loss, and challenging misconceptions of miscarriage.
Centre for Systems Modelling and Quantitative Biomedicine

Transforming lives through quantitative biomedical and clinical research.

CEDAM

Centre for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, taking research through from basic science discovery to clinical application.
COMPARE

A unique collaboration between the Universities of Birmingham and Nottingham, investigating the mechanisms of cell communication in physiology and disease to develop innovative therapies.