ADVANCE researchers are honoured to have been invited to present ADVANCE findings at various meetings around the world in 2023. In August 2023, ADVANCE Lead Investigator Gp Capt Alex Bennett…
Big thanks to all our participants and the ADVANCE team for being part of ADVANCE since the study started in 2014. The participants have now completed the first round of…
If you happen to be in London before the 28th of August, we recommend the brilliant (and free) 'Road to Recovery' exhibition at the National Army Museum. If you look…
How do combat injuries impact bone health in the ADVANCE cohort? The most recent ADVANCE publication found that changes in bone health in those with combat-related trauma injury appear to…
As more and more data are collected from the ADVANCE cohort, more findings start to emerge from the Study. Our latest findings are on the relationship between combat injury and…
We are pleased to share with you that another ADVANCE article has just been published, this one in The Journal of Psychiatric Research. The full article can be found here.…
What was the purpose of this review? The purpose of this review was to collate and examine the existing literature on the transition outcomes of military personnel who have sustained physical battlefield…
Research into mental health often focuses on mental illness. But by focusing on just the negative, we deny ourselves the opportunity to understand how to thrive. As part of ADVANCE,…
The latest ADVANCE sub-study – Bio-Mil-OA – formally began earlier this year. The study looks at changes in the ADVANCE participants’ joints, mainly knees in the first instance. These changes…
We are pleased to inform you that the baseline mental health findings from the ADVANCE Study have just been published in the scientific journal Lancet Psychiatry. This is the second…
Since the publication of the first findings from the ADVANCE baseline data, the Study has been featured in an editorial in Heart. In the editorial Dr Ian J Stewart (Uniformed…
Three of our amazing participants recently joined us for a webinar to discuss the first published ADVANCE findings on cardiovascular risk. Prof Christopher Boos, who led this piece of ADVANCE…
Association between combat-related traumatic injury and cardiovascular risk The first results from the ADVANCE Study have been published in a leading cardiovascular research journal Heart. This is a big milestone…
We are delighted to announce that ADVANCE has received a new grant from the Headley Court Charity for analysing proteins and metabolites in ADVANCE participants’ blood samples. We will be…
This April is Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month. Limb Loss & Limb Difference UK is a consortium of charities working with families and individuals with limb loss and/or…
We are really excited to announce that the Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT) have awarded a £500k grant to ADVANCE to look at the military to civilian transition experiences and…
Ever wanted to know how the ADVANCE Study actually works from a research point of view? Well now you can! The first ADVANCE Study paper was published in BJM Open…
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The ADVANCE team had a great week in Sheffield in July for the INVICTUS Games Trials and the Military Rehabilitation and Recovery Symposium. At the Games we had a space…
Group Captain Alex Bennett discussing the ADVANCE study on BBC radio 5 in a segment on the move of the Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre from Headley Court to Stanford Hall.
