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Read more about the article Service, Injury, and Illegal Drug Use: What’s Driving the Trend?
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Service, Injury, and Illegal Drug Use: What’s Driving the Trend?

  • Post author:Jessica Valentine-Short
  • Post published:2025-02-28
  • Post category:Military/News/Research

New research from the King’s Centre for Military Health Research (KCMHR) at King’s College London using data sourced from the ADVANCE Study has found that UK Armed Forces personnel who…

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Read more about the article Meet the Women Advancing Our Research

Meet the Women Advancing Our Research

  • Post author:Jessica Valentine-Short
  • Post published:2025-02-11
  • Post category:News

February 11th marks the 10th anniversary of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science—a day dedicated to breaking barriers, fostering inclusion, and inspiring the next generation of scientists.…

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Read more about the article Latest Outcomes: December 2024

Latest Outcomes: December 2024

  • Post author:Jessica Valentine-Short
  • Post published:2025-01-01
  • Post category:News/Uncategorized

Investigating Medical & Psychosocial Outcomes of UK Combat Casualties from the Afghanistan War Last month whilst talking at BAsem 2024, Professor Alex Bennett discussed the background of ADVANCE andemphasised the…

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Read more about the article Participant Interview: David Etale

Participant Interview: David Etale

  • Post author:Jessica Valentine-Short
  • Post published:2024-12-17
  • Post category:News

David Etale In this issue, we meet British Army veteran and ADVANCE participant David Etale. David was injured in 2009 by a roadside IED while on patrol in Helmand Province.…

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Read more about the article Green Light for New Pain Study

Green Light for New Pain Study

  • Post author:Jessica Valentine-Short
  • Post published:2024-12-06
  • Post category:News/Research

We are pleased to report that the Pain Research Group at Imperial College has been awarded the British Journal of Anaesthesia and Royal College of Anaesthetists Project Grant to continue…

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Read more about the article NEW! Latest Publication

NEW! Latest Publication

  • Post author:Jessica Valentine-Short
  • Post published:2024-11-29
  • Post category:News/Research

The Association Between Perceived Social Support and Mental Health in Injured and Uninjured Military Personnel Laura Grover et al., Journal of Psychiatric Research, November 2024​ What does this piece of…

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NEW! Research Paper

  • Post author:Jessica Valentine-Short
  • Post published:2024-09-27
  • Post category:News/Research

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Read more about the article Participant View – James Girvan

Participant View – James Girvan

  • Post author:Daniel Dyball
  • Post published:2021-11-26
  • Post category:News

One of the great things about the ADVANCE Study participant visits is that we get to meet the people behind the names and the data that we are analysing. Without…

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Read more about the article World Mental Health Day 2021

World Mental Health Day 2021

  • Post author:Daniel Dyball
  • Post published:2021-10-08
  • Post category:News

Sunday 10th October is World Mental Health Day 2021. A number of studies have found links between active service and mental health issues within armed forces personnel. An important aspect of…

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Read more about the article 29th March 2021: This April is Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month

29th March 2021: This April is Limb Loss and Limb Difference Awareness Month

  • Post author:Eleanor Miller
  • Post published:2021-07-09
  • Post category:News

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…

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Read more about the article 23rd November 2020: New funding from FiMT to look at military to civilian transition of the ADVANCE cohort

23rd November 2020: New funding from FiMT to look at military to civilian transition of the ADVANCE cohort

  • Post author:Eleanor Miller
  • Post published:2021-07-09
  • Post category:News

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…

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Read more about the article 17th February 2020: The ADVANCE Study Secures Long Term Funding

17th February 2020: The ADVANCE Study Secures Long Term Funding

  • Post author:Daniel Dyball
  • Post published:2021-07-09
  • Post category:News

The ADVANCE Study (ArmeD SerVices TrAuma RehabilitatioN OutComE Study), a unique twenty-year study into the health of military veterans, has secured crucial funding for the next ten years. ADVANCE team…

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Read more about the article 14th August 2019: ADVANCE at the INVICTUS trials in Sheffield

14th August 2019: ADVANCE at the INVICTUS trials in Sheffield

  • Post author:Eleanor Miller
  • Post published:2021-07-09
  • Post category:Military/News

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…

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Read more about the article 13th August 2019: ADVANCE on Radio 5

13th August 2019: ADVANCE on Radio 5

  • Post author:Eleanor Miller
  • Post published:2021-07-09
  • Post category:News

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.

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Read more about the article April 2019: Help for Heroes and the ADVANCE study

April 2019: Help for Heroes and the ADVANCE study

  • Post author:Eleanor Miller
  • Post published:2019-03-13
  • Post category:News

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