Media Mentions

Our recent media mentions

DatePublicationsTitle
13/03/2019 BBC News Birmingham pub bombings victims had 'unsurvivable' injuries
14/03/2019 Belfast Telegraph Birmingham pub bombing victims sustained unsurvivable injuries, inquest told
05/05/2019 The Guardian Birmingham pub bombings: victims' relatives call for justice after inquest verdict
16/05/2019 Imperial College London First manual on child blast injuries launched by Imperial and Save the Children
16/05/2019 Save the Children British doctors launch world's first handbook for child blast injuries
16/05/2019 SBS News 'A war on children': Three in four child casualties caused by explosive weapons
16/05/2019 BBC R4 Today Programme Radio link
16/05/2019 Relief Web Blast Injuries: The impact of explosive weapons on children in conflict
16/05/2019 Reuters UK doctors lauch guide for Syrian medics battling to save children's lives
16/05/2019 Sky News Child blast injuries: UK doctors launch first medical handbook in war zones
16/05/2019 Brisbane Times Wars may end, but their toll on children doesn't
15/07/2019 Save the Children How to protect the children on the frontline
16/07/2019 Save the Children Speech: Kevin Watkins at the Blast Injury Conference
17/07/2019 Imperial College London Engineering, medicine, and science combine at the 2019 Blast Injury Conference
17/07/2019 BBC Victoria Derbyshire Programme Radio link
17/07/2019 BBC News Syrian conflict: Helping children through the horror of bomb blasts
     
Our 2019 mentions in the media
Our recent mentions in the media
DatePublicationsTitle
15/02/2018 Imperial College London Fast-acting, readily available gas may mitigate blast-induced brain injury
01/04/2018 Royal British Legion Magazine  Blast Proof 
14/05/2018 The Confederation of Service Charities  300,000 Veterans living with hearing loss in the UK – Legion urges veterans to seek help during deaf awareness week 
15/05/2018 Invictus Games  TEAM UK ANNOUNCED
16/05/2018 Imperial College London Discussing hearing problems in veterans
18/07/2018 Imperial College London Imperial joint mechanics expert elected to World Council of Biomechanics
19/09/2018 Relief Web Bombs & blast waves: Why children in conflict need special care
24/10/2018 ABC Local Blade runner Dave Henson: after the blast 
08/12/2018 Imperial College London Starburst galaxies and blast injuries: News from the College
Our 2018 mentions in the media
Our recent mentions in the media
DatePublicationsTitle
03/03/2017 The Royal British Legion Funding Research into Veterans’ Hearing Loss
28/04/2017 Imperial College London 3D model of American football player's brain reconstructs moment of impact
03/05/2017 Imperial College London Imperial celebrates student success at Postgraduate Graduation Ceremonies 2017
04/05/2017 APPG on Explosive Weapons Action on Explosive Weapons Under Big Ben!
12/06/2017 Birmingham Mail Spy autopsy expert will assist pub bombs inquest
22/06/2017 Imperial College London Staff and student contributions recognised at Imperial Garden Party
29/06/2017 Times Higher Education A Heavy Reckoning: War, Medicine and Survival in Afghanistan and Beyond, by Emily Mayhew
01/07/2017 The Literary Review Cheating Death (review of A Heavy Reckoning: War, Medicine and Survival in Afghanistan and Beyond by Emily Mayhew)
17/07/2017 Imperial College London Imperial to help develop blast injury hub for conflict survivors in Sri Lanka
14/08/2017 Imperial Collge London Imperial College and Norwegian security researchers team up for secure societies
Our 2017 mentions in the media
Our recent mentions in the media
DatePublicationsTitle
27/04/2016 www.gov.uk 3d printing synthetic bones for blast injury research
01/06/2016 Focus on Military, a magazine from IrwinMitchell solicitors Amputation Rehabilitation Research at Imperial College
01/10/2016 BLESMA Magazine The Boffins of Blast
01/10/2016 Channel 4’s Sunday Brunch Dr Emily Mayhew discussed the parallels between today’s amputees and the casualties from WW1.
01/11/2016 www.hmsolicitors.co.uk Centre for Blast Injury Studies
01/12/2016 International Health Magazine The biomechanics of blast injuries
Our 2016 mentions in the media
Our recent mentions in the media
DatePublicationsTitle
13/03/2015 The Times For medical staff, the battle to save stricken soldiers
31/05/2015 Science Daily High cost of healthcare for UK military amputees from Afghan conflict
01/06/2015 Legion Magazine It's because of the Legion this is happening
01/06/2015 Daily Mail £288m bill for injured heroes: experts calculate sum of care, rehabilitation and prosthetics for troops who were injured in Afghan bombings
01/06/2015 Imperial College Website High cost of healthcare for UK military amputees from Afghan conflict revealed
01/06/2015 Russia Today £288mn needed for Afghanistan veteran amputees – study
01/06/2015 Springer Link What Is the Magnitude and Long-term Economic Cost of Care of the British Military Afghanistan Amputee Cohort?
01/06/2015 Medical Xpress The costs of conflict: Amputees and the Afghan war
01/06/2015 myScience High cost of healthcare for UK military amputees from Afghan conflict revealed
01/06/2015 Medical News Today High cost of healthcare for UK military amputees from Afghan conflict reveales in new study
01/06/2015 Before its News £288m needed for Afghanistan veteran amputees - study
01/06/2015 The Royal British Legion New study reveals high cost of healthcare for UK military amputees from Afghan conflict
01/06/2015 Science Newsline Medicine The Costs of Conflict: Amputees And the Afghan War
02/06/2015 Imperial College website Home page - High healthcare cost for UK military amputees
02/06/2015 Irwin Mitchell Solicitors Care Following Military Injuries in Afghanistan to cost £288m. Expert Military Injury Lawyers Hope Research Will Improve Care For Veterans
02/06/2015 Rehab Management (US) Researchers Calculate High Lifetime Costs for Amputee Veterans of Afghanistan Conflict
03/06/2015 US Veterans News The costs of conflict: Amputees and the Afghan war
04/06/2015 Texas Guardian The costs of conflict: Amputees and the Afghan war
04/06/2015 Healio Orthotics/Prosthetics News Study: Health care is costly for UK military amputees from Afghanistan
07/06/2015 The Naked Scientists BOOM! The bang behind the bomb and how to stop it
01/07/2015 The Royal British Legion The Legion’s CBIS looks to help veterans suffering from APD.
15/07/2015 Jo Johnson Twitter Minister of State for Universities & Science Jo Johnson (pictured right) visits CBIS
01/09/2015 MSC Software Magazine Simulating Reality Contest Winners 2015
01/09/2015 Intima Diaries: A Century of Skill in the Silence, from the Great War to Afghanistan
01/10/2015 Blesma Bulletin Member’s Newsletter Autumn 2015 Improving Assistive Devices
19/10/2015 Paralympic.org Former soldier Henson reports for Doha 2015 duty
12/10/2015 Imperial College Website US Defense Secretary sees British and American research ties at Imperial
09/10/2015 ddc intranet news (MoD defence media blog) Defence Secretary Michael Fallon hosts US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter
27/11/2015 The Royal British Legion £5m to rehabilitate wounded, injured and sick service personnel
02/12/2015 New Scientist Man with no limbs controls robotic hand using muscle whispers
01/12/2015 Royal Academy of Engineering’s Ingenia Magazine Blast Mitigation
Our 2015 mentions in the media
Our recent mentions in the media
DatePublicationsTitle
01/02/2014 Defence Codex Facing the Challenges
19/02/2014 Engineering.com Simulation Strategies to Limit Injuries Caused by Explosions
23/09/2014 Imperial College Website Home page - The incredible journey of Captain Dave Henson
23/10/2014 BBC Breakfast Bobby Charlton & Anthony Bull interview on Regenerative Medicine
24/10/2014 BBC News Health Study aims to help amputees re-grow lost limbs
02/11/2014 Mail on Sunday How your poppy money funds macabre trrade in human legs and feet: £5million British Legion lab opened by Prince Harry imports body parts for bomb blast tests
02/11/2014 Imperial Website Statement on the use and sources of human tissue in experiments at Imperial
02/11/2014 TRBL Website Response to Mail on Sunday article
05/11/2014 Northern Echo More to Legion that I realised
06/11/2014 Science Daily WW1 surgeons could do little for amputees' pain; treatment remains a challenge
07/11/2014 The Times Amputees' agony 'as bad as in 1914'
07/11/2014 Imperial College Website Home page - WW1 surgeons could do little for amputees' pain
08/11/2014 BBC News Health Amputation pain 'still a challenge' for medics
11/11/2014 Imperial College Website Home page - War wounds. Imperial researchers examine how amputation pain was managed by doctos in WW1
11/11/2014 RTI Surgical Website Response to Mail on Sunday Article
13/11/2014 Counter IED Report New Centre Manager at CBIS
06/12/2014 BBC Click Motion capture technology improving prosthetics
16/12/2014 The Independent Homeless veterans appeal: Britain's Invictus Games captain Dave Henson tells how veteran's charities halped rebuild his life
17/12/2014 Evening Standard Homeless veterans appeal: Charity helped me live again after losing my legs
17/12/2014 Reporter Blast injury research vital to saving lives
31/12/2014 Explosives Engineering New Centre Manager at CBIS
31/12/2014 Blesma I am Dave Henson
31/12/2014 Blesma Prosthetics Update
Our 2014 mentions in the media
Our recent mentions in the media
DatePublicationsTitle
21/01/2013 Engineering & Technology How to… defuse a bomb
01/05/2013 NAM The unseen enemy
01/05/2013 Penant Magazine Blast Injury Centre
20/06/2013 Elements A look inside the Centre for Blast Studies at Imperial College
11/08/2013 Sunday Times 600 veterans of Afghanistan left with brain injury'
25/09/2013 Daily Mirror LK Sri Lankan Scientist wins best doctoral thesis award in Biomechanics at a high profile international conference
17/10/2013 Royal British Legion Royal seal of approval for Legion and Imperial Blast Centre
17/10/2013 The Tab Royal in School Mines Visit
17/10/2013 The Daily Mail The Prince of lab coats! Harry wears HRH emblazoned whites on visit to laboratory
17/10/2013 Imperial College News Prince Harry opens Blast Centre
17/10/2013 British Forces News Prince Harry opens Blast injury centre
17/10/2013 The Prince of Wales News Prince Harry opens the Royal British Legion Centre for Blast Injury Studies
17/10/2013 The Royal British Legion Prince Harry opens the Royal British Legion Centre for Blast Injury Studies
17/10/2013 Celebrity Gossip Prince Harry opens Blast Injury Centre in London
17/10/2013 First Coast News Prince Harry Opens Blast Injury Center
17/10/2013 IBM Times Prince Harry Opens Blast Injury Center
17/10/2013 Dayton Daily News Prince Harry Opens Blast Injury Center
17/10/2013 KIRO TV Prince Harry Opens Blast Injury Center
17/10/2013 Access Atlanta News Prince Harry Opens Blast Injury Center
17/10/2013 TV Balla News Prince Harry opens Blast Injury Centre in London
17/10/2013 Reuters Prince Harry opens Blast Injury Centre
17/10/2013 SC Times Prince Harry opens Blast Injury Centre
17/10/2013 Felix News Prince Harry visits Imperial
17/10/2013 i4u News Prince Harry opens Blast Injury Centre in London
17/10/2013 Celebrity About News Prince Harry opens Blast Injury Centre in London
17/10/2013 MSN News Prince Harry opens blast injury centre
17/10/2013 My Science News Prince Harry opens Blast centre
17/10/2013 WPXI News Prince Harry opens Blast Injury Centre
17/10/2013 WSB TV Atlanta Prince Harry opens Blast Injury Centre
17/10/2013 Hire A Hero UK Prince Harry opens new centre aiming to improve treatment and recovery of injured soldiers
17/10/2013 AJC News Prince Harry opens Blast Injury Centre
17/10/2013 WLTX News Prince Harry opens Blast Injury Centre
17/10/2013 JC Online Prince Harry opens Blast Injury Centre
17/10/2013 UK Eonline Prince Harry and Prince William line up next official events in London
17/10/2013 News 965 Prince Harry opens Blast Injury Centre
17/10/2013 ITN News Royal: Prince Harry visits Blast Injuries Centre at Imperial College London
17/10/2013 News Leader Prince Harry opens Blast Injury Centre
17/10/2013 Zimbio Prince Harry visits the Royal British Legion Centre
17/10/2013 WOKV News Prince Harry opens Blast Injury Centre
17/10/2013 Daily Star Prince Harry takes tour of London Centre aimed at helping thse injured by bomb blasts
17/10/2013 Fleeder News Prince Harry opens Blast Injury Centre in London
17/10/2013 Royalty News Prince Harry and William to open Royal British Legion Centre
17/10/2013 Statesman Prince Harry opens Blast Injury Centre
17/10/2013 Top News CBIS Opens Officially
17/10/2013 The Citizen Online Royal Opening for New Injury Centre
17/10/2013 WHIO TV Prince Harry opens Blast Injury Centre
17/10/2013 Western Daily Press Harry triggers blast on tour of research centre
17/10/2013 Ithaca Journal Prince Harry opens Blast Injury Centre
17/10/2013 Xfinity News Prince Harry sports lab coat and goggles - still looks handsome
17/10/2013 Thomson Reuters Foundation Britain's Prince Harry wears ear protectors and safety glasses as he opens the Royal British Lefion Centre for Blast Injury Studies at Imperial College London
17/10/2013 WSB Radio Prince Harry opens Blast Injury Centre
17/10/2013 The News Daily Prince Harry visits the Royal British Legion Centre for Blast Injury Studies
08/11/2013 Imperial reporter The RBL Centre for blast injury studies enters new phase
01/12/2013 The Sunday Times (Sri Lanka) On the cutting edge
Our 2013 mentions in the media
Our recent mentions in the media
DatePublicationsTitle
20/01/2012 Imperial Reporter Research Centre to combat effects of roadside bombs
26/01/2012 Defence IQ IED: Exclusive video interview at Imperial College's blast research lab
31/01/2012 Defence IQ ANUBIS: Imperial College London tackles IED blast injury
01/02/2012 Physics Today From Cells to Limbs, UK Centre studies war injuries
08/02/2012 Defence IQ Explosive look into Worlds leading IED blast lab
11/02/2012 British Medical Association Reduce, Redesign and Repair
21/04/2012 Legion magazine The Bare Bones
02/05/2012 Radio 4 Interview with Professor Anthony Bull and Richard Hollingham
01/07/2012 Legion magazine ANUBIS - Giving Blast the boot
01/08/2012 Discovery network Canada CBIS Documentary
02/09/2012 Defence IQ How to mitigate the IED threat
03/09/2012 Spiegal Online Britische Elite - Unis bekommen Rustungs-Millionen
01/11/2012 DAT IED Blast
Our 2012 mentions in the media
Our recent mentions in the media
DatePublicationsTitle
10/02/2011 Imperial Reporter Imperial Blast research makes an impact
24/03/2011 Imperial Reporter Battlefield blast injuries need better study
15/06/2011 inside Knowledge The Blast Sampler
28/06/2011 inside Knowledge Visual reflection on Imperial Blast
01/08/2011 This Tribe Improving kit for safety and comfort
07/12/2011 The Telegraph Combat Boots that deflect blast of roadside bombs being designed at new research centre
07/12/2011 The Guardian Injured British Troops faced with awful dilemma after roadside blasts
07/12/2011 Imperial Reporter Research centre to combat devestating effects of raodside bombs
08/12/2011 The Mirror Bombproof army boots to cut amputation
08/12/2011 The Engineer UK Blast Injury Research Centre Launched
08/12/2011 British Forces News New £8m Centre leads IED injury research
08/12/2011 BBC News Health New £8m blast injury research centre opens at Imperial
08/12/2011 Mail Online Putty filled boots could save lives in Afghanistan: New Research centre in search for ways to protect troops
08/12/2011 International Business Times New £8m Blast Injury Research Centre Opens at Imperial College
08/12/2011 Defence management IED Research centre to test putty boots
08/12/2011 Wounds International New centre to develop equipment and treatment for military blast injuries
08/12/2011 Unity News New £8m blast injury research centre opens at Imperial
09/12/2011 Eureka Blast Injury Research Centre opens at Imperial
09/12/2011 Armed Forces International London IED Blast Research Centre Opens
09/12/2011 Felix Online Blast Injury Centre set up at Imperial
11/12/2011 PAB News London Centre opens to study bomb blast injuries - Could it save lives
15/12/2011 Science Business Imperials new £8m research centre
19/12/2011 Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre Severe leg Trauma - are engineers better than surgeons?
Our 2011 mentions in the media
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