S1, E6: Finding Hope: Discovering Life-Saving Treatments After Brain Hemorrhage

In this episode, Director of The Natalie Kate Moss Trust, Fiona Moss, sits down with Dr Katie Murray to discuss the groundbreaking research being done at The Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre, The University of Manchester, to improve the outcome of those who have experienced a Brain Haemorrhage. Katie Murray is a Research Fellow in the Division of Neuroscience at the University of Manchester. She became interested in neurovascular plasticity during her PhD with Prof Stuart Allan at the University of Manchester and continued to pursue this line of research during her postdoctoral training at Yale University, USA in the lab of Prof Jaime Grutzendler. In 2017, she was awarded an American Heart Association Fellowship to support her work on cerebrovascular remodelling in the intact mammalian brain. In 2023, thanks to funding by the Natalie Kate Moss Research Trust, Katie returned to the UK to establish her own independent research group. Her work aims to explore the impact of microvascular haemorrhage on the local cellular environment as visualised by advanced in vivo intravital microscopy techniques. With only 3 out of 5 people surviving at one month after a Brain Haemorrhage, resulting in 3 million deaths every year, this research is critical. By subscribing to the Prevent the Preventable podcast you will not only be first to hear each episode but you will be supporting this podcast to grow and the more we grow the more people we can reach and the more lives we save. Key Takeaways: What impact has NKMT had on this research in the last 12 years How do we overcome the sense of hopelessness that Brain Haemorrhages create Katie’s discusses her research at The Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre Lifesaving treatments that the team have developed that have been rolled out into the NHS Special Thanks: A heartfelt thank you to Katie Murray for her work and for sharing updates on this work in today’s episode. Resources: Learn more about the Natalie Kate Moss Trust: www.nataliekatemoss.co.uk Keep up to date with what the trust are up to on, follow on social media: Instagram , Facebook , Linkedin Find out more about the work at Manchester University and The Geoffrey Jefferson Research Centre Find our more about The Natalie Kate Moss Trust Prevention Campaign Subscribe & Review: If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave us a review. Your feedback helps us continue spreading the word, preventing health complications before they start and ultimately saving lives. Chapters 0:39 Jingle 0:51 Episode Introduction 3:42 The impact that NKMT has had on the research being done at Manchester University 9:56 The importance of partnerships to move the research forward 11:03 Why has Brain Haemorrhage Research not developed before? 13:25 How is Ischemic stroke different to Haemorrhagic stroke? 18:28 Katie discusses her research project 26:38 What is the ABC bundle and how is this saving lives after brain haemorrhage? 32:13 Katie shares more about the different research projects taking place 42:18 Closing quickfire questions