News & Media
News & Media
Interviews, trial coverage, honours and keynote talks from Professor Majid’s research programme.
Latest updates
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TRICEPS recruitment complete
The TRICEPS trial has completed recruitment, exceeding its 270-participant target across 20 UK centres — the largest neuromodulation trial in stroke. Results expected March 2027. (Aug 2026)
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House of Lords visit
Visit to the House of Lords to discuss research policy and impact. (Jul 2026)
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Professors’ procession
Professors’ procession at the University of Sheffield graduation ceremony. (Jul 2026)
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NIHR Advanced Fellowship
NIHR Advanced Fellowship awarded to research fellow Dr Favour Felix-Illemhenbhio for gene therapy in small vessel disease / CADASIL. (May 2026)
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ESOC 2026 Maastricht
ESOC 2026 in Maastricht with the Sheffield stroke team. (May 2026)
Interviews
“Stimulating the Vagus Nerve May Help With Stroke Recovery” — Epoch Times interview (~August 2025) on the TRICEPS trial and the promise of vagus nerve stimulation for stroke recovery.
“If our new TRICEPS trial is successful, it will be the first large-scale, properly controlled evidence that vagus nerve stimulation makes a real difference in stroke recovery.”
Trial Coverage
TRICEPS trial launch — covered by DigitalHealth.net and PharmaTimes (January 2024): a £2 million UK trial testing whether vagus nerve stimulation paired with rehabilitation improves arm recovery after stroke.
Honours
NIHR Senior Investigator — appointed 26 March 2025, one of 39 leading researchers recognised by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (announced by Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust).
Keynotes & Conferences
- tVNS Coma Symposium, Warsaw — keynote speaker on transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation
- 5th Annual Neuroscience R&D Technologies Conference — invited speaker
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