Find out the latest from our research teams
Our researchers are constantly working to improve patient care and develop better treatments.
1 March 2023
A study carried out by teams at Evelina London’s neonatal unit, and recently published in the BMJ Paediatrics Open, has helped to improve understanding about how neonatal units can help premature babies born before 24 weeks.
31 October 2022
An exciting new research study at Royal Brompton and Harefield hospitals aims to determine whether a musical device app can help children with asthma.
25 February 2022
The Fetal Medicine Foundation has donated £1.5 million to King’s College London to fund ground-breaking research to advance the care of pregnant women and their babies in south east London.
16 February 2022
New technology developed by researchers at Evelina London and King’s College London allows surgeons to immerse themselves into a patient’s heart to plan surgery using virtual reality.
23 December 2021
NHS England have secured the first deal of its kind in Europe for a pioneering treatment for peanut allergy.
19 March 2021
Evelina London has played an important role over the last year in caring for a small number of children and young people with paediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome.
30 September 2020
A study from Evelina London has suggested a new area of research to prevent coeliac disease.
14 September 2020
A boy severely allergic to peanuts can now safely tolerate seven of them thanks to a ground-breaking trial.
10 September 2020
A primary school boy is realising his dream of becoming a bee keeper following his participation in an international drug trial at our hospital.
8 June 2020
A detailed analysis of children with a rare childhood syndrome linked to COVID-19 has shown that early treatment is a key factor in outcomes. The clinicians leading the study advise parents to seek medical care for their child if they are worried.
12 February 2020
New research has found that children who were allergic to one type of nut could safely eat, on average, nine other types of nuts.
13 August 2019
The TV presenter and children’s author and illustrator visited Evelina London to talk about her new book and encourage children to study science.
11 July 2019
A two-year-old girl has become the youngest child in the world to undergo deep brain stimulation.
2 July 2019
Evelina London’s neuromuscular service has received funding of £193,487 from the charity Duchenne UK.
25 June 2019
Results of a trial, which took place at Evelina London, have been published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
27 March 2019
Scientists from Evelina London and King’s College London have developed a new method using MRI to produce detailed 3D images of the fetal heart.
28 December 2018
More than 70 babies from our neonatal unit took part in a ground-breaking trial which looked at giving platelet transfusions, the cells that help the blood to clot, to babies born before 34 weeks.
19 November 2018
Researchers from Evelina London Children’s Hospital and King’s College London have taken part in a major study that could lead to a ground-breaking new treatment for peanut allergy.
26 September 2018
A father is competing in an ‘urban triathlon’ to thank Evelina London after his daughter received a cutting-edge treatment to prevent brain damage.
16 July 2018
Heart abnormalities can now be diagnosed in babies at an earlier stage of pregnancy thanks to high resolution scanners in the new fetal cardiology unit at Evelina London.