The Bardhan Research & Education Trust

BRET 21st Century Vision

South Yorkshire Gastroenterology continues to be a global centre of excellence, producing high quality research and delivering superior clinical outcomes in the local community

The influence of BRET has already resulted in a sustained National and International research platform for Gastroenterology in South Yorkshire. There is a significant body of evidence to suggest that such initiatives directly impact on clinical outcomes for patients and the surrounding community.

BRET provides 3 tangible inputs

  1. The Sheffield GI symposium is the largest in the UK (>300 delegates) outside the national BSG meeting, within that we have embedded the key note speaker ‘The Bardhan Lecture’.
  2. The Sheffield Unit is encompassed within the Yorkshire training scheme and we provide a second meeting regionally called the Bardhan Fellowship, generally in March (annually) and designed to show case registrars in research (an open presentation competition with £500 cash prize to the winner) as well as live endoscopy.
  3. The BRET Fellowship programme: one fellow appointed at any given time undertaking a MD or PhD lasting for two to three years. The incumbent will be appointed through STH by competitive interview.