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Health - Computer Science - 27.07.2023
Public participants help navigate AI and data science
Public participants help navigate AI and data science
Members of the public co-create educational guide demystifying the role of artificial intelligence and data science in healthcare. Data science and artificial intelligence (AI) are rapidly entering the world of healthcare, something many members of the public find daunting. Kelly Gleason ( CRUK Imperial Centre Lead Nurse in Surgery & Cancer) wanted to address this by working alongside the public to create an entry-level resource on the subjects.

Health - Social Sciences - 27.07.2023
Lessons must be learnt from Covid-19's unequal impact on minority groups
Lessons must be learnt from Covid-19’s unequal impact on minority groups
The Covid-19 pandemic had a disproportionate impact on ethnic minority and migrant communities, and evidence-based, responsive policies could have significantly mitigated disparities in infection rates and mortality, according to a new report by UCL researchers.

Health - Veterinary - 26.07.2023
Who's top dog? French Bulldogs and Cockapoos claim top spot for the UK's most popular puppies
Who’s top dog? French Bulldogs and Cockapoos claim top spot for the UK’s most popular puppies
A new study by the Royal Veterinary College reveals that French Bulldogs and Cockapoos have now overtaken Labrador Retrievers and Jack Russell Terriers as the UK's favourite puppy to acquire, posing

Health - 25.07.2023
People with dementia in care homes aren’t getting enough help with their hearing loss - new survey
Most care home residents have both dementia and hearing loss, which can leave them feeling lonely and depressed.

Health - Pharmacology - 25.07.2023
Appeal to build The Fleming Centre launched, with Prince William as Patron
Appeal to build The Fleming Centre launched, with Prince William as Patron
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Imperial College London have launched an appeal to build The Fleming Centre, with Prince William as patron.

Health - Life Sciences - 25.07.2023
Largest ever DNA and health research programme for children and young people launches
Largest ever DNA and health research programme for children and young people launches
Cambridge researchers are helping launch a nationwide study for children and young to unlock the power of our DNA.

Social Sciences - Health - 24.07.2023
Covid pandemic disproportionately affected children in BAME families by exacerbating inequalities
Covid pandemic disproportionately affected children in BAME families by exacerbating inequalities
Black and ethnic minority communities experienced great anxiety over work, education and disproportionate attention from police during the Covid-19 pandemic, finds a new report by researchers at UCL, Goldsmiths and Royal Holloway.

Pharmacology - Health - 24.07.2023
Oxford R21/Matrix-M(TM) malaria vaccine receives regulatory clearance for use in Burkina Faso
The University of Oxford-developed, Serum Institute of India PvT Ltd (SIIPL) manufactured and scaled up R21/Matrix-M  malaria vaccine, leveraging Novavax's adjuvant technology, has been licensed for

Health - 24.07.2023
Two in three cosmetic surgery injections in the UK are not administered by doctors
According to an analysis of the UK's cosmetic injectables industry by UCL researchers, 68% of cosmetic practitioners who are administering injections such as Botox are not qualified medical doctors.

Health - Computer Science - 21.07.2023
Seeing eye to eye: researchers train AI to copy gaze of clinical professionals
Seeing eye to eye: researchers train AI to copy gaze of clinical professionals
An artificial intelligence (AI) system, which mimics the gaze of radiologists reading medical images such as mammograms, has been developed by a team of scientists at Cardiff University.

Health - Life Sciences - 21.07.2023
COVID-19 travel restrictions came too late, shows study, as scientists call for coordinated pandemic preparedness efforts
Researchers from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) and the University of Oxford responsible for tracking COVID-19 Alpha and Delta variant transmission across the UK have published their genomic trac

Health - Social Sciences - 20.07.2023

Health - Life Sciences - 20.07.2023
Researchers aim for rapid biomarker diagnostic test for stroke, using saliva
Researchers aim for rapid biomarker diagnostic test for stroke, using saliva
The study aims to identify biomarkers in blood, urine, or saliva, for rapid diagnosis so patients are routed directly to the most appropriate treatment centre.

Health - Veterinary - 20.07.2023
The RVC urges owners of hot dogs to ’cool first, transport second’
A new study by the VetCompass team at the Royal Veterinary College (RVC) has found that dogs with heatstroke may be suffering even further due to outdated first aid practices.

Health - Event - 19.07.2023

Campus - Health - 19.07.2023

Health - Pharmacology - 19.07.2023
Fibre supplements trialled in Southampton to support immune health
Fibre supplements trialled in Southampton to support immune health
A new study in Southampton is exploring the effects of soluble fibre on the immune system. Fibre is essential for healthy digestion - with strong evidence that diets higher in fibre are associated with a lower risk of certain diseases, including heart disease and type 2 diabetes.

Life Sciences - Health - 18.07.2023

Health - Campus - 18.07.2023

Health - Pharmacology - 17.07.2023
Oxford to launch UK’s first trials unit dedicated to precision-prevention and early detection studies
Oxford researchers have been given a £1 million boost to support their strategy of developing cancer prevention treatments and early diagnostic tools for people at high risk of cancer.

Health - Psychology - 17.07.2023
Impact of Covid-19 on clinically vulnerable to be studied with new APPG survey
University of Bath clinical psychologist, Dr Jo Daniels, is advising the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics.

Health - Psychology - 17.07.2023
Impact of Covid-19 on mental health and political engagement to be studied with new APPG survey
University of Bath clinical psychologist, Dr Jo Daniels, is advising the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Vulnerable Groups to Pandemics On Monday 17 July Dr Luca Bernardi, Senior Lecturer at the Uni

Health - Life Sciences - 13.07.2023
UCL releases animal research statistics alongside fellow top institutions
UCL releases animal research statistics alongside fellow top institutions
UCL is releasing its animal research statistics today in collaboration with Understanding Animal Research - a non-profit that promotes open communications about animal research. UCL and nine other institutions together conducted half of all animal procedures - those used in medical, veterinary, and scientific research - in the UK in 2022.

Health - Veterinary - 13.07.2023
Persistent illegal puppy selling post-pandemic
Researchers from the Royal Veterinary College are calling for greater protection of puppy welfare as Lucy's Law is not adhered to and increasing numbers of underage puppies are being illegally imported A study exploring changes to UK puppy buying habits both before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, has revealed concerning ongoing trends.

Health - Pharmacology - 12.07.2023
African Phase I HIV vaccine trial shows encouraging preliminary results
The multisite Phase I HIV-CORE 006 HIV vaccine clinical trial, run by the Globally Relevant AIDS Vaccine Europe-Africa Trials Partnership (GREAT), has concluded successfully.

Health - Innovation - 12.07.2023
'Fastball' test to detect Alzheimer's earlier gets major £1.5m funding boost
’Fastball’ test to detect Alzheimer’s earlier gets major £1.5m funding boost
A significant NIHR grant will enable researchers at Bath to develop revolutionary technology to help expand early dementia diagnosis.

Health - Innovation - 11.07.2023

Health - Pharmacology - 11.07.2023
Major boost to cardiology research thanks to £1 million donation
Major boost to cardiology research thanks to £1 million donation
Philanthropic support from Mr Safwan Sobhan will accelerate work to diagnose and treat people with high risk of coronary heart disease.

Health - Life Sciences - 11.07.2023
'Muscles in a dish' project to test genetic therapies for muscular dystrophy
’Muscles in a dish’ project to test genetic therapies for muscular dystrophy
An international project to find new treatments for muscular dystrophy, led by a UCL researcher, has been awarded a ¤9.5 million (£8 million) grant from Horizon Europe and UKRI.

Health - 10.07.2023
25 countries halved multidimensional poverty within 15 Years, but 1.1billion remain poor
Nearly one in three 'poor' countries surveyed halved their global poverty rating within 15 years, according to the latest report of the global Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), released today by

Health - Pedagogy - 07.07.2023
Learning and long COVID: what are the risks and what you can do
Learning and long COVID: what are the risks and what you can do
Almost half the school pupils with long COVID felt they had fallen behind classmates, a UCL study shows.

Health - Innovation - 06.07.2023
Oxford opens the UK’s first Space Innovation Lab
The UK's first Space Innovation Lab, dedicated to understanding the effect of space microgravity on the ageing process, opened today at the Botnar Institute of Musculoskeletal Sciences  at Oxford's  Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS).

Health - Social Sciences - 06.07.2023
COVID in kids - who is at higher risk?
Professor Christina Pagel (Clinical Operational Research Unit at UCL) and Professor Katherine Brown (UCL Institute of Cardiovascular Science) share the findings of their new research in The Conversation on the rates and factors impacting COVID infections in children. At the heights of the pandemic, particularly since 2021, many children and teenagers admitted to hospital had COVID.