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New £23m research unit to use advances in genetics

21 May 2013

A new £23million research unit is announced today, that will exploit the latest advances in genetics to improve understanding of how changes to lifestyle or environment, as well as pharmacological interventions, can reduce the risk of disease. The Integrative Epidemiology Unit (IEU), jointly funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and the University of Bristol, will launch on 1 June 2013. 

Father absence in early childhood linked to depression in adolescent girls

16 May 2013

New research from the Children of the 90s study at the University of Bristol shows that girls whose fathers were absent during the first five years of life were more likely to develop depressive symptoms in adolescence than girls whose fathers left when they were aged five to ten years or than boys in both age groups (0-5 and 5-10), even after a range of factors was taken into account.

Elizabeth Blackwell fellowship awarded

10 May 2013

Rebecca Pearson will be awarded an Elizabeth Blackwell Early Career Fellowship

Another IAS Benjamin Meaker Visiting Professor award

9 May 2013

Professor Michael Kramer visits Bristol

New antiviral treatment could significantly reduce global burden of hepatitis C

8 May 2013

Scientists show potential impact of therapy in reducing transmission in UK, Canada and Australia

IAS Benjamin Meaker Visiting Professor award

8 May 2013

Dr Dianne Pulte visits Bristol

Costing methodology workshop funded

7 May 2013

ConDucT hub funding secured.

School celebrates Athena SWAN silver award

1 May 2013

Awards for Schools of Social and Community Medicine and Oral and Dental Sciences

University Teaching Fellows for 2013/14

25 April 2013

University Teaching Fellows for 2013/14: Dr Trevor Thompson

Reliability of neuroscience research questioned

17 April 2013

New research has questioned the reliability of neuroscience studies, saying that conclusions could be misleading due to small sample sizes.