News in 2023
- New five-year funding award continues world-leading integrative epidemiology research 30 May 2023 The Medical Research Council Integrative Epidemiology Unit (MRC IEU) at the University of Bristol has been awarded funding to enable a further five years of world-leading research.
- Lavinia Paternoster picks up prestigious award for eczema genetics research 10 May 2023 Associate Professor Lavinia Paternoster from the MRC-Integrative Epidemiology Unit of University of Bristol is this year’s winner of the LEO Foundation Award in Region EMEA. Lavinia’s research improves our understanding of the genetics behind eczema and also addresses the challenging question of ethnic diversity in genetic research.
- Study provides genetic evidence on new osteoporosis drug heart attack risk 3 May 2023 New research highlights potential safety concerns around women taking romosozumab, a new anti-osteoporosis drug available on the NHS. The University of Bristol-led study, published in Arthritis & Rheumatology, analysed genetic data on nearly 34,000 people.
- Genetic variation that protected against Black Death still helps protect against infection but increases autoimmune disease 7 March 2023 The same genetics that helped some of our ancestors fight the plague is still likely to be at work in our bodies today, potentially providing some of the population with extra protection against respiratory diseases such as COVID-19, according to research led by scientists at University of Bristol. However, there is a trade-off, where this same variation is also linked to increased autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and inflammatory bowel disease.
- Depression linked to immune response in some people 1 March 2023 A link between depression and changes in counts of several types of immune cells in the blood has been revealed by researchers at the University of Bristol’s MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit.
- Professor George Davey Smith selected for visiting professorship to India 17 January 2023 Professor George Davey Smith has been chosen for India collaboration as part of the Royal Society Yusuf Hamied Visiting Professorships