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National partnership to tackle health inequalities in coastal communities awarded £2.4 million

27 February 2024

A national partnership led by researchers at the Universities of Bristol and Liverpool has received £2.4 million to tackle health inequalities in coastal communities. The award is one of a number announced today [15 February] by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under its Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)-led Mobilising Community Assets to Tackle Health Inequalities programme, which aims to improve health through access to culture, nature and community.

Wearable monitor detects stress hormone levels across a full 24-hour day

21 June 2023

Early warning signs of diseases caused by dysfunctional levels of stress hormones could be spotted more easily thanks to a new wearable device developed by endocrine researchers. This is the first time it has been possible to measure changes to people’s stress hormones as they go about normal daily activities, across both day and night. The new collaborative research led by the University of Bristol, University of Birmingham and University of Bergen has the potential to revolutionise how diseases of the stress hormone system are diagnosed and treated.

One in ten NHS healthcare workers experienced suicidal thoughts during pandemic, study finds

21 June 2023

Approximately one in ten NHS healthcare workers experienced suicidal thoughts during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, finds a new University of Bristol-led study published in PLOS ONE today [21 June].

Understanding the relationship between our sleep, body clock and mental health

19 February 2024

Problems with our sleep and internal body clock can trigger or worsen a range of psychiatric disorders, according to a new review of recent research evidence.

Brain receptor patterns separate sensory and cognitive networks, new study finds

19 June 2023

Receptor patterns define key organisational principles in the brain, scientists have discovered.

Sponge makes robotic device a soft touch

7 June 2023

A simple sponge has improved how robots grasp, scientists from the University of Bristol have found.   

Disinformation Is the Real Threat to Democracy and Public Health

8 February 2024

An opinion piece written by Prof Stephan Lewandowsky (School of Psychological Science), Sander van der Linden (Cambridge) & Andy Norman (Cognitive Immunology Research Collaborative), Scientific American, 30 January 2024

Human factors affect bees’ communication, researchers find

5 June 2023

Human influences have the potential to reduce the effectivity of communication in bees adding further stress to struggling colonies, according to new analysis.

New five-year funding award continues world-leading integrative epidemiology research

2 June 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.

Professor John Coggon appointed to World Health Organization Technical Advisory Group on Ethics and Climate Health

8 February 2024

The World Health Organization (WHO) recognises climate change as the biggest health threat facing humanity, with the potential to undermine decades of progress in global health.