Corrie Macdonald-Wallis wins UK Scopus Young Researcher Award 2013
Corrie Macdonald-Wallis from the School of Social and Community Medicine has won the UK Scopus Young Researcher Award 2013 in Medical Sciences.
Faculty of Health Sciences
One in three premature babies fare less well at school
New research shows that almost one in three children born prematurely (before 37 weeks) have lower Key Stage 1 (KS1) test results than children who are born at full term (37-42 weeks) and more than a third have special educational needs (SEN).
New exchange programme takes vet students to Australia
Two postgraduates among the first intake on the Vet School’s MSc in Global Wildlife Health and Conservation have recently returned from a successful visit to Western Australia.
New multi-million pound health research institute launched today
Innovative medical research is key to addressing the most challenging health problems of the 21st century. A new multi-million health research institute, launched today [22 July] at the University of Bristol, will accelerate the translation of medical research into new treatments and therapies to benefit patients.
Professor Jean Golding OBE honoured in book to mark Ada Lovelace Day
Tuesday 15 October is Ada Lovelace Day, a day which celebrates remarkable women scientists, like Ada Lovelace (1815-1852), an English mathematician who is credited with being the first computer programmer.
Medical student wins poster presentation at international meningitis conference
Tomos Edwards, a fourth-year medical student at the University of Bristol, was awarded first prize for his poster presentation on ‘The Orthopaedic Sequelae of Childhood Meningococcal Septicaemia’ at the recent Meningitis Research Foundation (MRF) conference ‘Meningitis and Septicaemia in Children and Adults 2013’.
Cheaper anti-cancer drug as effective as expensive drug in treating most common cause of blindness in older adults
An anti-cancer drug has been proven to be equally as effective in treating the most common cause of blindness in older adults as a more expensive drug specifically formulated for this purpose.
Bristol spearheads UK’s role in €4million synthetic biology project
The University of Bristol has been awarded a share of a €4million (£3.3million) European Union grant to improve public awareness of synthetic biology - an emerging field of science and technology which has huge potential for producing new fuels, materials and medicines in the future.
Study suggests chlamydia infection rates have changed over time but remains common among young women
A study exploring the frequency of chlamydia antibodies among young women – a marker for current and past infection – found this increased between 1993 and 2002, and then declined from 2007 to 2010. The first ever English population-based study of chlamydia antibodies, led by researchers from the University of Bristol, Public Health England and Imperial College, is published today [21 Aug] in PLOS One.
Study finds no increased risk of suicide in patients using smoking cessation drugs
A study to assess whether patients prescribed smoking cessation drugs are at an increased risk of suicide, self-harm and treated depression compared with users of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) has found no evidence of an increased risk. The findings, led by researchers from the University of Bristol, are published online in the British Medical Journal [BMJ] today [11 October].