Population Health Sciences

Researchers receive share of £7.8 million funding to evaluate digital self-management app for low back pain

26 November 2024

Low back pain affects many people in the UK, restricting their daily activities and accounting for 5 per cent of GP appointments. Researchers from the University of Bristol, UWE Bristol and St George’s University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, in collaboration with the Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board and getUBetter, have secured funding of over £1.3 million to evaluate the implementation of the musculoskeletal self-management app, getUBetter.

New Lancet Commission calls for urgent action on self-harm across the world

9 October 2024

Self-harm remains neglected worldwide, with at least 14 million episodes yearly. A new Lancet Commission, led by University of Bristol researchers, urges policy action on societal drivers and health services’ response to this pressing issue. The report, involving an international team of experts, is published today [9 October].

Bristol receives share of £80M funding for research to protect health of the nation

5 November 2024

A £5.5 million award for research that will help protect the public from health threats has been secured by the University of Bristol’s Health Protection Research Unit in Evaluation and Behavioural Science (HPRU-EBS).

Live wake to pop up in suburban home for seaside town's grief festival

8 October 2024

Members of the public are invited to be part of a live Irish-style wake this week [Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 October] to explore how new digital technologies can influence the way we memorialise and remember loved ones.

Top experts unite at University of Bristol to tackle gambling harms globally

8 October 2024

Leading experts from across the world will join forces in the UK this week in a bid to confront the wide-reaching challenges and curb the devastating effects of gambling.

RCGP Research Paper of the Year Award for IBS study

3 October 2024

A trial that showed a cheap and widely available prescription drug can improve symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) in patients seen in GP surgeries has been awarded Research Paper of the Year by the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP).

First newborn babies tested for over 200 genetic conditions as world-leading study begins in Bristol

3 October 2024

Hundreds of babies have begun to be tested for over 200 rare genetic conditions as part of a world-leading study delivered by a University of Bristol team and run in NHS hospitals that aims to screen up to 100,000 newborns in England.

Participants needed for study to investigate bovine tuberculosis in farm workers

8 March 2023

Do you work with bovine tuberculosis (bTB)-infected cattle? If so, researchers at the University of Bristol are inviting people to take part in the ZooTB study.

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.

Childhood maltreatment linked with multiple mental health problems

11 January 2023

Experiencing abuse or neglect as a child can cause multiple mental health problems, finds a new study led by UCL researchers, in collaboration with the University of Bristol and NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW), King's College London, University of Lausanne and Yale University School of Medicine.