Articles tagged with 'healthier futures' | University of Manchester

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2025
30
July
2025
| 11:14 Europe/London
A major new report, Understanding drivers of recent trends in young people鈥檚 mental health, reveals that worsening mental health among 14鈥24-year-olds in England is real, widespread, and driven by identifiable social and economic factors.
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25
July
2025
| 15:00 Europe/London
Six student interns from The University of Manchester's School of Social Sciences (SoSS) and School of Arts, Languages & Cultures (SALC) have successfully completed a documentary project in collaboration with the renowned SICK! Productions. This
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22
July
2025
| 14:45 Europe/London
An enzyme expressed by skin cells could be helpful in the management of non-healing skin wounds and ulcers, according to research by University of Manchester and Singapore鈥檚 A*STAR Skin Research Lab scientists.
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16
July
2025
| 09:30 Europe/London
The environment is increasingly acknowledged to play a critical role in our risk of developing diseases, with 30,000 deaths attributed to air pollution alone in the UK each year. A new research centre based at The Universities of Manchester and
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15
July
2025
| 09:27 Europe/London
A new study has revealed promising progress in developing a non-invasive sampling method to detect early signs of Parkinson鈥檚 disease 鈥 up to seven years before motor symptoms appear - by analysing the chemical makeup of skin.
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02
July
2025
| 11:47 Europe/London
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust together with the Cancer Research UK National Biomarker Centre and The University of Manchester  has developed a new blood test that can tell doctors precisely how active a patient鈥檚 cancer is at any moment in
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02
July
2025
| 11:12 Europe/London
Convened by Dr Cristina Temenos, a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow based at The University of Manchester, the event took place in June and served as a dynamic forum for exchange at the intersection of academic research and real-world practice.
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02
July
2025
| 11:04 Europe/London
The invitation-only event formed part of an ongoing initiative to shape how global best practices are understood and translated. Held at the OECD headquarters in Paris, the event brought together global experts, policymakers, and urban leaders to
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02
July
2025
| 09:00 Europe/London
The Early Detection of Liver Disease research project (ID LIVER) takes a targeted and streamlined approach to identifying, assessing and managing patients at increased risk of liver disease in underserved communities. The project, led by researchers
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25
June
2025
| 16:12 Europe/London
Evidence from academics at The University of Manchester has been cited in the latest report from the International Development Committee in the House of Commons.The report references evidence from Dr Yusra Suedi and Professor Iain Scobbie from the
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25
June
2025
| 09:21 Europe/London
The Beauty Tech Group (鈥淭BTG鈥) is to partner with The University of Manchester鈥檚 Centre for Dermatology Research to examine the impact of the CurrentBody Skin LED Light Therapy Face Mask on photoaged or chronically sun-exposed skin.
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23
June
2025
| 00:01 Europe/London
Older people in the North of England are more likely to be poorer, less healthy, physically inactive, lonely and in poor housing - resulting in millions of pounds of avoidable NHS costs.
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19
June
2025
| 07:52 Europe/London
The University of Manchester has retained its position among the world鈥檚 leading universities, according to new rankings announced on Thursday 19 June.
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19
June
2025
| 06:47 Europe/London
University of Manchester scientists studying  invasive aspergillosis are both the world鈥檚 most cited and  the most prolific on the topic, according to an analysis published by Guangxi university in the journal Medicine.
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12
June
2025
| 12:30 Europe/London
A new special issue of Le Mouvement Social features pioneering research co-authored by HCRI鈥檚 Professor Bertrand Taithe and Dr R贸is铆n Read. This edition brings together work from Dr Laure Humbert鈥檚 AHRC project and the Researching the Impact of
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11
June
2025
| 11:42 Europe/London
Northern Gritstone, the groundbreaking life sciences and deeptech investment firm, has today announced a commitment to invest 拢1.8 million into Apini, a small molecule drug development programme being advanced by Syncona鈥檚 accelerator Slingshot
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06
June
2025
| 12:37 Europe/London
Join us on Saturday 14 June, 11am - 4.30pm for a day of creativity, discovery and play. Our free community festival offers something for everyone with inspiring talks and performances, hands-on science experiments, art and crafts workshops, heritage
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28
May
2025
| 12:49 Europe/London
Two Manchester researchers have been appointed to lead REF 2029 sub-panels.Claire Alexander will chair the Sociology panel and Kate Dorney has been appointed deputy chair of the Music, Drama, Dance, Performing Arts, Film and Screen
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12
May
2025
| 08:49 Europe/London
The University of Manchester's 11th Making a Difference Awards ceremony took place on Thursday 8 May in the University鈥檚 Whitworth Hall and was live streamed on YouTube.   The Making a Difference Awards recognise the outstanding
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12
May
2025
| 07:41 Europe/London
People living in more deprived areas with worse health outcomes were 65% more likely to lose their local pharmacy than those in wealthier areas, according to research published today.
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07
May
2025
| 12:00 Europe/London
This year鈥檚 prize was judged by Philip Drake (Former Director of Social Responsibility, School of Social Sciences) and Hilary Pilkington (Research Director, Sociology) who commented on the variety of audiences engaged: from local sixth form students
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07
April
2025
| 12:45 Europe/London
鈥淲e鈥檙e still figuring it out.鈥  Sharing data in qualitative health psychology research is a complex and evolving challenge. While Open Research (OR) principles are gaining traction across many disciplines, practical and ethical barriers
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07
April
2025
| 08:16 Europe/London
 Feeling hungry doesn鈥檛 just make you reach for a snack 鈥 it may also change your immune system.In a recent study in mice, we found that simply perceiving hunger can change the number of immune cells in the blood, even when the animals hadn鈥檛
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04
April
2025
| 19:00 Europe/London
New research from The University of Manchester may reshape our understanding of what happens to the immune system when we fast.
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04
April
2025
| 05:57 Europe/London
Doctors are prescribing antibiotics for tens of thousands of patients with infections, with little or no consideration of prognosis and the risk of the infection worsening, according to a new study led by University of Manchester epidemiologists.
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01
April
2025
| 11:37 Europe/London
Professor Tine Buffel called for society to reframe ageing as an opportunity during her plenary at the Age-Friendly Futures Summit held from 25 to 27 March in Manchester. She emphasised the need to rethink ageing, not as a problem but as a shared
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31
March
2025
| 11:03 Europe/London
The University of Manchester academics are celebrating  their appearance at the final of  the Health Service Journal Partnership award category  for the 鈥楳ost Impactful Use of Technology on Clinical Practice鈥.
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12
February
2025
| 16:02 Europe/London
The Healthier Futures research platform is making funds available to support the acceleration of research-led impacts to address health inequalities.Please note that this funding opportunity is only available to researchers at the University of
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20
January
2025
| 11:46 Europe/London
A major new study by experts from The University of Manchester has found that bullying has a significant negative impact on the mental health of teenagers - particularly for boys - and has highlighted the need for more effective prevention
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20
January
2025
| 10:00 Europe/London
The project, led by the University of Kent, and including The University of Manchester, and University College London (UCL), will address the development gap in the diagnostics innovation ecosystem.Accelerating Innovation in DiagnosticsDiagnostics
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