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Professor Sir Mark Caulfield appointed as CEO of Barts Life Sciences

July 1, 2021 9:32 am Published by Leave your thoughts

Professor Sir Mark Caulfield has been announced as the new Chief Executive Officer of Barts Life Sciences. Barts Life Sciences, a research and innovation partnership between Barts Health NHS Trust and Queen Mary University of London, is driving the development of a world-leading life sciences campus at Whitechapel focusing on digital health, genomics and clinical innovation. The programme aims to develop...


HDR UK launches Black Internship Programme with Barts Life Sciences, one of the 23 partner organisations

June 28, 2021 2:53 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

***PRESS RELEASE*** We are delighted to welcome the 49 interns participating in our 2021 Black Internship Programme. As the UK’s national institute for health data science and the alliance of UK health data custodians, Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) and UK Health Data Research Alliance (the Alliance) hope to help transform the prospects of and provide the opportunities for, young Black people in the UK, allowing them to flourish in their future science,...


Barts Life Sciences’ precision medicine programme is recruiting for an information governance lead

May 25, 2021 3:42 pm Published by Leave your thoughts

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers. The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing...


COVID-19 in patients with hepatobiliary and pancreatic diseases: a single-centre cross-sectional study in East London

May 7, 2021 8:15 am Published by Leave your thoughts

Led by UKRI Rutherford research fellow Dayem Ullah and Professor of bioinformatics Claude Chelala, Barts Cancer Institute and Queen Mary University of London have published a study on the effects of COVID-19 in patients with hepatobiliary and pancreatic diseases in East London Read the full article here: https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/11/4/e045077.full


Researchers discover new way to starve brain tumours

May 5, 2021 10:30 am Published by Leave your thoughts

Scientists from Queen Mary University of London, funded by the charity Brain Tumour Research and the Medical Research Council, have found a new way to starve cancerous brain tumour cells of energy in order to prevent further growth. The pre-clinical research in human tissue samples, human cell lines and mice could lead to changes in the way that some children...


Study strengthens links between red meat and heart disease

May 5, 2021 10:28 am Published by Leave your thoughts

An observational study by Queen Mary University of London researchers in nearly 20,000 individuals has found that greater intake of red and processed meat is associated with worse heart function. The research is presented at ESC Preventive Cardiology 2021, an online scientific congress of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and published in the journal Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine. Study author...


New research to study impact of air pollution on children’s brain development and mental health

May 5, 2021 10:26 am Published by Leave your thoughts

Queen Mary University of London researchers have been awarded a £300,000 grant to study the impact of air pollution on children’s brain function and mental health. The team will examine the impact of London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone on children’s brain development after receiving the funding from Barts Charity. The CHILL COGNITION study will run over a three year period...


Researchers develop new smell test for Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and COVID-19

May 5, 2021 10:24 am Published by Leave your thoughts

A new smell test developed by Queen Mary University of London researchers has been found to be easy to use in patients with Parkinson’s disease, and could also be helpful in diagnosing COVID-19 in the broader population. Smell tests have the potential to support the diagnosis of certain neurological conditions, including Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. Unfortunately, these tests are not widely...


Single Covid-19 vaccine dose may boost protection in those previously infected

May 5, 2021 10:20 am Published by Leave your thoughts

A new study has found that a single dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine may boost protection against Covid-19 variants for those who have previously had the virus. The study, published today in the ‘Science’ journal is led by researchers at Barts Health NHS Trust, Imperial College London, Queen Mary University London and University College London and also in collaboration...