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Harnessing health data to address health inequalities in North East London

January 16, 2025 10:23 am Published by nargis akhtar Leave your thoughts

Professor Carol Dezateux is a leading expert in Clinical Epidemiology and Health Data Science at Queen Mary University of London. With expertise in paediatrics and population health, Professor Dezateux has been at the forefront of research addressing the factors contributing to children’s health, particularly through the analysis of routinely collected data in electronic health records. Her involvement with Barts Life...

The NHS as an Engine of Economic Growth

January 8, 2025 9:47 am Published by nargis akhtar Leave your thoughts

The principal priority of the new Government is kickstarting economic growth, with the Health Secretary asking the DHSC recently to expand its focus on boosting economic prosperity. In this blog post, we spoke with Shane DeGaris, Group CEO of Barts Health NHS Trust, about the opportunities and implications this brings for one of the largest Trusts in London and the...

Enhancing Care for people with bone & joint disorders and injuries: Inspiring the Next Generation

December 12, 2024 9:56 am Published by nargis akhtar Leave your thoughts

In the rapidly evolving field of orthopaedic care, Professor Xavier Griffin stands at the forefront of innovation and research. As the inaugural Chair of Bone and Joint Health at Queen Mary University London and Barts Health NHS Trust, he is dedicated to providing evidence of the effectiveness of orthopaedic treatments and training the next generation of clinician scientists. With a...

Transforming Healthy Ageing: Insights from the Pioneers Leading the Academic Centre for Healthy Ageing

December 5, 2024 9:46 am Published by nargis akhtar Leave your thoughts

Welcome to this special interview with two of the three distinguished professors who have been appointed as Professorial Chairs for the newly established Academic Centre for Healthy Ageing (ACHA) at Barts Health NHS Trust and Queen Mary University of London. Professor Adam Gordon, MBE, is an academic geriatrician and President of the British Geriatrics Society, whose work has significantly influenced...

Unlocking the Power of Big Data to Transform the Lives of People with Rare Disorders

November 25, 2024 9:57 am Published by nargis akhtar Leave your thoughts

Rare diseases can feel like a puzzle—complex, often elusive, and challenging to diagnose. For many patients, the journey to understanding their condition can be long and frustrating, given that these disorders affect relatively small populations. Yet, the emergence of big data is changing the game, offering us new and exciting ways to revolutionise how we identify and treat these conditions....

**NEWS RELEASE** Barts Life Sciences and Waltham Forest College sign partnership to establish a new Health and Life Sciences Skills and Training Hub

November 21, 2024 10:00 am Published by nargis akhtar Leave your thoughts

            Barts Life Sciences, a partnership between Barts Health NHS Trust and Queen Mary University of London, has partnered with Waltham Forest College to launch a new Health and Life Sciences Hub, designed to expand education, skills and career opportunities across North East London. The partnership, celebrated at a recent signing event, will introduce new...

Progressing Precision Healthcare

November 12, 2024 9:54 am Published by nargis akhtar Leave your thoughts

We are delighted to welcome Professor Claudia Langenberg, Director of the Precision Healthcare University Research Institute (PHURI) at Queen Mary University of London, to discuss the future of precision medicine. With an impressive background as Professor of Computational Medicine at the Berlin Institute of Health at Charité Universitätsmedizin, Germany, and former Programme Leader at the MRC Epidemiology Unit at the...

Unlocking innovation from within the University base: How Queen Mary University of London is embedding innovation into the research culture

October 14, 2024 8:57 am Published by nargis akhtar Leave your thoughts

Queen Mary Innovation (QMI) is dedicated to maximising the economic and social impact of Queen Mary’s research using commercial tools. They protect and license intellectual property while building sustainable enterprises and social ventures to bring Queen Mary’s cutting-edge research to a global audience. QMI currently has a portfolio of nearly 30 companies across diverse industries. They create three new spinouts...