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Barts Life Sciences receives grant to accelerate AI-powered cancer care

Barts Health and and its academic partner Queen Mary, University of London, have been awarded a grant by the UK Government to accelerate AI-powered cancer care. This grant forms part of £18.9m in funding from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology to a team of researchers at Barts Health NHS Trust, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, King’s...

Tackling Hepatitis C in high-risk communities

In this article, Professor Graham Foster discusses his pioneering work in tackling Hepatitis C, particularly in marginalised communities such as the homeless, drug users, and ethnic groups like Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities, who face higher infection rates. Through his work at Queen Mary and Barts Health, he bridges research and clinical practice, driving efforts to provide treatment and improve outcomes...

Harnessing health data to address health inequalities in North East London

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

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...

Barts Life Sciences 2024 Year in Review

What a great year working with a wide range of partners to improve health outcomes and economic opportunity across North-East London. It has been a busy time with our many collaborations – from numerous trials across Barts Health with several other projects being developed, through to creating training facilities for the workforce of the future. More of this to come...

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

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

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

            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

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...