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...
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...
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...
Barts Health has joined a new programme designed to help get more black men and women into the science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) community. Together with Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) and in partnership with the 10,000 Black Interns initiative and the UK Health Data Research Alliance (HDR Alliance), a total of 54 interns, including over 30 women will start paid work experience as...
QMUL is recruiting for a post-doctoral research assistant to work on a project in lymph node stromal immunology. More information and how to apply can be found here: https://webapps2.is.qmul.ac.uk/jobs/job.action?jobID=5623
Barts Life Sciences is excited to announce that we are recruiting for our third digital fellow post for our pioneering AI and machine learning programme CAP-AI. More information and how to apply can be found here: https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/xi/vacancy/916429449
Less than one-third of COVID-19 clinical trials are led by women, which is half the proportion observed in non-COVID-19 trials, according to research led by Queen Mary University of London, University of St Andrews, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School. The study suggests that gender disparities during the pandemic may signify not only a lack of women’s leadership...
Research from Queen Mary University of London has concluded that there is convincing evidence that type 2 diabetes is associated with an increased risk of Parkinson’s disease. 21 per cent increased risk of developing Parkinson’s. However, because Parkinson’s only affects around 1-2 per cent of people over the age of 60, people with type 2 diabetes still have a very...
People with unhealthy heart structures and poorer functioning hearts have a significantly higher risk of being diagnosed with COVID-19 infection, according to research by Queen Mary University of London, in collaboration with the Medical Research Council Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit (The University of Southampton). The researchers made use of the comprehensive and internationally unique UK Biobank database, which includes health and...
Pleased to announce Barts Life Sciences are recruiting for our second digital fellow post for CAP-AI, our pioneering research programme, aiming to place healthcare in East London at the forefront of the AI and technology revolution. More information and how to apply can be found here: http://jobs.bartshealth.nhs.uk/job/v3008688
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