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University of Exeter @exeter.ac.uk · Jul 23

What happens when elite athletes, world-leading researchers, and cutting-edge technology come together? At Exeter, we’re pushing the boundaries of human performance and translating our discoveries into public-health solutions. (1/2)

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University of Exeter @exeter.ac.uk · Jun 24

This Thursday, Exeter academic, Prof Andy Jones, is part of the team that will try and break the women's 4-minute mile. Find out more about the attempt in this great Amazon documentary.
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Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @hls.exeter.ac.uk · Jun 23

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Exeter secures £3.3 million grant to investigate treatment and prevention of eczema

A team of researchers led by the University of Exeter have been awarded a £3.3 million grant by the Medical Research Council (MRC) to study the treatment and potential cure for eczema. This new five-y...

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Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @hls.exeter.ac.uk · Jun 23

A research team led by Exeter has been awarded a £3.3m grant by the Medical Research Council to study the treatment and potential cure for eczema.

This 5-year study brings together experts from the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology in Exeter and St John’s Institute of Dermatology at KCL.

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Centre for Net Positive Health and Climate Solutions @netpositivecentre.bsky.social · Jun 17

📢 The Net Positive Centre website is live! 🌍Focused on advancing climate-health research & real-world solutions — from urban design to food systems.Funded by @UKRI_News led by a partnership @exeter.ac.uk @ukhsa.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk @forestresearchuk.bsky.social
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Home - Net Positive Centre

At the Net Positive Centre, we focus on what’s possible — turning the climate challenge into an opportunity to support healthier lives and to improve the environment. Climate change is an urgent healt...

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drdomwb.bsky.social @drdomwb.bsky.social · Jun 10

Watch Shani, a second year medical student talk about our most recent paper in the Journal of Genome Biology and Evolution where we published the genome of the microsporidian parasite, Nucleospora cyclopteri
Full paper: doi.org/10.1093/gbe/...
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PenARC (NIHR ARC South West Peninsula) @penarc.bsky.social · Jun 9

Fantastic to welcome @SteveRaceMP to St Luke’s earlier this month! He met Prof Chris Morris & Fleur Boyle to hear about our work on childhood disability – esp. the peer-led Healthy Parent Carers programme promoting parent carer wellbeing, shaped by 10 years of research 💙
🔗 healthyparentcarers.org

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European Centre for Environment & Human Health @ecehh.org · Jun 3

How can natural environments contribute to antimicrobial resistance? Listen to the new MSD podcast with Prof Will Gaze to find out.

"Many people don't realise antibiotic resistance is a natural phenomenon that's evoved in environmental bacteria over millions of years."

youtu.be/QI-jJjG3cLg

MSD’s podcast ‘The Steward’ – Episode: The Environment and Antimicrobial Resistance

YouTube video by MSD in the UK

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Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @hls.exeter.ac.uk · May 27

The study will be at the Mireille Gillings Neuroimaging Centre (MGNC) with two flexible visits scheduled around your availability.

If you're interested or know someone who might be? Kindly get in touch with Aliah ([email protected]) or Jon ([email protected])

Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @hls.exeter.ac.uk · May 27

Are you aged 40–60 with no history of knee issues (e.g., osteoarthritis, trauma, surgery, or implants)? We’re looking for volunteers to take part in a study on advanced MRI techniques.

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Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @hls.exeter.ac.uk · May 27

Learn more in our press release: news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

New Exeter nursing degree approved, offering more student choice

A new route to qualifying as a nurse in three years at the University of Exeter has been given a clean bill of health by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). The University has added

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Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @hls.exeter.ac.uk · May 27

Big news from our Academy of Nursing!

Our brand-new BSc Adult Nursing degree has just been approved by the NMC

Launching this Sept, it offers a flexible 3-year path to becoming a registered nurse—alongside our 4-year MSci routes!

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European Centre for Environment & Human Health @ecehh.org · May 22

NOW LIVE: Our new @who.int report on nature-based solutions and health.

From promoting air quality to building liveable cities, learn how to maximise the "roll out of nature-based solutions in tangible, real-world policies."

ecehh.org/news/who-nature-based-solutions

WHO report on nature-based solutions launched | ECEHH

We’ve worked with the World Health Organization to review interventions that can benefit both people and planet.

www.ecehh.org

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Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @hls.exeter.ac.uk · May 16

Pint of Science is next week!
Grab your tickets now and let your ears are fill with science and your glass fill with beer (or drink of choice).

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Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @hls.exeter.ac.uk · May 14

A new @ecehh.org study has found people who live in greener neighbourhoods smoke and drink less on average.

And those who make regular visits to nature tend not to smoke.

The findings are consistent across different countries, household income and educational attainment.

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European Centre for Environment & Human Health @ecehh.org · May 14

New research published in the journal Health and Place suggests green spaces could help to reduce smoking & drinking.

The study could be "hugely important because it goes some way to levelling the playing field in terms of reducing health inequalities."

ecehh.org/news/green-space-smoking-drinking

Green spaces linked with less smoking and drinking | ECEHH

People who live in greener neighbourhoods smoke and drink less according to data from 18 countries.

www.ecehh.org

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Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @hls.exeter.ac.uk · May 1

Breaking Barriers in Academic Medicine!

AIMMS — a national scheme supporting minority women in academic medicine & health sciences — is now active in all UK medical schools

The scheme:
🔹 Supports career progression
🔹 Builds mentor-mentee connections
🔹 Tackles structural barriers in academia

Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @hls.exeter.ac.uk · Apr 25

Congratulations to Professor Andrew Hattersley who has just won the Claude Bernard Prize, the highest honour in diabetes research, for a career spent improving care for people with diabetes.

Andrew will deliver the opening lecture at the 61st EASD Annual Meeting to over 10,000 participants.

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Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @hls.exeter.ac.uk · Apr 24

Our student Innes FitzGerald has just broken her 2nd European U20 record with a 15:08 in the 5k at Bristol Track Club

Her first, 8:40.05 in the 3000m in Ostrava, smashed a 40-year-old British record

Dubbed the “Greta Thunberg of Sport” she is making headlines for green activism as well as speed.

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Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @hls.exeter.ac.uk · Apr 24

The @exeter.ac.uk team is backing Faith Kipyegon’s bold attempt to become the first woman to run a sub-4-minute mile. Partnering with Nike, leading researchers, will be bringing cutting-edge sport science to Paris on June 26.

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Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @hls.exeter.ac.uk · Apr 16

Steve James will be collecting much of the data himself as he attempts such an inspiring and challenging feat!

Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @hls.exeter.ac.uk · Apr 16

The researchers are using this challenge to study how extreme endurance exercise affects the body. To do this they will be monitoring: blood, oxygen levels, muscle changes and recovery patterns.

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Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @hls.exeter.ac.uk · Apr 16

Today (April 16), a 65-year-old runner, Steve James, will attempt 200 marathons in 200 days, running the entire coastline of mainland Britain — monitored closely by researchers at the University of Exeter

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Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @hls.exeter.ac.uk · Apr 11

The researchers are calling for routine head injury assessments, alongside return-to-duty protocols.

This is the largest UK study of its kind, and it’s a wake-up call for law enforcement agencies everywhere: protecting those who protect us must include their brain health.

Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @hls.exeter.ac.uk · Apr 11

A new study from the University of Exeter, based on surveys from over 600 frontline officers across the UK, paints a concerning picture. Nearly 40% had experienced at least one TBI, often on duty. Many had multiple.

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Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @hls.exeter.ac.uk · Apr 11

Police officers are over twice as likely to sustain traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) compared to the general population. And those injuries? They come with a more than doubled risk of complex PTSD.

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