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Art and academia: Healthy Lifespan Institute members present research at the Festival of the Mind

This year, Professor Ilaria Bellantuono and Dr Lee Pretlove shared their research discoveries with the general public at Sheffield’s Festival of the Mind.
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Early career researchers present findings to public in lecture series

Ameli Vidanearachchi and Haoyang Liu presented their research findings as part of the Sheffield u3a showroom lecture series.
Rahul Sidhu presenting at Dementia Futures

Dementia Futures 2024 - Bringing dementia research to the general public

Dementia Futures is a public-facing conference funded by Alzheimer’s Research UK. Members of the Neuroscience and Healthy Lifespan Institutes presented their research to the public for discussion.
An image of the Tasty Spoon concept, an arm of a woman is holding the spoon above a plate. The spoon is grey.

New ‘Tasty Spoon’™ will enhance food flavours for people living with dementia

A spoon, designed to enhance the flavour of food for dementia patients experiencing a loss of taste, could help combat high levels of malnutrition.
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New paper identifies subgroups of older adults at high risk of multimorbidity

Research from the Healthy Lifespan Institute has identified subgroups of people with different health behaviours and their association with multimorbidity in older adults in England.
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Best oral presentation award for Olivia Turner

Oliva Turner, an early career researcher at the Healthy Lifespan Institute, receives an award for Best Oral Presentation at the International Society of Geriatric Oncology’s Symposium.
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Accelerating research in severe mental illness

Collaborative research led by the Healthy Lifespan Institute at the University of Sheffield that will create new approaches for diagnosis, treatment and support for people with Borderline Personality Disorder, has been awarded a share of £22.5m.
Lumbar Puncture - treatment for MND
NIHR Sheffield Biomedical Research Centre

Dementia can be predicted more than a decade before diagnosis with these blood proteins

Dementia is the UK’s biggest killer. In the largest study of its kind, scientists have discovered that a blood test detecting specific proteins could predict dementia up to 15 years before a person receives an official diagnosis.
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New paper reveals dramatic implications with using the tibia loading model to treat osteoporosis

Research by PhD student Saira Farage-O'Reilly highlights how the direction of applying external force to the bone dramatically affects the strength of mouse tibia.