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Sheffield researcher wins prestigious £1.39m BBSRC New Investigator Award

The University of Sheffield is celebrating a major milestone after Vitor C. M. Neves, Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant in Periodontology Translational and Regenerative Dentistry, was awarded a £1.39 million New Investigator Award.
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HELSI publications from July 2025

Members of the Healthy Lifespan Institute publish original research on a regular basis.
HELSI Annual Meeting

HELSI Annual Meeting 2025

We are delighted to invite you to the fourth in-person Healthy Lifespan Institute (HELSI) Annual Meeting in Firth Hall on 18 November 2025.
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Urgent Action Needed as New Report Links Poor Diets in the North to Higher Rates of Disease and Mortality

University of Sheffield researchers call for targeted investment to tackle nutrition crisis in northern England.
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Osteoporosis drug could half number of redo hip replacement operations

More than half of repeat hip replacement operations could be prevented with a drug already successfully used to treat osteoporosis, new research from the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has revealed.

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The use of geroprotectors to prevent multimorbidity: opportunities and challenges

By 2050 the number of people over 60 years old is expected to double compared to 2015 meaning a more effective solution than single disease treatment is needed for the increasing numbers of people living with multimorbidity.
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Improving COVID-19 outcomes and vaccine response in older adults

The COVID-19 pandemic is serving as a painful reminder that infectious diseases can have catastrophic effects for older people.
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The case for an intersectional life course perspective in understanding unequal ageing

Dr Dan Holman and Professor Alan Walker call for intersectionality to be incorporated into ageing research with a life course perspective.
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Arthritis drug to be investigated as possible treatment for vascular dementia

Scientists to investigate the links between vascular dementia and heart disease, and test whether a drug currently used to treat arthritis could also be used as a treatment for vascular dementia.