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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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University of Sheffield Researcher Partners with Together TV to Celebrate Intimacy After 50

Bold new Silver Sex Guide challenges outdated taboos and empowers over 50s to embrace sex, confidence and connection.
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New research reveals link between air pollution and water quality and people having multiple long term chronic conditions

Research from the Healthy Lifespan Institute has identified a new link between air pollution and water quality with multimorbidity.
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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.
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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.
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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.