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Patients helping to put students on the fast track to medical excellence for 20 years

Patients have been helping to put aspiring healthcare professionals at the University of Sheffield on the fast track to medical excellence with an innovative learning programme for over 20 years.
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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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Roots to Healthy Places: Sheffield Researcher at Heart of Nature-Based Public Health Project

Dr Helen Hoyle is a lead academic on a £1 million project, Roots to Healthy Places: Nature Connections in Luton, funded through the national Nature Towns and Cities programme.
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New chapter in Sheffield’s world-renowned neuroscience research

New development at the University of Sheffield will double the research capacity of the world-leading research facility, accelerating the progress of breakthrough treatments for neurological diseases such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and MND.

Abhinav Paul Kongari presenting at the Speak Out for Engineering event.

Speak Out for Engineering Competition at Institution of Mechanical Engineers

Congratulations to Abhinav Paul Kongari, MSc student on our Computational Medicine course, who was the runner-up in the South Yorkshire heat of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) Speak Out for Engineering competition which took place on 9 February 2019 at Sheffield Hallam University.

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Sheffield expert receives highest honour bestowed by Diabetes UK

Professor Simon Heller from the University of Sheffield honoured by Diabetes UK for outstanding contribution to diabetes research.
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Tribbles success in Vienna for Marie Curie Researcher

Congratulations to Laura Martinez-Campesino (Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher (ESR) & PhD Student) who won a prize for best presented poster at the 6th General assembly and annual conference of the Marie Curie Alumni Association (MCAA) held in Vienna on the 24th-25th February 2019.
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The Andrew Heath Memorial Prize 2019

Congratulations to Catherine Troman (MSc in Molecular Medicine) on being awarded the Andrew Heath Memorial Prize in Molecular Medicine at the Winter Graduation Ceremony, January 2019!
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Sheffield Dermatology Research to Investigate New Imaging Technologies for Non-Invasive Monitoring of Treatment Effects

Dr Simon Danby, Professor Stephen Matcher and Professor Michael J Cork have been awarded a £420,000 grant from Leo Pharma to undertake the "Skin Pathology assessment with Optical Technologies (SPOT)” clinical study.