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• Research reveals health inequalities for Black and South Asian women following gestational diabetes diagnosis

  Date: 27 Mar 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/gestational-diabetes

  Black and South Asian women are up to three times more likely to develop certain long-term health conditions following a diagnosis of gestational...

• Study sheds light on how COVID-19 and blood glucose levels increase in-hospital cardiovascular and renal problems

  Date: 18 Mar 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/covid-glucose

  People admitted to hospital with COVID-19 are more at risk of developing cardiovascular and renal complications if they have low or high blood...

• Five year study reveals “unacceptable” inequalities in stillbirth rates between Black, Asian and White babies

  Date: 8 Mar 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/bmj-stillbirth

  Researchers say around 1,800 stillbirths could have been prevented between 2014 and 2019 if ethnic inequalities did not exist - a 12%...

• Obesity ‘accelerates’ COVID-19 mortality risk amongst ethnic minorities

  Date: 2 Feb 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/covid-19-obesity

  A stronger association exists between deaths from COVID-19 and obesity in people of Black, South Asian and other ethnic minority groups than in...

• Wellcome boost for PhD programme to tackle Leicester’s healthcare inequalities

  Date: 17 Jan 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/wellcome-phd

  The University of Leicester has been granted a major funding boost by the Wellcome Trust to provide improvements to healthcare inequalities in...

• Leicester alumni recognised in New Year Honours 2022

  Date: 5 Jan 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/new-year-honours

  Outstanding achievements by University of Leicester alumni have been recognised in the New Year’s Honours List for 2022.

• Professor Kamlesh Khunti awarded CBE in New Year Honours 2022

  Date: 1 Jan 2022

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/kamlesh-khunti-cbe

  Professor Kamlesh Khunti, Professor of Primary Care Diabetes and Vascular Medicine at the University of Leicester, has been made a Commander of...

• Biology unlikely to drive ethnic differences in COVID-19 risk for healthcare workers, study finds

  Date: 22 Dec 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/covid-biology

  The differences in COVID-19 infection risk between ethnic minority healthcare workers and their White colleagues is likely due to home and work...

• Leicester society wins international award for medical education through pandemic

  Date: 14 Dec 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/medall-award

  A team of Leicester medical students has been recognised for going above and beyond to educate healthcare professionals despite the challenges of...

• Race and Health Observatory to work with UK academic team to explore impact of long-COVID on UK healthcare workers

  Date: 11 Dec 2021

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/december/reach-out

  The NHS Race and Health Observatory has today announced the start of a three-year study to investigate the long-term impact of COVID on NHS...