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Leicester health researchers receive NIHR Senior Investigator status
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/nihr-senior-investigators
A pair of Leicester health researchers have been awarded prestigious NIHR Senior Investigator awards to advance their work in emergency medicine...
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Major donation to enhance life-changing kidney research at Leicester
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/march/mayer-igan
Pioneering research by the University of Leicester into chronic kidney disease has received a major boost on World Kidney Day following a generous...
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Five year study reveals “unacceptable” inequalities in stillbirth rates between Black, Asian and White babies
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%...
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Honorary Professor appointed Editor in Chief at international scientific journal
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/clinical-radiology
Honorary Professor and Consultant Radiologist at University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Professor Arumugam Rajesh, has been appointed as the...
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Research aims to improve sleep for people with dementia
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/dementia-sleep
Leicester expertise in behavioural science will feed into a research programme helping to find new ways of supporting people with dementia who...
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Expert panel to open up menopause ‘taboo’ at public discussion
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/february/difficult-conversations-menopause
Experts on the impact of the menopause will join a public panel discussion at the University of Leicester to bust myths and discuss the often...
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Obesity ‘accelerates’ COVID-19 mortality risk amongst ethnic minorities
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...
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Leicester universities’ funding success for local improvement project
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/local-acceleration-fund
The University of Leicester and De Montfort University have been awarded £171,000 for an innovative project working in partnerships with local...
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Wellcome boost for PhD programme to tackle Leicester’s healthcare inequalities
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...
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Barça publish Leicester physio expertise
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/january/barcelona-tendon-injuries
An international expert in Achilles and calf injuries from the University of Leicester has contributed to a new guide published by FC Barcelona.