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Atelier Labs wins Falling Walls Engage 2023
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/falling-walls-engage
A project using art to empower young people with SEND to become researchers wins in the Science Engagement category of the international Falling...
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Samworth Foundation provides £1.5m boost for robotic-assisted surgery at Leicester’s hospitals
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/august/samworth
The number of cancer patients who can benefit from pioneering robot-assisted surgery is set to quadruple thanks to a £1.
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Virtual ward for atrial fibrillation patients could prevent thousands of hospital admissions per year
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/june/atrial
A new virtual ward to safely treat atrial fibrillation patients could prevent thousands of hospital admissions per year
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Pioneering vascular research receives major boost from the British Heart Foundation
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/march/professor-bown
The British Heart Foundation has awarded nearly £900,000 to a University of Leicester professor to continue his pioneering heart valve research.
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Diabetes patch proposal wins award for University of Leicester PhD student
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/february/young-entrepreneurs-scheme
Charlotte Fawcett, a PhD student from the University of Leicester Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, led a business proposal that has won an...
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Leicester’s pharmacist prescribing programme is a national first
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/pharmacy
Employer demand has led to the University of Leicester launching the UK’s first independent pharmacist prescribing programme.
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New study shows the heart health benefits of more intense physical activity
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/heart-study
Study shows there is a greater reduction in cardiovascular disease risk when more of that activity is of at least moderate intensity.
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University of Leicester awarded £10m for research into non-communicable diseases in India and Nepal
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/india-nepal-nihr
Funding to help improve the care outcomes of people living with multiple long-term health conditions or multimorbidity in India and Nepal
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Time of day matters for breast cancer treatment: new study
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/chronoradiotherapy
Risk of developing breast shrinkage (atrophy) after radiotherapy can be affected by the time of day the patient is treated and their genetics.
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Multi-million pound boost for University of Leicester’s ability to improve and save lives
https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/october/brc-funding
The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Leicester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) has been funded for £26 million over the...