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Human health stories

Our world is a work in progress

Working with our colleagues at our local NHS Trusts, our medical research includes vital fields such as diabetes, cardiovascular science, cancer and COVID-19.

Improving patient care and saving lives

Professors Tim Coats and Evgeny Mirkes are making discoveries on how data can help improve healthcare systems to provide better patient care.

The science behind sitting

Professor Tom Yates and Dr Charlotte Edwardson’s ground-breaking research on the impact that sitting has on our health is shaping clinical guidelines across the globe.

The ‘spark’ who fixes our hearts

Professor Andre Ng explores the electrics of our hearts – the messages that go between the heart and brain.

COVID-19 – fighting a global pandemic

Our research experts have responded to the pandemic by applying their world-changing, curiosity-driven research to the fight. This research has and will continue to save lives, drive innovation and ensure that we are better prepared to respond to the next global health crisis.

Improving health by changing lives

Professor Melanie Davies is working on a break-through that could change the way diabetes is managed.

Matters of the heart

Professor Sir Nilesh Samani dissects the genetic architecture of heart disease.

Britain’s best brain doctors

Professor Thompson Robinson is setting the standards in stroke treatment.

Hunting the silent killer

Professor Jacqui Shaw is leading the way with crucial research into new ways of detecting Cancer

Beating health inequalities

Professor Kamlesh Khunti and Dr Manish Pareek investigate the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 on ethnic minority populations.

Targeting toxins

Professor Russell Wallis investigates microbes that can cause meningitis, septicaemia, otitis media and other serious conditions.

Tobacco – a 400 year old habit

Dr Sarah Inskip research the history of tobacco and its impact on society.

War on superbugs

For the last twenty years, Martha Clokie, Professor of Microbiology at the University of Leicester, has pioneered research on bacteriophage therapy.

Leading the fight against tuberculosis

Professor Mike Barer is leading the fight against TB – the world’s most deadly infection.

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Research news

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Vaccine in a freezer

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