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• Gut bacteria influence responses to immunotherapy in patients with asbestos related cancer, Leicester study finds

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/august/gut-bacteria

  A cancer study by a Leicester expert has found that certain gut bacteria may influence whether or not a patient’s immune system is successful in fighting mesothelioma, an aggressive form of cancer;

• University of Leicester expert joins authors of United Nations climate change report

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2025/august/expert-author-united-nations-climate-change-report

  Professor Valerio Lucarini from the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences is one of 664 international experts appointed by UN body the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) for its Seventh Assessment Report (AR7)

• Crisis and Disaster Risk Management

  https://le.ac.uk/school-of-business/research/crisis-and-disaster-risk-management

  Selected publications 2025 Bryce, C. , Dowling, M., Long, S. & Wardman, J. K. (2025). Media amplification under the floodlight: Contextualising 20 years of US risk news. Risk Analysis, https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.17701 Yeboah, R., Ferdous, L. T., Gerged, A. M.

• Sarah Gabbott

  https://le.ac.uk/people/sarah-gabbott

  The academic profile of Professor Sarah Gabbott, Professor of Palaeontology at University of Leicester

• University library collections reveal coronation celebrations across time in Leicester

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/may/coronation-special-collections

  An insight how coronations have been celebrated in Leicester in years past, courtesy of the University of Leicester Special Collections team.

• Continuing inequalities contribute to the wide variation in rates of stillbirths and neonatal deaths across the UK

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/september/perinatal

  The MBRRACE-UK Collaboration, jointly led by Oxford Population Health’s National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit (NPEU) and the University of Leicester’s The Infant Mortality and Morbidity Studies (TIMMS) research group, has published a ‘State of the Nation’ report on perinatal...

• University of Leicester receives funding to tackle the ‘Missing Element’ in chemistry diversity

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/november/chemistry-diversity-student

  £60,000 grant will create a network for undergraduate chemistry students from minority ethnic backgrounds at the University of Leicester and will support paid summer placements to boost research experience needed for postgraduate study

• The key to Leicester’s economic future: First phase of Space Park Leicester is completed

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/april/space-park-keys-handover

  Grant Bourhill, Chief Executive of Space Park Leicester, said: “The global space sector is expanding significantly, with some forecasts predicting a $1 trillion industry by 2040.

• 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 £1million donation from long-term supporter and kidney health advocate Jimmy Mayer.

• Leicester research aims to tackle overheating in children’s hospital wards

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2026/january/leicester-research-overheating-childrens-hospital-wards

  The University of Leicester is part of a study which aims to reduce the health risks posed by children’s hospital wards heating up due to climate change.