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Surnames and the Y chromosome
https://le.ac.uk/impact-of-diasporas/projects/surnames-and-the-y-chromosome
Research Fellow: Dr Turi King - Project Manager of the Impact of Diasporas on the Making of Britain and lead researcher on the Genetic Legacy of the Vikings in the North of England project In Britain, we have heritable surnames.
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Surnames and the Y chromosome
https://le.ac.uk/history/research/current-research-grants/previous-research-grants-and-projects/the-impact-of-diasporas-on-the-making-of-britain/the-diasporas-projects/surnames-and-the-y-chromosome
Dr Turi E King, Research Fellow and Project Manager of the Impact of Diasporas on the Making of Britain. Lead researcher on 'The Genetic Legacy of the Vikings in the North of England' project. Research Fellow: Dr Turi King In Britain, we have heritable surnames.
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Spotlight on SLAIDER -- Self-learning AI-based digital twins for accelerating clinical care in respiratory emergency admissions
https://le.ac.uk/computing-and-mathematical-sciences/research/life-health-sciences/slaider
SLAIDER is a £620k project running from 2023 to 2025 and funded by the EPSRC. To provide more context on the project, the team was asked several questions about SLAIDER and how it could impact real-life clinical care.
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Study investigates public acceptability for placebos as replacement of unnecessary medicines
https://le.ac.uk/news/2023/october/placebo
The wider use of placebos in primary care to reduce overprescribing, conserve existing antibiotics and limit further resistance, is publicly acceptable new study shows.
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Race and Health Observatory to work with UK academic team to explore impact of long-COVID on UK healthcare workers
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 healthcare workers (HCWs) across the UK from diverse ethnic backgrounds and roles.
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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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Sarah Knight
https://le.ac.uk/people/sarah-knight
The academic profile of Professor Sarah Knight, Professor of Renaissance Literature at University of Leicester
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Brad Manktelow
https://le.ac.uk/people/brad-manktelow
The academic profile of Professor Brad Manktelow, Professor of Medical Statistics at University of Leicester
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Vulnerability: A Research Method for Literary and Cultural Studies
https://le.ac.uk/vulnerability-studies/vulnerable-reading
This AHRC-funded project maps a body of contemporary literary and cultural responses to cross-border vulnerabilities in North America, focusing on intersecting crises of gender and race-based vulnerability, such as femicide and violence against Indigenous people.
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Outreach
https://le.ac.uk/american-studies/outreach
Arrangements can made for American Studies lecturers from the University of Leicester to give talks to schools - free of charge - on their specialist subject areas. Find out more about talks offered and how you can arrange a talk for your school.