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• The Top 10 priorities for adult heart surgery research

  https://le.ac.uk/cardiovascular-sciences/about/heart-surgery/top-10-priorities

  The surveys and workshops held as part of the Priority Setting Partnership identified the following 10 questions as the priority areas of research for adult heart surgery. Quality of life How does a patient’s quality of life (QOL) change (e.g.

• Systematic Review Screening Process

  https://le.ac.uk/library/research-support/systematic-reviews/screening-processes

  There are several screening stages in a systematic review: Title/Abstract screening based on your inclusion/exclusion criteria. Full text screening based on your inclusion criteria and quality assessment criteria (or risk of bias tool). Additional searching.

• Hunting the silent killer

  https://le.ac.uk/research/stories/human-health/detecting-cancer

  Professor Jacqui Shaw is leading research into new ways of detecting and monitoring cancer through the development of liquid biopsies or blood based tests.

• Drying Congo peatlands threaten to accelerate climate change

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2022/november/congo-cop27

  Study reveals how the Congo peatlands changed from being a major store of carbon to a source of damaging carbon dioxide emissions.

• Weight loss drug hope for patients with type 2 diabetes

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2021/march/weight-loss-drug-hope

  Patients with type 2 diabetes that were treated with a weekly injection of the breakthrough drug Semaglutide were able to achieve an average weight loss of nearly 10kg, according to a new study published in The Lancet today.

• Preventative meningitis vaccination programme run on campus for first time

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/september/preventative-meningitis-vaccination-programme-run-on-campus-for-first-time

  A preventative meningitis vaccine programme for new students is being offered at our University for the first time.

• Events and Conferences

  https://le.ac.uk/cardiovascular-sciences/about/heart-surgery/events-and-conferences

  Events and conferences where we are able to disseminate information about our Cardiac Surgery Clinical Trials

• Diabetes Distance Learning Postgraduate courses approved

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/diabetes-distance-learning-postgraduate-courses-approved

  Students can now complete prestigious courses in diabetes from home or work. A Distance Learning Programme has been approved by the University of Leicester and will include Distance Learning PGCert/PGDip/MSc in diabetes.

• Leicester academic contributes to report launched in Parliament on the status of Irish citizens after Brexit

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2017/december/leicester-academic-contributes-to-report-launched-in-parliament-on-the-status-of-irish-citizens-after-brexit

  Bernard Ryan, Professor of Migration Law in Leicester Law School has contributed to a report concerning the status of Irish citizens who are resident in the United Kingdom after Brexit.

• Press releases about JIST

  https://le.ac.uk/natural-sciences/study/student-research/jist/press-releases

  View stories related to Natural Sciences in the Journal of Interdisciplinary Sciences (JIST), written by the University of Leicester Press Office.