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• Expert opinions cover heart disease migraines Salisbury and World Sleep Day

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2018/march/expert-opinions-cover-heart-attacks-migraines-salisbury-and-world-sleep-day

  In an article for The Conversation, Dr Tom Webb and Professors Alison Goodall and Shu Ye have discussed possible reasons why age is such as strong risk factor for heart disease.

• Priorities and successes

  https://le.ac.uk/igan/focus

  Led by Professor Jon Barratt, Leicester’s Mayer IgAN Group pioneers global research into early diagnosis, treatment and cure of chronic kidney disease.

• Another Doctoral Grant success for School of Education

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/april/another-doctoral-grant-success-for-school-of-education-phd-student

  Keke Zhang of the School of Education has been awarded a 2015 TOEFL Doctoral Research Grant for her research into the development and validation of a rating scale for assessing argumentative essays written by Chinese undergraduates in English programmes.

• University figures feature in Most Influential People in Leicestershire list

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/september/university-figures-feature-in-most-influential-people-in-leicestershire-list

  The Leicester Mercury has recently published its Most Influential People in Leicestershire 2016 brochure, which features staff, alumni, honorary graduates and others associated with the University of Leicester.

• Study suggests athletes and military at risk of heat stroke could benefit from leaky gut therapy

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2016/june/study-suggests-athletes-and-military-at-risk-of-heat-stroke-could-benefit-from-2018leaky-gut2019-therapy

  The health food product zinc carnosine may have value for athletes – such as those competing in the Rio Olympics - and prevent heat stroke in military personnel, according to research involving our University.

• Women exposed to MWI emissions show small increase in breast milk pollutants

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2024/december/mwi-emissions

  Study involving Professor Anna Hansell, from the University of Leicester Centre for Environmental Health and Sustainability, analysed impact of emissions from municipal waste incinerators

• Thought piece: The sociological story of space travel

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2019/july/17-cosmic-sociology

  Moon landing Moon Landing|Professor John Goodwin, Professor of Sociology and Sociological Practice, of our School of Media, Communication and Sociology, provides a sociological perspective on space exploration: The Cosmos and the exploration of space are inherently...

• Sexual violence

  https://staffblogs.le.ac.uk/socscilibrarians/2018/06/22/sexual-violence/

  Posted by Andrew Dunn in Social Sciences and Humanities Librarians’ Blog on June 22, 2018 The International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in conflict was held on the 19 th June. R ead what Angelina Jolie said about this in a 2016 LSE event.

• Nick Everett

  https://le.ac.uk/people/nick-everett

  The academic profile of Mr Nick Everett, Associate Professor in American Literature & Creative Writing at University of Leicester

• Scanning technology helps bring answers to Shoreham tragedy

  https://le.ac.uk/news/2015/september/scanning-technology-helps-bring-answers-to-shoreham-tragedy

  Cutting-edge scanning technology was used to help identify victims of the crash at the Shoreham Air Show.