We are hosting a series of interactive seminars to support individuals in carrying out an Equality Impact Assessment (EqIA).

Session 2/4. Wednesday 29 May 2024 1pm-3pm
Limited spaces available.
Book early, here:

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NIHR ARC East Midlands

Finishing off the presentations was a fantastic talk from Prof Praminda Caleb-Solly (Uni of Nottingham #WeAreUoN) highlighting the barriers & challenges that exist in the rehab tech sector that National Rehabilitation Centre NRC UK can help to solve

Changing needs over the life course is particularly important one

Always a delight to have Dr Helen Compton (NIHR Research) in the region speaking about how different NIHR funding can support innovation and research activities

This is going to be so important for the National Rehabilitation Centre going forwards

It is great to see so many companies interested in working with the National Rehabilitation Centre NRC UK

Brilliant discussions between the audience and the panel going on

Brilliant intros to the innovative clinical activities & research that will & can take place at the Stanford Hall Rehabilitation Estate via the Defence Medicine Rehabilitation Centre (military) & National Rehabilitation Centre (civilian)

Interested? Get in touch with National Rehabilitation Centre NRC UK

Excited to get going here Charnwood Campus with the launch of the Rehabilitation Technologies Strategic Innovation Gateway - showcasing the soon to open National Rehabilitation Centre

Medilink Midlands Loughborough University Uni of Nottingham #WeAreUoN ResearchNUH

You can now sign up to our first NRC Rehabilitation Technologies Conference! So what are you waiting for?? Two fun filled days with innovative discussions and networking opportunities!
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£12m funding to improve clinical trials for rare diseases 🔬The LifeArc Centre for Acceleration of Rare Disease Trials sees Uni of Birmingham join forces with Newcastle University & Queen's University Belfast 🎓 to increase opportunities for patients to take part in research >
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We're inviting young people to give us their views on a new way to test wearable devices & apps for adults, children and young people living with #obesity 🗓️TOMORROW @ 2pm at the African Caribbean centre Leicester. leicesterbrc.nihr.ac.uk/27aprilppi #PublicInvolvement

📢 Calling all clinicians, researchers, data scientists, analysts, technologists, and anyone else interested in Health Data Science.

Book your place now for the HDR UK Midlands Annual Conference!

🗓 13 June
📍 Nottingham

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A new study led by Rachael Murray Mason Uni of Nottingham School of Medicine #WeAreUoN has found that by offering stop smoking support as part of the national lung cancer screening programme, lives could be saved, and funding must be considered by policy makers. Funded by Yorkshire Cancer Research

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New heart disease calculator could save lives by identifying high-risk patients missed by current tools - the study is published Nature Medicine , and co-led by Professor Carol Coupland Uni of Nottingham School of Medicine #WeAreUoN UoN Medicine and Health Sciences

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'Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and tight underwear can reduce sperm quality through a heat-related mechanism.'

Dr Richard Lea UoN Medicine and Health Sciences University of Nottingham Vet School shares insights on improving sperm count and male fertility with The Telegraph.

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📰| Brexit has ‘exacerbated’ UK drug shortages, research finds (Financial Times)

⛓ Here's how Aston University has partnered with GSK to train the next generation of supply chain leaders

🗣 'You need to optimise supply chains'

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#TeamAston

👀|Aston University and Ordnance Survey discover expert mapmakers see the world differently

🛩️ Expert surveyors use different visual cues in 3D aerial images to assess topography when updating maps

🗺️The findings could improve surveyor training

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📱| What do you follow on social media?

🍅Aston University found that people who started to follow more healthy eating accounts ate more fruit and veg after just 2⃣ weeks

🍉Even minor tweaks to social media accounts could improve young adults' diets

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Ahead of next week's @RoyalSociety meeting on 'Vaccines and Antimicrobial Resistance - from Science to Policy', BactiVac Network Director Professor
Cal MacLennan shares his views on vaccines as a key tool to tackle antibiotic resistance #AMR #vaccineswork
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Pint of Science is returning to #Loughborough ! 🎉

Next month, our research community will be making their way from labs and offices to share their research stories at a coffee shop, restaurant or pub near you.

Find out more & grab your tickets: lboro.ac.uk/news-events/ne… #pint24

🥳 Registration is now open for the UKCRF Network Annual Conference #crfconf24 taking place here in #Leicester on 4&5 July 🗓️at the home of the Leicester Tigers, Mattioli Woods Welford Road Stadium. For info on speakers and summer schools & to register: ukcrfnetwork.co.uk/events/ukcrf-n…

Associate Professor John MacArtney and Research Nurse Rachel Perry from Marie Curie, have co-authored a report, and created a toolkit to launch the 'Men's Shed' hospice support service - Find out more here 👇 #menshealth

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