Its been a difficult year for us in #leicestercity as we haven't really come out of restrictions past 12 months! But again we are a resilient & proud multicultural city & we thank all those who have contributed massively during this tough #lockdownanniversary Leicester City Council

Our latest data Excess risk of #COVID19 in South Asian & black communities could be substantially ⬇️ with population level policies targeting deprivation Thanks to @ProfTomYates Cameron Razieh Nazrul Islam Trisha Greenhalgh Professor Azeem Majeed Sir Michael Marmot watermark.silverchair.com/ckab041.pdf?to…

Our latest analysis shows obesity is an independent risk factor for severe #COVID19 & mortality in all ethnic groups Associations strongest in individual of black ethnicity. Important for public health strategies onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.10… Thanks Professor Calum Semple OBE

New job opportunity with our group for those with expertise in reviewing and appraising evidence jobs.ac.uk/job/CEX317/p-s…

Really pleased to see our paper on household composition, ethnicity and COVID-19 mortality published in EditorJRSM Prof Kamlesh Khunti Prof Amitava Banerjee💙 Nazrul Islam Vittal Katikireddi Rohini Mathur journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11…

So Boris Johnson thinks those of us working from home have had enough “days off”! Has he any idea?? Some of us have been working 10-14 hours/day for a year across multiple time zones ... I always worked hard but never as intense as this year. theguardian.com/world/2021/mar…

Plant based diet produces rapid health benefits. Well done Stavroula and team academic.oup.com/jn/advance-art… Dr Stav Argyridou

Nicely put theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Great to be on This Morning talking about the health benefits of brisk walking

Recent media interest linked to our telomere study showing brisk walkers are biologically younger nature.com/articles/s4200…

Excellent ECO2022 conference in Maastricht, with presentations making the news, including a study led by Prof Kamlesh Khunti showing impact of the pandemic on obesity amp.theguardian.com/society/2022/m…

We are delighted that the first ever #REF2021 submission to UoA24 from University of Leicester is ranked 2nd based on overall GPA, ranked 1st for GPA on outputs (72.7% 4*, 27.3% 3*), with 100% 4* impact. Huge congratulations to our fantastic team. timeshighereducation.com/news/ref-2021-…

This concept is one of my favorite changes to EASD/ADA consensus. Recognition of the “little things” that make such a difference. #EASD2022

Great to see the LDC suite of programmes and resources mapped against physical activity, sedentary behaviour and sleep content following the new diabetes consensus recommendations presented by Melanie #EASD2022 🌱Leicester Diabetes leicesterdiabetescentre.org.uk/programmes-blo…

New exciting opportunity for a senior academic to join our fantastic team jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/6198…

The National Institute for Health and Care Research have announced the next round of funding for BRCs across the country and we’re delighted to share that #NIHRLeicesterBRC has received a £26M funding boost for health research. Read the full story: leicesterbrc.nihr.ac.uk/new-multimilli…

Our study led by @ProfTomYates & Paddy Dempsey Reductions in cardiovascular disease risk achievable through higher physical activity volume and intensity - particularly moderate physical activity academic.oup.com/eurheartj/adva…

Praising our very own Prof Kamlesh Khunti and his work on sage during a visit to University of Leicester

Honoured to win impact champion with Charlotte Edwardson at #citizensawards22 this evening for our work with our amazing colleagues at 🌱Leicester Diabetes

Our team are expanding. Look out for a variety of posts over the coming months including the below jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/9880…