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Supporting research to transform life, health and wellbeing. We’re taking on three urgent health challenges: mental health, climate change & infectious disease.
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The Human Cell Atlas, a global effort to map all the cells in our body, is an ambitious, curiosity-driven project that could have major implications for our health. We support this kind of research through our Discovery Research Programme and Directed Activity.
“The picture of antimicrobial resistance is evolving - it’s like a moving target.” In this month’s Behind the Research newsletter, Andrew Kambugu from Infectious Diseases Institute, Makerere University explains how data can give us a clearer picture of antimicrobial resistance - and why it’s essential to combat it. ⤵️
“We haven’t started to challenge sufficiently the political, economic and cultural structures that maintain the climate crisis. Humanities research gives us the tools to do that.” Prof Chris Pearson on Melting Metropolis and what humanities bring to climate and health research ⤵️