A collaboration of several universities led by Cambridge has won a £3m funding award from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to lead a new programme of research investigating screening to detect undiagnosed atrial fibrillation, a heart condition responsible for one in ten strokes. The research will include the largest ever randomised controlled trial […]
Archives for May 2018
Fight against throwaway culture: Scottish Government appoints Professor Dame Theresa Marteau to expert panel tackling plastic pollution
Professor Theresa Marteau, behavioural scientist and Director of the Behaviour and Health Research Unit (BHRU) at the University of Cambridge, will join experts from retail, the waste and chemical industries, the public sector and academia on a new Scottish Government panel tackling plastic pollution, the Expert Panel on Environmental Charges and Other Measures. Electoral Commissioner […]
Patient and public involvement – a matter of life and death
Blog by Dr Mila Petrova, Cambridge Palliative and End of Life Care Group, Primary Care Unit She was supposed to outlive you What would you do if your 26-year old daughter dies of cancer, in a chaotic ED corridor on a Friday, the child who was supposed to outlive you, the child whom you […]
Professors Jonathan Mant and Simon Griffin recognised with Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship
Jonathan Mant, Head of the Primary Care Unit and Professor of Primary Care Research, and Simon Griffin, Professor of General Practice at the Primary Care Unit and Group Leader MRC Epidemiology Unit, have been elected to join the prestigious Fellowship of the Academy of Medical Sciences alongside 46 of the UK’s world leading biomedical and […]
Exciting and Unique Opportunity for Clinical Academic GPs
Opportunity for trained GPs to develop academic skills Apply now for this Clinical Academic CLAHRC GP post offered by Health Education East of England: deadline 8th June 2018 Since 2006 there have been nationally and locally funded opportunities for GPs in training to undertake academic training alongside their clinical training- the clinical academic training pathway. […]