Research has shown that patients who have had emergency heart attack treatment with heart artery stenting – and have significant narrowings in their other untreated arteries – can benefit from additional stenting to help prevent future heart attacks. A stent is a tiny mesh tube that is inserted into affected, or clogged, arteries and expands…
Continue reading →Professor Paul Evans, Professor of Cardiovascular Science at the University of Sheffield, has been announced as a new member of the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement & Reduction of Animals in Research (NC3Rs) board. Also joining the board are Professor Christopher George, Ms Linda Horan, Professor Nick Plant and Dr Sally Robinson. The NC3Rs…
Continue reading →£5 million funding for a new PhD programme in public health economics at the University of Sheffield to address the world’s most critical public health issues A new generation of 35 students will conduct research that will inform public health policy and decision making at a global level The programme will widen access to those…
Continue reading →The Annual Meeting of the British Society for Oral & Dental Research (BSODR) showcases the best work in the field and acts as a forum for discussion by the wider expert community, and was held in Leeds at the beginning of September. Sheffield always sends a very strong team, and this year we were helped…
Continue reading →A collaborative team of researchers at the University of Sheffield, led by Dr Chris Blackmore from ScHARR, is pioneering a highly personalised, therapeutic VR tool which people with common mental health problems can use to create an immersive version of their journey through life. The LifePathVR tool will allow people to capture life events, upload…
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