Shaping the future of health and care
Our research empowers people to enjoy healthier, longer and more fulfilling lives. We are bringing together world-leading academics from a variety of disciplines to creatively address challenges within disease, ageing, health inequalities and health systems.
These are the stories of how we are innovating to shape what health and care will look like for years to come.
Creative approach aids progress in tackling bird flu
Experts are seeking to understand deadly viral infection through proactive development of poultry resistant to disease, and rigorous scientific analysis.
Rewiring how neurodiversity is taught in the classroom
As many as one in five children in the UK are neurodivergent, with the majority attending mainstream education. A major project is improving their experience in school.
Hidden pandemic: study uncovers scale of online child harm
One in eight children around the world have been victims of sexual exploitation and abuse online, new study found.
The Beautiful Game portrays the power of sport to change lives
A film inspired by the Homeless World Cup football captures the spirit and impact of the tournament.
Insights into the lack of a mind’s eye
A decade of research into aphantasia – the absence of mental imagery – reveals some fascinating insights.
How AI can help us live better for longer
As populations become older and greyer, the more they rely on over-stretched health services and families. Can AI play a role in helping make our golden years truly golden?
AI finds drugs that could fight ageing
Drugs that could help stave off the effects of ageing and age-related diseases have been discovered using artificial intelligence (AI).
Deer reveal nature’s secrets across half a century
A 50-year study of red deer on a remote Scottish island is providing new insights into evolution in action and the impact of climate change in the natural world.
Safety in numbers
The pandemic brought a decade-old project out of hibernation, but now EAVE II’s success in using health data to fight Covid-19 could point to the future of combating other diseases.
Tackling global suicide
As the World Health Organization (WHO) celebrates its 75th year, on World Health Day 2023, we explore how researchers at the University are working closely with the organisation to tackle one of the most common causes of global suicide.
A song cycle geared for the long haul
A remarkable project that uses opera singing to transform the lives of people affected by long Covid is also creating an inspirational collection of songs.