MedWise launch event

MedWise is a unique online course designed for anyone who is involved in medical and health […]

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Tags: course, health, Health Education East Midlands, medicine, MedWise, online course, Royal College of General Practitioners, School of Medicine

Impact Campaign Ceilidh

The School of Medicine is organising the ‘Impact Campaign Ceilidh’ – a fundraising evening featuring music by the Beeston Ceilidh Collective. Join in for a night of lively and energetic dancing in the Gaelic tradition – experience not essential!

Tags: Beeston Ceilidh Collective, ceilidh, charity, community, dance, dementia, fundraising, Impact, Life Cycle 5, School of Medicine, social

Health Education East Midlands Quality Improvement Forum

To celebrate two years of teaching quality improvement methods, Health Education East Midlands is excited to announce its call for delegates to the Quality Improvement Forum 2015 – HEEMQIF15.

Tags: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, forum, Health Education East Midlands, HEEM, medicine, School of Medicine

Extroverts: A healthy advantage?

It’s long been thought that some aspects of personality may be linked to health and wellbeing […]

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Tags: Bruce Campbell, extroverts, Jeffrey Ma, Jesusa Arevalo, Kavita Vedhara, Lameese Eldesouky, Personality and gene expression: Do individual differences exist in the leukocyte transcriptome?, Professor Kavita Vedhara, Psychoneuroendocrinology, Sana Gill, School of Medicine, Social Genomics Core Laboratory, Steven Cole, UCLA

What does world-class research look like?

The School of Medicine present their keynote seminar ‘What does world-class research look like? How to create a vibrant research culture that supports the careers of scientist and clinical researchers’. The lecture will be delivered by Professor Rosalind Smyth CBE.

Tags: clinical research, health, keynote seminar, medicine, research, Rosalind Smyth, School of Medicine

Third symposium on primary breast cancer in older women

With an overall aim to personalise the management of primary breast cancer in older women, this event seeks to develop an in-depth understanding around biology and treatment options and more.

Tags: biology, breast cancer, Cancer, East Midlands Conference Centre, Genomic Health, medicine, School of Medicine, symposium

Medical School student welfare day

To mark the launch of the new Student Support Centre on B floor in the Medical School, this event will showcase the many support services available to Medical School students.

Tags: Dean of School of Medicine, Medical School, nightline, Professor John Atherton, QMC, Queen’s Medical Centre, School of Medicine, student support, Student Support Centres, support services, University Counselling Service

New insight into impact of alcohol abuse

New research has identified, for the first time, the structural damage at a molecular level that […]

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Tags: alcohol abuse, Alcohol-Related Brain Damage in Humans, Division of Medical Sciences and Graduate Entry Medicine, Dr Wayne Carter, PLOS ONE, School of Life Sciences, School of Medicine

Swallow’s tail test for Parkinson’s

An image similar in shape to a swallow’s tail has been identified as a new and accurate test for Parkinson’s disease.

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Tags: Dr Nin Bajaj, Medical Research Council, Movement Disorder Diseases, National Institute for Health Research, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Parkinson’s disease, PLOS ONE, Professor Dorothee Auer, Professor Penny Gowland, Queen’s Medical Centre, Sarah Matheson Trust, School of Medicine, Sir Peter Mansfield Magnetic Resonance Centre, Stefan Schwarz, The ‘Swallow Tail’ Appearance of the Healthy Nigrosome — A New Accurate Test of Parkinson's Disease: A Case-Control and Retrospective Cross-Sectional MRI Study at 3T

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Praise for team as Kate gets set for new Australia role Kate Robertson, Director of Development and […]

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Tags: Chief Engagement Officer, Clinical Sciences, Clinical Sciences Building, Clinical Skills Centre, Community Health Sciences, Director of Development and Alumni Relations, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Graduate Entry Medicine and Health, Impact: The Nottingham Campaign, Kate Robertson, Lee Chrimes, Molecular Medical Sciences., Professor Ian Hall, School of Health Sciences, School of Life Sciences, School of Medicine, School of Nursing Midwifery and Physiotherapy, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, Sports Marketing and Communications Officer, Tri-Campus Games, University of Adelaide