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Professor Evelyn Welch to become University of Bristol’s first female Vice-Chancellor

22 March 2022

The University of Bristol is delighted to announce Professor Evelyn Welch as its 14th Vice-Chancellor – and the first woman to lead the historic institution. Professor Welch, who is currently Senior Vice President (Service, People & Planning) at King's...

Landmark study demonstrates long-term positive impacts and cost effectiveness of tailored group exercise for over-65s with mobility limitations

22 March 2022

Results from a major study into the effectiveness of a community-based group exercise programme designed for people aged 65 and over with mobility limitations shows that REACT prevents physical decline and is cost-effective to run. The team behind it, whi...

We're the experts on how our conditions affect us" - How public contributors helped improve local stroke services

3 March 2022

One in 50 people in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire live with the long-term effects of stroke. Chris Priestman, Stephen Hill and Claire Angell are three stroke survivors from Bristol Health Partners’ Stroke Health Integration Team (HI...

Common Ambition Bristol is looking for volunteers

3 March 2022

Common Ambition Bristol, supported by our Sexual Health Inprovement HIT, is a community powered project for African and Caribbean heritage communities in Bristol. It aims to encourage people to test for HIV and be in control of their sexual health. In or...

University of Bristol to collaborate with Evotec to help treatment of kidney diseases

2 March 2022

A new collaboration to help patients with nephrotic syndrome, a type of kidney disease, has been announced by the University of Bristol and Evotec SE. Under the collaboration, Evotec will receive access to longitudinal samples from an international patie...

How innovation and lived experience is helping people with eating disorders

28 February 2022

Eating disorders are complex mental illnesses and can affect anyone, no matter their age, gender or background. It can take a long time for someone with an eating disorder to be ready to access help and treatment. However, the sooner they do, the more lik...

Maria Kane is new Bristol Health Partners AHSC Chair

21 February 2022

North Bristol NHS Trust Chief Executive Maria Kane OBE will be taking on the role of interim Chair of Bristol Health Partners Academic Health Science Centre (AHSC). Maria’s appointment by the Bristol Health Partners Board follows the retirement of Robe...

City Know-how: How does being in the presence of skyscrapers make you feel?

18 February 2022

As cities become more densely populated, we are increasingly building upward. What are the psychological implications of this shifting urban landscape? For the attention of: City planners, urban designers, architects, urban policy makers, city mayors...

Bristol researcher awarded fellowship to help change the lives of people suffering with chronic pain

18 February 2022

More than a third of the UK population – around 28 million people – are thought to be affected by chronic pain, yet historic under-investment in pain research has led to a gap in our understanding, as well as a lack of effective treatment options.Chro...

TfL's junk food advertising restrictions linked to reductions in high fat, salt and sugar product purchases

17 February 2022

Restricting the outdoor advertising of high fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) foods and drinks across the Transport for London (TfL) network is estimated to have significantly decreased the average amount of calories purchased by households every week from these...

SHIP HIT’s work to make STI tests safer highlighted in national media

17 February 2022

Concerns around potentially unsafe online test providers for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have grown in recent years, with sexual health experts calling for tighter regulation. Bristol Health Partners’ Sexual Health Improvement Health Integ...

ED HIT looking for young people to shape research into eating disorders

11 February 2022

Our Eating Disorders Health Integration Team (ED HIT) is setting up a Special Interest Research Group of young people who have experience of an eating disorder and who are interested in talking about what future research on eating disorders should look li...

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust appoints new Chief Executive

28 January 2022

Eugine Yafele has been appointed as the new Chief Executive for University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW). Eugine joins UHBW from Dorset HealthCare University Foundation Trust, where he led the Trust to achieve a CQC rating of...

Connie Shiridzinomwa and Heidi Andrews join Bristol Health Partners team

28 January 2022

Our team welcomed two new members at the end of 2021 and start of 2022 as Connie Shiridzinomwa and Heidi Andrews joined as Senior Project Managers. Heidi is with us two days per week, working with the Sexual Health Improvement Programme and Kidney Dise...

People’s long-term pain after knee surgery is reduced, new treatment has shown

27 January 2022

With one in five people experiencing ongoing pain long after knee replacement surgery, new research, led by the University of Bristol and North Bristol NHS Trust (NBT) and published in The Lancet Rheumatology, has shown a way to help reduce people’s con...

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