What happens when elite athletes, world-leading researchers, and cutting-edge technology come together? At Exeter, we’re pushing the boundaries of human performance and translating our discoveries into public-health solutions. (1/2)

This Thursday, Exeter academic, Prof Andy Jones, is part of the team that will try and break the women's 4-minute mile. Find out more about the attempt in this great Amazon documentary. www.amazon.co.uk/gp/...

A research team led by Exeter has been awarded a £3.3m grant by the Medical Research Council to study the treatment and potential cure for eczema. This 5-year study brings together experts from the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology in Exeter and St John’s Institute of Dermatology at KCL.

📢 The Net Positive Centre website is live! 🌍Focused on advancing climate-health research & real-world solutions — from urban design to food systems.Funded by @UKRI_News led by a partnership @exeter.ac.uk @ukhsa.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk @forestresearchuk.bsky.social netpositivecentre.com

Watch Shani, a second year medical student talk about our most recent paper in the Journal of Genome Biology and Evolution where we published the genome of the microsporidian parasite, Nucleospora cyclopteri Full paper: doi.org/10.1093/gbe/... @genomebiolevol.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk

Fantastic to welcome @SteveRaceMP to St Luke’s earlier this month! He met Prof Chris Morris & Fleur Boyle to hear about our work on childhood disability – esp. the peer-led Healthy Parent Carers programme promoting parent carer wellbeing, shaped by 10 years of research 💙 🔗 healthyparentcarers.org

How can natural environments contribute to antimicrobial resistance? Listen to the new MSD podcast with Prof Will Gaze to find out. "Many people don't realise antibiotic resistance is a natural phenomenon that's evoved in environmental bacteria over millions of years." youtu.be/QI-jJjG3cLg

Are you aged 40–60 with no history of knee issues (e.g., osteoarthritis, trauma, surgery, or implants)? We’re looking for volunteers to take part in a study on advanced MRI techniques.

Big news from our Academy of Nursing! Our brand-new BSc Adult Nursing degree has just been approved by the NMC Launching this Sept, it offers a flexible 3-year path to becoming a registered nurse—alongside our 4-year MSci routes!

NOW LIVE: Our new @who.int report on nature-based solutions and health. From promoting air quality to building liveable cities, learn how to maximise the "roll out of nature-based solutions in tangible, real-world policies." ecehh.org/news/who-nature-based-solutions

Pint of Science is next week! Grab your tickets now and let your ears are fill with science and your glass fill with beer (or drink of choice).

A new @ecehh.org study has found people who live in greener neighbourhoods smoke and drink less on average. And those who make regular visits to nature tend not to smoke. The findings are consistent across different countries, household income and educational attainment. bsky.app/profile/eceh...

Breaking Barriers in Academic Medicine! AIMMS — a national scheme supporting minority women in academic medicine & health sciences — is now active in all UK medical schools The scheme: 🔹 Supports career progression 🔹 Builds mentor-mentee connections 🔹 Tackles structural barriers in academia

Congratulations to Professor Andrew Hattersley who has just won the Claude Bernard Prize, the highest honour in diabetes research, for a career spent improving care for people with diabetes. Andrew will deliver the opening lecture at the 61st EASD Annual Meeting to over 10,000 participants.

Our student Innes FitzGerald has just broken her 2nd European U20 record with a 15:08 in the 5k at Bristol Track Club Her first, 8:40.05 in the 3000m in Ostrava, smashed a 40-year-old British record Dubbed the “Greta Thunberg of Sport” she is making headlines for green activism as well as speed.

The @exeter.ac.uk team is backing Faith Kipyegon’s bold attempt to become the first woman to run a sub-4-minute mile. Partnering with Nike, leading researchers, will be bringing cutting-edge sport science to Paris on June 26.

Today (April 16), a 65-year-old runner, Steve James, will attempt 200 marathons in 200 days, running the entire coastline of mainland Britain — monitored closely by researchers at the University of Exeter

Police officers are over twice as likely to sustain traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) compared to the general population. And those injuries? They come with a more than doubled risk of complex PTSD.

As anticipation builds for season two of The Last of Us, which imagines a world ravaged by brain-infecting fungal zombies, scientists at the University of Exeter are spotlighting a real-world threat: fungi.

New research suggests relaxation techniques may help lower blood pressure in the short term. However, the evidence for longer-term effects (beyond 3 months) is limited and uncertain.

Research by Exeter's @danbebber.bsky.social & Angela Gallego-Sala that sets out how peatlands are at risk from climate change features in this fascinating @bbcspotlight.bsky.social piece. Paper: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Watch from 10mins: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Dr Lewis Elliott lifts the lid on the biggest survey of open-water swimmers to date in this brilliant new article for @uk.theconversation.com. How might wild swimming deliver its wellbeing benefits? The answer could lie in "enhanced feelings of freedom..." theconversation.com/why-wild-swi...

Climate change is threatening producers' ' ability to supply one of the nation's favourite fruits - bananas. Study lead Professor Dan Bebber is calling for urgent action to safeguard the industry. news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h... @uniofexeternews.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk

Experiencing more menopausal symptoms linked to poorer brain function in later life, our research concludes. More research needed to explore this link, and establish role of HRT. news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

Millions of people with type 2 diabetes could receive better treatment thanks to a new, simple low-cost tool, according to groundbreaking research announced today at the Diabetes UK Professional Conference and published in the Lancet. 1/3

Today marks 10 years since Join Dementia Research started matching participants with dementia studies they can take part in. Here's to another 10! www.joindementiaresearch.nihr.ac.uk

Did you lose a loved one suddenly during the COVID-19 pandemic? Your experiences matter, & we want to hear from you for a study exploring how self-perception & thinking styles influence responses to loss during the pandemic. Click the link to complete the survey. exe.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

New research finds that life expectancy growth has slowed across Europe since 2011. Poor diet, obesity, & inactivity, along with Covid, are major factors. Stronger public health policies are needed to reverse the trend, experts say. news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

Call for Participants: Individuals with chronic back pain as well as healthy participants are needed for a new study using virtual reality to investigate how anxiety and fear learning affects chronic pain symptoms. Please see poster below for more details on how to sign up.

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