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April 2024

Nurturing Research. Improving Health.
Helping health researchers get AI ready 

Artificial intelligence (AI) has enormous potential to improve healthcare. It can speed up diagnoses, help discover new drugs, assist surgeries, and deliver therapies and treatments. But with this rapid revolutionising comes a pressing need to develop these technologies in an ethical, safe, and sustainable way. Researchers at Bristol are already applying AI to various health challenges, and we are working to help mobilise this talent and encourage further collaborations. Find out about the new AI in health projects we've funded, and how we are supporting researchers at University of Bristol to get AI ready. 
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Science of happiness 

A new study shows that we can learn to be happy, but only get lasting benefits if we keep practising. The team behind the University of Bristol’s ‘Science of Happiness’ course reveal that in order for the wellbeing improvements experienced by students on the course to continue, evidence-informed habits – such as journaling or meditation – need to be kept up over the long term. Find out more

Autism acceptance

A known coping mechanism neurodivergent people use is ‘camouflaging’, the hiding or compensating for neurodivergent characteristics, which has been associated with anxiety and depression. Off the back of Autism Acceptance Day (2 April), we caught up with one researcher looking into interventions to support neurodivergent young people.
Read the latest research

Combatting Strep A

Bristol researchers are part of a newly-launched multi-institution network to research bacterial cause of sepsis and heart damage in children. Each year, around half a million people, including many children and young people, die around the world because of serious group A streptococcal (Strep A) bacterial infections. Read the full story

Improving pre-award funding processes

The processes that take place before research is submitted for funding (pre-award processes) serve as important scaffolding to support equitable and transparent research assessment. A new report by DORA (The Declaration on Research Assessment) summarises key recommendations from a recent funder discussion group symposia.
Read report actions 

Immune cell therapy for cancer tumours 

Researchers at the University of Bristol are offering a glimmer of hope to patients with advanced cancer with a potentially powerful new treatment. One of the most promising avenues for treatment is a therapy which genetically modifies a patients own T cells, outside the body, grows them to huge numbers then adds them back to the patient to target and fight cancer. Discover more

Surgical smoke

Although there have been considerable efforts to curb its use in the UK and elsewhere, over 13 percent of UK adults continue to smoke tobacco. After surgery, patients who use tobacco are more likely to experience complications. For National No Smoking Day (13 March) we shared research looking into the best way to help surgical patients to stop smoking. Read

Inclusion, decolonising and dentistry 

A new study from the University of Bristol seeks to understand the barriers and facilitators of inclusion for dental students, ensuring that every new student, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion or background, has access to the same opportunities and facilities. Find out more

AI in Health 

Upcoming event in our AI in Health workshop series:

AI in Cancer Prediction and Early Detection

When: 20 May 2024, 12:00 – 14:00
Where: Wills Memorial Building, Bristol
More info and book

Integrating Health Research 

You're invited to join the Integrating health research: mechanisms to populations Interdisciplinary showcase and sandpit event. This event will bring together colleagues at Bristol interested in research at the interface between fundamental biosciences and population health sciences. 

When: May 23, 2024, 10:30 – 15:00
Where: Life Sciences Building, Bristol

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