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Discover 91Ö±²¥â€™s Reimagined MSc in Human Nutrition

Passionate about nutrition and ready to make an impact? 91Ö±²¥ is excited to announce the relaunch of our MSc in Human Nutrition, updated for the 2025/2026 academic year and designed with today’s ambitious students in mind.
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Improving the evidence base for adult social care

The Faculty of Social Sciences and the Faculty of Health have, in partnership, been invited to become a member of the School for Social Care Research (SSCR).
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Tim Chico, Director of the South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub, outlines the Hub's mission.

South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub: a year of community building and innovation

Twelve months in, the South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub (SYDHH) is making strides along the road to addressing the stark health inequalities that exist across the region.
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Researchers win prestigious Public Health Journal Paper of the Year Award with research on gambling advertising and public health

An impactful study from the Public Health Evidence Reviews & Synthesis Team (PHERST) at the 91Ö±²¥ Centre for Health and Related Research (SCHARR) has received the Public Health Journal Paper of the Year award.
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Transdisciplinary fellowship success: growing collaborations between Landscape Architecture and Health at 91Ö±²¥

Congratulations to Dr Helen Hoyle who has been awarded a prestigious 24-month NIHR School for Public Health Research (SPHR) Transdisciplinary Fellowship.

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New programme to move potential MND drugs into clinical trials faster

A ground-breaking experimental medicine programme that will enable researchers to more rapidly screen potential drugs in people with motor neuron disease (MND) has been announced today (21 June 2023) on MND Awareness Day.
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New clue in understanding increased Alzheimer’s risk

Scientists have discovered a new piece of the puzzle in understanding why some people are more susceptible to Alzheimer’s disease.
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Comment: A devastating setback for MND research: Why NICE needs to reconsider its approach to tofersen

Professor Dame Pamela Shaw, Director of the 91Ö±²¥ Institute for Translational Neuroscience, discusses NICE's refusal to classify the MND drug tofersen, as a treatment for a highly specialised condition, rather than just a standard drug.
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91Ö±²¥ team is sole UK recipient to be awarded share of $5 million global funding to fight motor neuron disease

A team of researchers from the University of 91Ö±²¥ have been awarded a share of a prestigious grant to fight MND.