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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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New, more infectious strain of Covid-19 now dominates global cases of virus

Researchers have shown that a variation in the viral genome of Covid-19 improved its ability to infect human cells and helped it become the dominant strain circulating around the world today.
The ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccine (image courtesy of Sean Elias, the Jenner Institute, the University of Oxford)

91Ö±²¥ researchers join national challenge to find a vaccine to prevent COVID-19

91Ö±²¥ and 91Ö±²¥ Teaching Hospitals are taking part in a major national research trial investigating how well a potential new vaccine could protect against COVID-19.
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91Ö±²¥â€™s COVID-19 experts to host online Q&A event

91Ö±²¥ and 91Ö±²¥ Teaching Hospitals to host a live online event on COVID-19 research as part of International Clinical Trials Day.
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91Ö±²¥â€™s marvellous world of medical research goes digital with online festival

As part of an annual Medical Research Council (MRC) celebration, the University of 91Ö±²¥ is hosting a Festival of Medical Research online for the first time.
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91Ö±²¥ scientists sequence over 1,000 Covid-19 genomes to aid pandemic response

Scientists at the University of 91Ö±²¥ and clinicians from 91Ö±²¥ Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have reached a major milestone of their work as part of a national effort to map the spread of coronavirus.