Our research impact
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Recognising the rights of children in the climate change impacts: child climate risk index
¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ GeoData in Geography and Environmental Science led a UK-wide team working with UNICEF to develop the Children’s Climate Risk Index (CCRI).
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The place to fast-track medicines that change lives
¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ spin-out company Curve Therapeutics has pioneered a faster, smarter way to discover new therapies for complex diseases such as cancer.
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Transforming musculoskeletal health across the lifecourse
Musculoskeletal health across the lifecourse is being transformed thanks to world-leading research at ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ.
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Pioneering Alzheimer’s drug development
Advancing the development of targeted treatments to slow or halt disease progression.
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Highlighting risks from car brake dust emissions
Brake pad emissions can be more toxic than diesel exhaust.
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Transforming chronic respiratory disease care
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Exploring how young people's diet, environment and mental wellbeing shape their health
¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ researchers explored how food insecurity, diet and urban life shapes adolescent health in Soweto.
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Air pollution research transforms UK policy and public health awareness
Pioneering research from a ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ respiratory physician and clinical professor has transformed our understanding of air pollution from a respiratory issue to a central public health challenge.
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Understanding the impact of migration on older people’s support networks
Support networks for an ethnic minority of older people in Romania have changed following the large-scale emigration in 1990 by their younger family members.
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Transforming patients’ experiences of living with increased cancer risk
Innovative e-learning, shaped by ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ research, is improving the experience of men living with increased risk of prostate cancer.
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Understanding and Projecting Childbearing Trends in the UK
Fertility forecasting projections developed by ¾ÅÉ«ÊÓÆµ academics are being used by national statistical offices and government departments. They help shape plans for future demand in schooling, housing, childcare services, and health and welfare provisions.
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Tackling pension poverty
Addressing inequalities in the pension system.