Welcome everyone to the first eNews blog of the new term and my first as Dean. Reflecting on my first two weeks, it has been incredibly busy meeting people both here and at Highfield.
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Welcome from the Faculty Dean
The doors to the Centre for Cancer Immunology
The doors to the Centre for Cancer Immunology have been open for just over a month now, with everyone settling in to their new routines and ways of going about their day, and I can’t help feeling an immense sense
Read moreMigration into the new Centre for Cancer Immunology
We are nearing the end of the first week of the researchers’ migration into the CCI where we join our colleagues in the Clinical Trials Unit who have been in occupation for a few weeks already.
Read moreThe ticking time bomb malnutrition
Nutrition and Hydration Week (12-18 March 2018) provides an opportunity to reflect on the state of the British diet and how well it meets the needs of the population.
Read moreCelebrating International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day provides a fitting opportunity to acknowledge the extraordinary contribution that our female colleagues make to the Faculty of Medicine and the wider University.
Read moreNewton Ennis Morton, 21 December 1929 – 7 February 2018
Newton Morton, founding father of the field of Genetic Epidemiology, sadly passed away earlier this week.
Read moreThe Introvert Science Communicator Do I really have to explain?
What kind of scientist are you – introvert or extrovert? Academia of 30 years ago was a bit of an ‘Ivory Tower’, a state of privileged seclusion.
Read moreReform of medical education requires more than agreement
The latest edition of Medical Education[i], which has long been the top ranked journal of its kind[ii], reminds us that it is 30 years since the Edinburgh Declaration[iii] was approved at the World Conference on Medical Education held in the
Read moreBuilding Superhumans?
Most of us aspire to have better bodies – we dream of looking younger, more shapely, whatever…. but we don’t want to invest a lot of time or money to achieve this even if it is our #1 new year’s
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…inspire the next generation.
Read moreChallenges and opportunities
The annual rituals of the festive season and the rapidly-approaching close of 2017 provide the chance to reflect and to look to the future.
Read moreCelebrating a year of successful fundraising
Director’s Year End Blog: Professor Tim Elliott, Director for the Centre for Cancer Immunology, looks back on 2017, a year celebrating successful fundraising.
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