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Nurse’s research to help older people live healthier lives

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/nurses-research-to-help-older-people-live-healthier-lives

Helen Lyndon, a nurse consultant whose work centres on caring for older people, has begun a four-year fellowship at the University of Plymouth to develop and test a nurse-led intervention to improve healthy living in older people with frailty.

Snails select sources of food based on dislike for smells rather than acceptable taste - study

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/snails-select-sources-of-food-based-on-dislike-for-smells-rather-than-acceptable-taste

Plymouth University news: Harnessing naturally occurring chemicals could be used as a means to protect crop seedlings from being eaten by common pests, a study involving Plymouth University and the University of Southampton suggests.

Empowering patients means giving everyone access to their records

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/pr-opinion/empowering-patients-means-giving-everyone-access-to-their-records

University of Plymouth Pioneers: Professor Ray Jones, Empowering patients means giving everyone access to their records

BRCA1 deficiency increases sensitivity of ovarian cancer cells to auranofin

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/brca1-deficiency-increases-sensitivity-of-ovarian-cancer-cells-to-auranofin-study

Plymouth University news: An anti-rheumatic drug could improve the prognosis for ovarian cancer patients exhibiting a deficiency of the DNA repair protein BRCA1, a study led by Plymouth University has found

Jamie Phillips - graduate profile

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/bsc-mathematics/jamie-phillips-graduate-profile

Mathematics

Jamie Phillips - graduate profile, PhD Research Student. School of Computing and Mathematics at Plymouth University.

E-coachER – useful web support for patients in an exercise referral scheme?

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/e-coacher-useful-web-support-for-patients-in-an-exercise-referral-scheme

Plymouth University news: £1.3M funding for research asking - could web support encourage more patients with long-term conditions to take up and fully use the exercise referral scheme?

Sir John Parker GBE

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/students-and-family/our-stories/150/prestige-lectures/sir-john-parker-gbe

Prestige lecture by Sir John Parker GBE titled 'Engineering and the leadership journey'.

Dementia screening app wins national award

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/dementia-screening-app-wins-national-award

ACEmobile, a dementia screening app developed by Dr Craig Newman from the University of Plymouth and Dr Rupert Noad and University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, has won the Using Technology to Improve Efficiency category at the HSJ Awards.

Research explores soil erosion’s impact on food, water and energy security

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/research-explores-soil-erosions-impact-on-food-water-and-energy-security

Scientists at the University of Plymouth and the University of Valdivia in Chile are leading an international project which aims to evaluate and address soil erosion and siltation challenges in Latin America.

Epilepsy monitoring app team wins second BMJ Award

https://www.plymouth.ac.uk/news/epilepsy-monitoring-app-team-wins-second-bmj-award

The team behind EpSMon, including Dr Craig Newman, won the BMJ Award for Education Team of the Year after winning Neurology Team of the Year in 2016