Pages tagged with: faculty-of-medicine-and-dentistry
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Dental student project aids communication for stroke survivors
Plymouth University news: Stroke survivors often find it hard to communicate with their dentist, which is why a group of dental therapy and hygiene students have a developed a tool to help them - the tool may be adopted nationally.
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Could physical activity be good for alcohol and substance use disorders?
Plymouth University news: Physical activity could be good for disorders caused by alcohol and substance use, and a study led by Plymouth University will investigate what the benefits might be and how it might work
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Anglo German exchange investigates badger viruses
University of Plymouth news: An exchange programme between University of Plymouth's Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry and the Robert Koch Institute in Berlin sees students working on a collaborative project to investigate viruses in badgers in Germany.
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3.5M Euro funding for pan-European Alzheimer's training and research programme
University of Plymouth news: An innovative approach to training and research for Alzheimer's disease could revolutionise the battle to find treatments and preventive measures for the disease.
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£250,000 grant to support research for health and social care practitioners in Torbay
A new grant will support health professionals in Torbay and South Devon to make a difference to patient care through ongoing research.
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How do senior paramedics decide when to stop resuscitation? Research project to help inform guidelines
Paramedic Ali Coppola is undertaking a masters in Clinical Research (MClinRes) to explore pulseless electrical activity (PEA) out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) – as currently there is a limited evidence-base and guidelines in the area.
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Diagnostics
Diagnostics research with the University of Plymouth utilises interdisciplinary approaches to identify novel molecular disease markers and therapies.
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Medical Statistics: research
Plymouth University: The Medical Statistics group collaborate with local, national and international research groups to undertake high-quality research.
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University recognised as leader in evidence-based healthcare
The University of Plymouth has been named a Centre of Excellence by international health research organisation, the Joanna Briggs Institute.
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Medical academic awarded prestigious National Teaching Fellowship
Plymouth University news: Professor Hisham Khalil, Associate Dean for Strategic Planning and Liaison in the Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, becomes the 23rd Plymouth academic to be awarded a National Teaching Fellowship
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Mantle cell lymphoma patients living longer thanks to specialist clinic
Plymouth patients are shown to be living, on average, twice as long as the general population in new work by University researchers Professor Simon Rule and Dr Rory McCulloch - clinicians in the Haematology team at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust
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Could smokers who do not wish to quit reduce consumption with exercise?
Plymouth University news: The NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme has awarded a grant of £1.8M to Plymouth University to investigate the effectiveness of exercise for smokers who wish to reduce consumption but not necessarily quit althogether
