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Professor receives national award for excellence in transplantation
Professor Matthew Cramp has won the Excellence in Transplantation Award as part of the 2021 UK Awards for Excellence in Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation.
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![<p>MCL survival - Dr Rory McCulloch, Nicky Crosbie (specialist research nurse) and Professor Simon Rule<br></p>]()
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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Plymouth Parkinson’s Service wins at national industry awards
A team led by Dr Camille Carroll won an award at the national UK Parkinson’s Excellence Network awards.
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Research aims to identify why some people become severely ill as a result of COVID-19
A joint study between the University and University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust (UHP) is analysing the differing immune responses of COVID-19 patients and working to develop a simple test that could help predict who is likely to develop serious illness.
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Five Plymouth projects shortlisted for national awards
Five projects from the University of Plymouth have been named finalists in a national awards scheme that recognises best practice in patient experience - the Patient Experience Network National Awards (PENNAs)
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</p><p>Pictured front row (L-R): Emma Pearson, Parkinson’s Disease Nurse
Specialist; Alyson Evans, Project Manager from UHPNT; Steve Ford, Chief
Executive of Parkinson’s UK; Fiona Murphy, Parkinson’s Disease Nurse
Specialist; Dr Camille Carroll, project lead; and Rebecca Partridge, Design
Researchers in Lab4Living at Sheffield Hallam University. </p>
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National launch for ‘revolutionary’ Parkinson’s project
University of Plymouth news: 'Developing Home-based Parkinson's Care' will focus on co-designing a new service to help Parkinson’s patients, carers and healthcare staff monitor a person’s condition remotely
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Standing frame intervention improves life for people with MS, research shows
Study participant John Kendrick was able to walk his daughter down the aisle thanks to using the standing frame. Full results of the research are now available to view in The Lancet Neurology.
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Dr Mark Coleman,
Chairman of Bowel Cancer West and Colorectal Surgeon at Derriford Hospital;
Dr Gary Minto,
Consultant Anaesthetist at University Hospitals Plymouth; and
Professor Carl
Roobottom, Consultant Radiologist at Derriford Hospital and Chair of Radiology
at the University of Plymouth
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World-first study aims to improve survival rates after major surgery
The Coronary Anatomy and Dynamic Exercise Test (CADET) study is investigating the effectiveness of different types of tests carried out prior to major surgery, to assess patient fitness, and therefore the likelihood of a good post-surgery recovery.
