Archive: 2015-2016
National Award for Eye and Vision Professors
4 August 2016: Professor of Ophthalmic Bioengineering Rachel Williams has received an Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC) Award for her work in the treatment of an eye disease called keratoconus.
Watch: Fame, Academe and Gender: An interview with Mary Beard
21 July 2016: Professor Mary Beard has brought the ancient world alive to millions via her acclaimed TV series. She successfully navigates a distinguished academic career with the demands of the media. She has also used her insights from the classical world to face down misogyny. Professor Susan Wray, the University's Director of Athena SWAN, interviews Mary about her career and reflections on being a public figure and female.
Becoming an Expert: MRI Imaging on Therapeutics in Drug Induced Liver Injury
25 July 2016: Abigail Chahil is a PhD student at the University’s Department of Clinical Molecular Pharmacology based in the MRC Centre for Drug Safety Science.
Viewpoint: ‘Rescue dogs to super dogs’
22 June 2016: Dr Carri Westgarth from the University of Liverpool’s School of Veterinary Sciences provided her expertise on canine behaviour to the researchers behind Channel Four’s ‘Rescue Dog to Super Dog’.
Viewpoint: High sugar drinks named in tooth decay drive
29 May 2016: Reader and Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Dentistry at the University’s School of Dentistry, Dr Sondos Albadri, is supporting a new campaign to encourage parents to swap their children’s sugary drinks for water, low fat milk and diet drinks. Dr Sondos is also the scientific editor for the British Society of Paediatric Dentistry.
Poster success for Computer Science student
29 May 2016: A final year student in the Department of Computer Science won the Best Final Year Undergraduate Poster prize at the BCSWomen Lovelace Colloquium 2016, organised by the British Computer Society. Jessica Lettall won the prize for her poster titled “Who Cares for the Carers?”
Athena SWAN award for the School of Environmental Sciences
25 May 2016: The School of Environmental Sciences has been recognised with a Bronze level Athena SWAN award by the Equality Challenge Unit.
Becoming an Expert: Sophie Irwin on autoimmune disease in young people
11 April 2016: “I have always been fascinated by healthy and disease. My primary background is in biochemistry, as I have been drawn to how the body works on a cellular scale. I have always had a particular interest in how cells undergo programmed cell death, also known as apoptosis.”
Researchers present posters at SET for Britain
22 March 2016: Early career researchers from the Faculty of Science and Engineering were part of a select group chosen to present their research at the SET for Britain event which took place in the House of Commons.
University researcher shares her story on parents, carers and scientists
21 March 2016: Dr Ainhoa Mielgo, a Wellcome Trust and Royal Society funded fellow, is featured in a new publication ‘Parent Carer Scientist’ by the Royal Society, focusing on the balances of family life and being a researcher.
Becoming an Expert: Sarah Allen on doctor-patient communication
21 March 2016: “Before starting my PhD I gained a Masters in Health Psychology while volunteering at a hospice in my home town. Through this experience I gained an interest in cancer care and the experiences of cancer patients.”
Postcard: Alice Trevail in Antarctica
16 March 2016: “Myself and one other seabird researcher, Sebastien Descamps from the Norwegian Polar Institute, were based at the Tor ornithological research station at Svarthamaren Mountain in Antarctica. Svarthamaren is located on a string of mountains, from which there is nothing other than snow and ice in both directions until you reach the Southern Ocean or the South Pole.”
Becoming an Expert: Cassandra Raby on the Tsaobis Baboon Project
14 March 2016: “Baboons are an ideal species to study disease because primates share some of the same parasites as humans. The habituated baboons on the Tsaobis Baboon Project allow researchers to follow them without disruption to their everyday lives, and because of this we can record their natural behaviours and social interactions.”
