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Read more at: The Raymond C Read and Lillian J Gostick PhD Studentship: A legacy richly interwoven with education and scholarship
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The Raymond C Read and Lillian J Gostick PhD Studentship: A legacy richly interwoven with education and scholarship

17 July 2025

VPD-HLRI and Selwyn College are delighted to announce the establishment of a newly endowed PhD studentship, The Raymond C. Read and Lillian J. Gostick PhD Studentship, which will focus on epidemiology, public health, global health, or infectious disease research.

Read more at: Professor Ziad Mallat receives the 2025 Louis & Artur Lucian Award for Research in Circulatory Diseases
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Professor Ziad Mallat receives the 2025 Louis & Artur Lucian Award for Research in Circulatory Diseases

16 July 2025

Professor Ziad Mallat, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine at the Department of Medicine and the Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Heart and Lung Research Institute, has been awarded this year’s Louis and Artur Lucian Award for Research in Circulatory Diseases .

Read more at: At the heart of life-changing science: Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Heart & Lung Research Institute 3rd Anniversary
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At the heart of life-changing science: Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Heart & Lung Research Institute 3rd Anniversary

15 July 2025

Read more at: Professor Clare Bryant awarded prestigious ERC Advanced Grant for zoonotic infection research
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Professor Clare Bryant awarded prestigious ERC Advanced Grant for zoonotic infection research

11 July 2025

Professor Bryant receives European Research Council funding alongside Wellcome Trust Discovery Award and BSI Outstanding Leadership Award for her pioneering work on innate immunity and host inflammatory responses.

Read more at: Dr Andreas Hadjinicolaou awarded the UK Barrett's Oesophagus Registry Prize for his research in upper GI cancers
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Dr Andreas Hadjinicolaou awarded the UK Barrett's Oesophagus Registry Prize for his research in upper GI cancers

7 July 2025

Dr Andreas Hadjinicolaou, NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Gastroenterology and Medicine at Addenbrooke's Hospital and the University of Cambridge, has been awarded this year's UK Barrett’s Oesophagus Registry (UKBOR) Prize by the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG).

Read more at: New drug offers potential cure for ultra rare inherited condition affecting the immune system
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New drug offers potential cure for ultra rare inherited condition affecting the immune system

27 June 2025

Mary Catchpole from Norfolk has become the first patient in Europe to be given a newly licensed treatment, which could potentially cure her life-threatening, inherited disorder, Activated PI3-kinase Delta Syndrome (APDS). Hear from Mary's consultant Dr Anita Chandra at Addenbrooke's and Prof Sergey Nejentsev who led the...

Read more at: PACE researchers receive NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i) funding for healthcare technology
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PACE researchers receive NIHR Invention for Innovation (i4i) funding for healthcare technology

26 June 2025

Two cutting-edge medical technologies from Dr Virginia Newcombe and Dr Laura Watson (in collaboration with Dr Alasdair Jubb) at Addenbrooke's are among 35 awarded a share of £3m NIHR funding to tackle brain injury.

Read more at: The hidden role of gut fungi in neurodegenerative diseases
Fungi have the potential to cause damaging neuroinflammation.Credit: Kateryna Kon/Shutterstock

The hidden role of gut fungi in neurodegenerative diseases

26 June 2025

Immunologist Virginia Pedicord and co-workers will use their Global Grant for Gut Health to explore how fungal components of the gut microbiome may play a role in the early stages of neurodegenerative diseases and dementia.

Read more at: Dr Nuru Noor named Young Gastroenterologist of the Year 2025
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Dr Nuru Noor named Young Gastroenterologist of the Year 2025

26 June 2025

Dr Nurulamin (Nuru) Noor, NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Gastroenterology from the Department of Medicine at the University of Cambridge and CUH, has been named the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) Young Gastroenterologist of the Year – for contributions to Clinical & Translational Science.

Read more at: Cambridge-led project secures £1.2m from UKRI to pioneer same-day AMR diagnosis for leprosy in Southeast Asia
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Cambridge-led project secures £1.2m from UKRI to pioneer same-day AMR diagnosis for leprosy in Southeast Asia

25 June 2025

Led by the University of Cambridge, the new initiative aims to develop point-of-care DNA sequencing for rapid detection of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in leprosy across regional hospitals in the Philippines. Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae ( M. leprae ). It primarily...

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Sharon Peacock (PACE) appeared on the Naked Scientists Titans of Science podcast talking about her work on whole genome sequencing of pathogens such as MRSA and SARS CoV-2, and studies of antimicrobial resistance.

Mike Weekes (ImID) spoke to the Independent about the risks of warmer temperatures and altered rainfall patterns caused by climate change leading to a spread of tropical diseases to Europe and the UK.

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