December 2016 15 December Help us find the best treatment for children and young adults with asthma New study aims to test the delivery of the best asthma treatment based on genetics Read article > 6 December BME groups facing barriers to mental health services Communication breakdown and cultural factors create barriers stopping BME groups accessing mental health services Read article >
November 2016 7 November Double win for ground-breaking dementia project Double win for ground-breaking dementia project Read article >
October 2016 14 October 3D printing changes shape of anatomy learning 3D printing is being used at BSMS to enhance medical students' learning, by allowing them to take away printed 'body parts' they are studying in dissection. Read article >
September 2016 6 September Medicine meets astrophysics to help early dementia diagnosis Astrophysicists will swap galaxies for general practice in an innovative new study that aims to improve the early diagnosis of dementia. Read article >
July 2016 19 July Fulbright Award takes sickle cell researcher to US A Masters in Research student has received an award allowing him to carry out research on sickle cell disease in the US on one of the world's most prestigious scholarship schemes. Read article > 19 July Beware of antioxidants, warns new study Researchers studying the benefits of taking antioxidants and antioxidant vitamins to prevent or cure disease have a clear warning for the public: do not take these unless a clear deficiency has been diagnosed by your doctor. Read article >
June 2016 29 June Project aims to help keep children with asthma healthy and in school Local schools and families are being invited to take part in a new project to improve the health of children with asthma and reduce the number of days they have to miss from school. Read article >
April 2016 21 April TB patients could be saved months of treatment, thanks to new research It is possible to predict how well tuberculosis (TB) responds to drug treatment, according to a new study at BSMS. Read article >
February 2016 23 February Computers can tell if you're bored, new study shows A new study, led by Dr Harry Witchel, suggests technology could lead to 'empathetic' robots and reactive on-line learning programmes. Read article >
January 2016 27 January Children and young adults in first trial to test personalised asthma treatment Researchers are to conduct a study to see whether young asthma patients respond better to personalised treatment than to the standard treatments. Read article > 20 January Study reveals why your brain makes you slip up when anxious Neuroscientists at BSMS and the University of Sussex's Sackler Centre identify the brain network system that causes us to slip up when feeling anxious. Read article > 4 January BSMS Professor named in New Year's Honours list BSMS Professor Lesley Fallowfield has been made a Dame in the New Year's Honours Read article >
Events 27 Apr The New Immortals 2016-2024: A Symposium View event > 29 Apr Journey through the NHS - online talk View event > 30 Apr Getting into Medicine - online talk View event >