News archive for Public Health and Society

New research into TB and tobacco

19 October 2015

Researchers in the department, led by Dr Kamran Siddiqi have secured a £2 million grant to assess the effects on healthcare systems of tobacco use in patients suffering from TB. Read more.

Something to chew on - millions of lives blighted by smokeless tobacco

27 August 2015

Dr Kamran Siddiqi is part of a team of researchers who have looked at the burden of disease caused by smokeless tobacco, the results of which are published in a report in BMC Medicine. Read more.

Charles Cully Award to Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson

11 November 2014

Professors Kate Pickett and Richard Wilkinson are the recipients of this year’s annual Charles Cully Memorial Medal and will give the Memorial Lecture, organised by the Irish Cancer Society. Read more.

Children in Scotland requiring Palliative Care: identifying numbers and needs (ChiSP Study)

4 August 2014

Life-limiting conditions (LLC) are defined as health conditions with no reasonable hope of cure and that will ultimately lead to early death. For children and young people who are affected by these conditions, it is important that palliative care services are available. Dr Lorna Fraser (Health Sciences) and Professor Bryony Beresford (SPRU) have successfully won a £107K grant through the Children’s Hospice Association Scotland to identify those children and young people who may be affected with these conditions and their needs. More info.

New Innovation Hub, led by Professor Kate Pickett, funded through Born in Bradford study

17 June 2014

Born in Bradford - one of the biggest and most important medical research studies in the UK - has helped Bradford Trident secure a £50 million Big Lottery Fund award to improve the life chances of some of the most deprived families in Bradford. More info.

Royal Recognition for Head of Department

16 June 2014

Professor Hilary Graham has received royal recognition in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2014.

Pressure ulcer partnership welcomes new NICE guidelines

28 May 2014

A pressure ulcer partnership representing patients, carers and clinicians has welcomed the issue of new clinical guidance for the prevention and management of pressure ulcers by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Read more.

Adapting a behavioural support intervention for smokeless tobacco cessation in South Asians

14 May 2014

Kamran Siddiqi, in collaboration with partners at Leeds City Council, the University of Leeds, and Aga Khan University, Pakistan, has been successful in securing an MRC funded grant to adapt a behavioural support intervention for smokeless tobacco cessation in those of South Asian ethnicity.

Call to change direction in economic strategy

8 May 2014

A new report by Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz which is co-authored by Professor Kate Pickett and published by Progressive Economy calls for a change in direction in economic strategy.

Disability review for public health interventions

1 April 2014

A major new review project, led by , aims to identify and assess different theories of disability and use this knowledge to critically appraise public health interventions where people with disabilities are a key target group. More information.

Sonifying health data to promote public health risk communication

26 February 2014

Building on the success of the 3Sixty project recently developed for the C2D2 conference, the team led by Sandra Pauletto and Amanda Mason-Jones intends to further explore data related to the chronic health of adolescents to enable public engagement using sound design, data sonification and music. More information.

Lorna Fraser wins NIHR funding for clinical scoring system project

17 February 2014

Lorna Fraser has been awarded a three-year postdoctoral fellowship from the NIHR, for a project entitled “Children and Young People with Life-Limiting Conditions and Hospital Admissions to Paediatric Intensive Care Units in England: the Development of a Clinical Scoring System”. For more information on the project, please click here.

Enough Is Enough - Building a Sustainable Economy in a World of Finite Resources

29 January 2014

The 'Enough is Enough' film explores specific strategies to fix the financial system, reduce inequality, create jobs, and more and includes interviews with leading economists, politicians, and sustainability thinkers including Professor Kate Pickett. It is produced and directed by film-maker Tom Bliss, and includes illustrations by cartoonist Polyp

Barbara Hanratty awarded Strutt and Harper research grant

6 December 2013

Barbara Hanratty has been awarded the Strutt and Harper research grant, from the British Medical Association, to investigate terminal care for non-cancer patients. Working alongside Kate Flemming, her study will be entitled “Do older carers of patients dying with non-cancer diagnoses have different experiences and needs for support? A qualitative study,” more information.