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25/02/2013

Description: Senior representatives from the University of Birmingham are visiting Guangzhou this week to enhance the institution's extensive links with partners in the region.
Date:: 25/02/2013
Categories:: Engineering and Physical Sciences, International, Life and Environmental Sciences, Medical and Dental Sciences, Research, Social Sciences

22/02/2013

Description: A brand-new Pharmacy programme, launching this autumn, is set to play a key part in the College of Medical and Dental Science's research and teaching agenda.
Date:: 22/02/2013
Categories:: Alumni, Medical and Dental Sciences, Research

Description: Having been awarded best start-up at the 2012 Medilink West Midlands Healthcare Business Awards in December, the list of acalades for Serascience could continue to grow following the recent announcement that the company has now been shortlisted for the Medilink UK Awards.
Date:: 22/02/2013
Categories:: Life and Environmental Sciences, Medical and Dental Sciences, Research

19/02/2013

Description: University of Birmingham students will run a one-off event at the Thinktank Birmingham Science Museum this week for families to 'meet the scientist' during the half term break. Enthusiastic young scientists are invited to visit Thinktank for fun hands-on activities with professional scientists.
Date:: 19/02/2013
Categories:: Engineering and Physical Sciences, Medical and Dental Sciences

Description: Scientists at the Universities of Birmingham and Staffordshire have jointly led the development of an online training package to assist midwives and obstetricians to carry out medical procedures to help women who have sustained a perineal injury during childbirth.
Date:: 19/02/2013
Categories:: Medical and Dental Sciences, Research

15/02/2013

Description: Students discuss Professor Al Roth's lecture at the University of Birmingham and how having guest speakers adds to the student experience.
Date:: 15/02/2013
Categories:: Arts and Law, Medical and Dental Sciences, Social Sciences, Students, Vice Chancellor

08/02/2013

Description: On Friday 8 February, Dr Jo Morris, Senior Lecturer in the School of Cancer Sciences took part in a live chat answering your questions about her breast cancer research. If you missed it, here is the full transcript from the event, including the questions Jo ran out of time to answer. The full storify recap can also be viewed here.
Date:: 08/02/2013
Categories:: Alumni, Medical and Dental Sciences, Research

Description: Platelet disorders are heavily underdiagnosed, little understood and cannot be cured. University of Birmingham researchers and the Birmingham Platelet Group are running a UK-wide clinical trial 'Genotyping and platelet phenotyping' (GAPP) (1) funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF). The trial includes lab research by BHF-funded scientist Dr Yotis Senis in an effort to better identify patients and potentially to develop new treatments.
Date:: 08/02/2013
Categories:: Medical and Dental Sciences

05/02/2013

Description: The Department of Economics welcomed Nobel Prize winner Professor Al Roth to the University of Birmingham on 4th February 2013.
Date:: 05/02/2013
Categories:: Arts and Law, Medical and Dental Sciences, Research, Social Sciences, Students, Vice Chancellor

04/02/2013

Description: Prostate cancer affects one in nine men in the UK, making it the most common cancer among the country's men. This World Cancer Day (Monday 4 February), you can help us to beat the disease with support for a pioneering clinical trial.
Date:: 04/02/2013
Categories:: Alumni, Life and Environmental Sciences, Medical and Dental Sciences, Research

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