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- Rail decarbonisation
  Decarbonisation is one of two railway grand challenges (along with digitalisation) that requires a strategic, whole-sector approach with government, industry and academia working together. We are leading the way in decarbonising the railway in the UK and across the world.
- Birmingham Plastics Network: Shaping the Fate and Sustainable Future of Plastics
  The University of Birmingham has established a Birmingham Plastics Network, an interdisciplinary team of more than 40 academics working together to shape the fate and sustainable future of plastics
- Hydrogen-powered train
  Birmingham Centre for Railway Research and Education’s (BCRRE) research into the application of fuel cells and hydrogen in railway traction system design stretches back over the last decade and beyond.
- Quantum Technologies
  Developing the use of sensors and clocks in innovative, ground-breaking technologies to change the future landscapes of healthcare, transport, defence, civil engineering and more.
- Responsible Business
  Academia partnering with business, investigating, developing and co-creating robust and innovative solutions to achieve responsible business success. Building the foundations for a more responsible and sustainable future.
- Air Pollution
  We are working with partners across the globe to understand how to save lives at risk from poor air quality.
- Superdiversity
  Challenging established views and policy responses to migration and its impact on societies in a rapidly changing world.
- Global Ethics
  Birmingham academics work on major issues in international ethics and global justice and train the next generation of students to tackle these issues.
- Liver Transplantation
  Birmingham has been at the forefront of transplants since the pioneering work of Sir Peter Medawar. Our researchers are continuing his legacy.
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The European Association for the History of Medicine and Health (EAHMH)

We aim to foster research and the international exchange of views on all issues concerning health and medicine in Europe and their connections with the extra-European world. For this purpose, EAHMH attracts members world-wide, from North America to Australasia.

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The EAMH has a partnership with internationally recognized publisher Brill to continue the famous 'Clio Medica' series.

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The upcoming biennial EAHMH conference will take place from 7 to 10 September 2021 in an online format

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Nominate the best medical history monographs now. Books can be nominated until 1st May 2021

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