Head Neck Cancer Professor Hisham Mehanna, a global leader in head and neck cancer research, underlines that only through delivering complex, innovative and multi-disciplinary trials can this challenging disease can be tackled globally.
Oral Health Periodontitis is a chronic non-communicable disease, and in its most severe form is the sixth most prevalent human disease, affecting 11.2% of the world's population.
The Mirena coil Professor Janesh Gupta, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, conducted the largest randomised clinical trial in the world assessing how women with heavy menstrual bleeding should be treated medically.
A lab in a suitcase The Ebola outbreak in West Africa was the deadliest occurrence of the disease since 1976. Despite a coordinated international response it proved extremely difficult to control.
Precision Toxicology Current techniques to assess toxicity are slow, expensive and the results often translate poorly to humans. The PrecisionTox research group is developing new toxicology methods to increase public safety.
Atmospheric Pollution and Human Health Airborne pollution particles have a major impact on our planet's atmosphere, nowhere more so than the megacities of China – vast swathes of humanity living, working and breathing together in cities of up to 26m people.
Brake Dust and Brown Carbon From the busy highways of Britain to the icy waters of the Antarctic, environmental scientists at the University of Birmingham are exploring the impact of airborne particles on our planet's atmosphere.
Cleaning up the skies The University of Birmingham is playing a vital role in providing the air-quality data and science to inform policy makers and protect the public health of citizens in the world's cities.
crafting-air-pollution-policies From London to Guangzhou, Nepal to Rwanda, air pollution is rising up the political agenda as evidence of its far-reaching health consequences increases.
Interdisciplinary air science Air pollution has multiple causes, from architecture and engineering to social policy, environmental law and history. Dr Lauren Andres argues for an interdisciplinary mindset for researchers to tackle it.
Resilience to drought As water shortages come more into the spotlight, researchers in the field have reached something of a watershed moment and have been challenged. How do you reduce the impact of human activity on hydrological cycles?
Urban air pollution Researchers are looking at new ways of approaching health, social and economic problems associated with air pollution in the cities of India and other similarly polluted regions across the Global South.