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University of Exeter @exeter.ac.uk · 23/07/2025
What happens when elite athletes, world-leading researchers, and cutting-edge technology come together? At Exeter, we’re pushing the boundaries of human performance and translating our discoveries into public-health solutions. (1/2)
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University of Exeter @exeter.ac.uk · 24/06/2025
This Thursday, Exeter academic, Prof Andy Jones, is part of the team that will try and break the women's 4-minute mile. Find out more about the attempt in this great Amazon documentary. www.amazon.co.uk/gp/...
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Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @hls.exeter.ac.uk · 23/06/2025
A research team led by Exeter has been awarded a £3.3m grant by the Medical Research Council to study the treatment and potential cure for eczema. This 5-year study brings together experts from the MRC Centre for Medical Mycology in Exeter and St John’s Institute of Dermatology at KCL.
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Centre for Net Positive Health and Climate Solutions @netpositivecentre.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
📢 The Net Positive Centre website is live! 🌍Focused on advancing climate-health research & real-world solutions — from urban design to food systems.Funded by @UKRI_News led by a partnership @exeter.ac.uk @ukhsa.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk @forestresearchuk.bsky.social netpositivecentre.com
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At the Net Positive Centre, we focus on what’s possible — turning the climate challenge into an opportunity to support healthier lives and to improve the environment. Climate change is an urgent healt...
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drdomwb.bsky.social @drdomwb.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Watch Shani, a second year medical student talk about our most recent paper in the Journal of Genome Biology and Evolution where we published the genome of the microsporidian parasite, Nucleospora cyclopteri Full paper: doi.org/10.1093/gbe/... @genomebiolevol.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk
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ARC South West @arcsouthwest.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Fantastic to welcome @SteveRaceMP to St Luke’s earlier this month! He met Prof Chris Morris & Fleur Boyle to hear about our work on childhood disability – esp. the peer-led Healthy Parent Carers programme promoting parent carer wellbeing, shaped by 10 years of research 💙 🔗 healthyparentcarers.org
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European Centre for Environment & Human Health @ecehh.org · 03/06/2025
How can natural environments contribute to antimicrobial resistance? Listen to the new MSD podcast with Prof Will Gaze to find out. "Many people don't realise antibiotic resistance is a natural phenomenon that's evoved in environmental bacteria over millions of years." youtu.be/QI-jJjG3cLg
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MSD’s podcast ‘The Steward’ – Episode: The Environment and Antimicrobial Resistance
YouTube video by MSD in the UK
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Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @hls.exeter.ac.uk · 27/05/2025
Are you aged 40–60 with no history of knee issues (e.g., osteoarthritis, trauma, surgery, or implants)? We’re looking for volunteers to take part in a study on advanced MRI techniques.
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Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @hls.exeter.ac.uk · 27/05/2025
Big news from our Academy of Nursing! Our brand-new BSc Adult Nursing degree has just been approved by the NMC Launching this Sept, it offers a flexible 3-year path to becoming a registered nurse—alongside our 4-year MSci routes!
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European Centre for Environment & Human Health @ecehh.org · 22/05/2025
NOW LIVE: Our new @who.int report on nature-based solutions and health. From promoting air quality to building liveable cities, learn how to maximise the "roll out of nature-based solutions in tangible, real-world policies." ecehh.org/news/who-nature-based-solutions
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WHO report on nature-based solutions launched | ECEHH
We’ve worked with the World Health Organization to review interventions that can benefit both people and planet.
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Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @hls.exeter.ac.uk · 16/05/2025
Pint of Science is next week! Grab your tickets now and let your ears are fill with science and your glass fill with beer (or drink of choice).
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Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @hls.exeter.ac.uk · 14/05/2025
A new @ecehh.org study has found people who live in greener neighbourhoods smoke and drink less on average. And those who make regular visits to nature tend not to smoke. The findings are consistent across different countries, household income and educational attainment. bsky.app/profile/eceh...
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Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @hls.exeter.ac.uk · 01/05/2025
Breaking Barriers in Academic Medicine! AIMMS — a national scheme supporting minority women in academic medicine & health sciences — is now active in all UK medical schools The scheme: 🔹 Supports career progression 🔹 Builds mentor-mentee connections 🔹 Tackles structural barriers in academia
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Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @hls.exeter.ac.uk · 25/04/2025
Congratulations to Professor Andrew Hattersley who has just won the Claude Bernard Prize, the highest honour in diabetes research, for a career spent improving care for people with diabetes. Andrew will deliver the opening lecture at the 61st EASD Annual Meeting to over 10,000 participants.
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Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @hls.exeter.ac.uk · 24/04/2025
Our student Innes FitzGerald has just broken her 2nd European U20 record with a 15:08 in the 5k at Bristol Track Club Her first, 8:40.05 in the 3000m in Ostrava, smashed a 40-year-old British record Dubbed the “Greta Thunberg of Sport” she is making headlines for green activism as well as speed.
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Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @hls.exeter.ac.uk · 24/04/2025
The @exeter.ac.uk team is backing Faith Kipyegon’s bold attempt to become the first woman to run a sub-4-minute mile. Partnering with Nike, leading researchers, will be bringing cutting-edge sport science to Paris on June 26.
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Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @hls.exeter.ac.uk · 16/04/2025
Today (April 16), a 65-year-old runner, Steve James, will attempt 200 marathons in 200 days, running the entire coastline of mainland Britain — monitored closely by researchers at the University of Exeter
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Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @hls.exeter.ac.uk · 11/04/2025
Police officers are over twice as likely to sustain traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) compared to the general population. And those injuries? They come with a more than doubled risk of complex PTSD.
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Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @hls.exeter.ac.uk · 10/04/2025
As anticipation builds for season two of The Last of Us, which imagines a world ravaged by brain-infecting fungal zombies, scientists at the University of Exeter are spotlighting a real-world threat: fungi.
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Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @hls.exeter.ac.uk · 09/04/2025
New research suggests relaxation techniques may help lower blood pressure in the short term. However, the evidence for longer-term effects (beyond 3 months) is limited and uncertain.
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University of Exeter News @uniofexeternews.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Research by Exeter's @danbebber.bsky.social & Angela Gallego-Sala that sets out how peatlands are at risk from climate change features in this fascinating @bbcspotlight.bsky.social piece. Paper: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Watch from 10mins: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Climate change impacts on blanket peatland in Great Britain
Action should be taken to raise water tables at degraded sites to limit the impact of future drought conditions. However, climatic conditions being outside the current bioclimatic envelope may make f...
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European Centre for Environment & Human Health @ecehh.org · 26/03/2025
Dr Lewis Elliott lifts the lid on the biggest survey of open-water swimmers to date in this brilliant new article for @uk.theconversation.com. How might wild swimming deliver its wellbeing benefits? The answer could lie in "enhanced feelings of freedom..." theconversation.com/why-wild-swi...
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Why wild swimming is better for your mental wellbeing than open-air pools
Wild swimmers tend to feel more autonomy and competence.
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Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @hls.exeter.ac.uk · 06/03/2025
Climate change is threatening producers' ' ability to supply one of the nation's favourite fruits - bananas. Study lead Professor Dan Bebber is calling for urgent action to safeguard the industry. news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h... @uniofexeternews.bsky.social @exeter.ac.uk
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Climate change threatens future of banana export industry
Climate change is rapidly reducing the ability of banana producers to supply one of our favourite fruits.  New research from the University of Exeter, published in Nature Food, has found it will be ec...
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Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @hls.exeter.ac.uk · 06/03/2025
Experiencing more menopausal symptoms linked to poorer brain function in later life, our research concludes. More research needed to explore this link, and establish role of HRT. news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
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More menopausal symptoms linked to poorer brain function in later life
Experiencing more menopausal symptoms is linked to poorer brain function and warnings signs associated with dementia in later life, according to a new study involving the University of Exeter. The res...
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University of Exeter @exeter.ac.uk · 26/02/2025
Millions of people with type 2 diabetes could receive better treatment thanks to a new, simple low-cost tool, according to groundbreaking research announced today at the Diabetes UK Professional Conference and published in the Lancet. 1/3
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Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @hls.exeter.ac.uk · 24/02/2025
Today marks 10 years since Join Dementia Research started matching participants with dementia studies they can take part in. Here's to another 10! www.joindementiaresearch.nihr.ac.uk
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Join dementia research
<p>I’ve just let UK researchers know that I want to take part in dementia research studies with @joindementiaresearch. They need you too. Sign up today: https://www.joindementiaresearch.nihr.ac.uk/</p...
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Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @hls.exeter.ac.uk · 24/02/2025
Did you lose a loved one suddenly during the COVID-19 pandemic? Your experiences matter, & we want to hear from you for a study exploring how self-perception & thinking styles influence responses to loss during the pandemic. Click the link to complete the survey. exe.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
A flyer describing a call for participants who may have lost a loved one suddenly during the covid-19 pandemic to partake in an online survey. The study explores how self-perception and thinking styles influence responses to loss during the pandemic.
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Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @hls.exeter.ac.uk · 19/02/2025
New research finds that life expectancy growth has slowed across Europe since 2011. Poor diet, obesity, & inactivity, along with Covid, are major factors. Stronger public health policies are needed to reverse the trend, experts say. news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...
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We are no longer living longer, study shows
The rise in human life expectancy has slowed down across Europe since 2011, according to research involving the University of Exeter. A new study, led by the University of East Anglia and published to...
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Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @hls.exeter.ac.uk · 18/02/2025
Call for Participants: Individuals with chronic back pain as well as healthy participants are needed for a new study using virtual reality to investigate how anxiety and fear learning affects chronic pain symptoms. Please see poster below for more details on how to sign up.
A poster calling on individuals with chronic pain as well as healthy participants to take part in a study into understanding how chronic pain and anxiety affects daily life.

If interested, please reach out to: s.medina-hernandez@exeter.ac.uk
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Faculty of Health and Life Sciences @hls.exeter.ac.uk · 07/02/2025
Hello, Bluesky! Delighted to be here and excited to connect! We'll be sharing the latest research updates and news from the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at University of Exeter. So follow along for ground-breaking discoveries and real-world impacting research!
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