Dancing, games and some fine cooking have been at the heart of two community events in Andover and Southampton celebrating Black History Month. A team from the Long-term Conditions Research Group based at the University of Southampton have been mixing with the visitors at two events and encouraging people from African and Caribbean communities to get more involved in health and care research. Linda Amungwa from the School of Health Sciences is studying for a PhD and is interested in how...

The future of health research The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has awarded University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust and the University of Southampton £16.3 million to continue valuable applied research across the South of England. It is part of a £157 million investment over 5 years in 10 NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) in England. Professor Lucy Chappell, Chief Scientific Adviser to the Department of Health and Social Care and CEO of the...

NIHR ARC Wessex held it's annual event on Tuesday October 7th in Southampton - drawing more than 250 people to celebrate 6 years of applied research. ARC shared the real life impact of research on our region, and took a rather innovative approach with seven 'acts' each focussed on it work. Dr Stephen Lim and Dr Sam Meredith started the event with an exercise class based on the ImPACt study. Professor Janis Baird introduced the next act presented by Dr Sarah Muir following the APPROVE study ...