Queen Mary Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry
@qmulfmd.bsky.social
We're the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at Queen Mary University of London. We're at the forefront of medical education and research and make a real impact on health-related challenges for the benefit of local and global populations.
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Researchers discover air pollution particles hitching a ride around the body on red blood cells, but wearing a face mask reduces the threat. tiny.cc/ukjt001 @europeanrespsoc.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social @qmulfmd.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Researchers discover air pollution particles hitching a ride around the body on red blood cells, but wearing a face mask reduces the threat. tiny.cc/ukjt001 @europeanrespsoc.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social @qmulfmd.bsky.social
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Research carried out by Queen Mary academics, including Tom Powles, has led to NICE approving a new treatment for people with advanced bladder cancer.
Learn more: shorturl.at/WWZ2U
@qmbci.bsky.social @nhsenglandldn.bsky.social
Learn more: shorturl.at/WWZ2U
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August 21, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Research carried out by Queen Mary academics, including Tom Powles, has led to NICE approving a new treatment for people with advanced bladder cancer.
Learn more: shorturl.at/WWZ2U
@qmbci.bsky.social @nhsenglandldn.bsky.social
Learn more: shorturl.at/WWZ2U
@qmbci.bsky.social @nhsenglandldn.bsky.social
Vote for the Centre of the Cell! Our wonderful colleagues have been nominated for a Time Well Spent award! The Centre of the Cell is recognised as a fantastic and 'sneakily educational' destination for children in London.
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BEST LONDON ATTRACTIONS FOR 5-12 YEAR OLDS
The Capital's Top Things to do with Kids as Nominated by YOU in the Time Well Spent Awards 2025
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August 18, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Vote for the Centre of the Cell! Our wonderful colleagues have been nominated for a Time Well Spent award! The Centre of the Cell is recognised as a fantastic and 'sneakily educational' destination for children in London.
www.timewellspentmag.com/post/best-lo...
www.timewellspentmag.com/post/best-lo...
More women at higher risk of breast cancer should be offered a mastectomy, according to researchers at @qmul.bsky.social and @lshtm.bsky.social New analysis has found it's cost-effective way of reducing risk of developing breast cancer compared to breast screening and medication.
July 25, 2025 at 9:48 AM
More women at higher risk of breast cancer should be offered a mastectomy, according to researchers at @qmul.bsky.social and @lshtm.bsky.social New analysis has found it's cost-effective way of reducing risk of developing breast cancer compared to breast screening and medication.
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To mark World Brain Day, our Co-Director @claudiacooper.bsky.social spoke to @qmulfmd.bsky.social about:
🔵 How #denpruQM fits into the wider @nihr.bsky.social community
🟢 Our research and its impact
🟠 What gives her hope for the future
Read the full interview on LinkedIn 👇
shorturl.at/V5DgI
🔵 How #denpruQM fits into the wider @nihr.bsky.social community
🟢 Our research and its impact
🟠 What gives her hope for the future
Read the full interview on LinkedIn 👇
shorturl.at/V5DgI
World Brain Day – interview with Professor Claudia Cooper
Professor Claudia Cooper is a Consultant Old Age Psychiatrist and the co-Director of the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Dementia and Neurodegeneration at Queen Mary (DeNPRU-QM). To celebrate World Brain Day 2025, we spoke to her about DeNPRU-QM’s research and its impact on people affected by dementia
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July 23, 2025 at 9:07 AM
To mark World Brain Day, our Co-Director @claudiacooper.bsky.social spoke to @qmulfmd.bsky.social about:
🔵 How #denpruQM fits into the wider @nihr.bsky.social community
🟢 Our research and its impact
🟠 What gives her hope for the future
Read the full interview on LinkedIn 👇
shorturl.at/V5DgI
🔵 How #denpruQM fits into the wider @nihr.bsky.social community
🟢 Our research and its impact
🟠 What gives her hope for the future
Read the full interview on LinkedIn 👇
shorturl.at/V5DgI
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📰Could a breath test detect blood cancer? New research from @richeslab.bsky.social funded by @bartscharity.bsky.social suggests molecules exhaled in the breath might enable development of a simple, low-cost test to diagnose lymphoma.
@qmul.bsky.social @qmulfmd.bsky.social #medsky #oncosky 🧪
@qmul.bsky.social @qmulfmd.bsky.social #medsky #oncosky 🧪
Could a breath test detect blood cancer? - Barts Cancer Institute - Queen Mary University of London
Molecules exhaled in the breath may provide clues to detect blood cancer, according to new research by scientists at Barts Cancer Institute. The findings could enable the development of a blood cancer...
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July 23, 2025 at 10:11 AM
📰Could a breath test detect blood cancer? New research from @richeslab.bsky.social funded by @bartscharity.bsky.social suggests molecules exhaled in the breath might enable development of a simple, low-cost test to diagnose lymphoma.
@qmul.bsky.social @qmulfmd.bsky.social #medsky #oncosky 🧪
@qmul.bsky.social @qmulfmd.bsky.social #medsky #oncosky 🧪
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Happy to share our paper investigating the feasibility and accuracy of perioperative continuous glucose monitoring in patients undergoing major surgery.
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July 24, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Happy to share our paper investigating the feasibility and accuracy of perioperative continuous glucose monitoring in patients undergoing major surgery.
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Short-term digital mental health interventions reduces depression and anxiety in Ukrainian children and adolescents displaced by war - a first of its kind randomised controlled trial found delivering a problem solving digital mental health intervention significantly reduced symptoms.
July 18, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Short-term digital mental health interventions reduces depression and anxiety in Ukrainian children and adolescents displaced by war - a first of its kind randomised controlled trial found delivering a problem solving digital mental health intervention significantly reduced symptoms.
Well done to all the students and staff from our Institute of Dentistry who took part!
We're incredibly proud that Queen Mary students and staff met Prime Minister Keir Starmer as part of the launch of the 10 Year Health Plan for England.
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Queen Mary dental students and staff help launch the NHS 10 Year Plan
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July 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Well done to all the students and staff from our Institute of Dentistry who took part!
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Are you interested in healthcare leadership? Watch Rahma Hegy, the Barts and the London Students' Association President @qmulfmd.bsky.social share her experiences of taking our Healthcare Leadership Foundations online short course! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rccy... bit.ly/healthcare-l....
Healthcare Leadership Foundations - Digital Education Studio
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June 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Are you interested in healthcare leadership? Watch Rahma Hegy, the Barts and the London Students' Association President @qmulfmd.bsky.social share her experiences of taking our Healthcare Leadership Foundations online short course! www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rccy... bit.ly/healthcare-l....
Many congratulations, Professor O'Toole!
Huge congratulations to my lovely and inspirational colleague Edel O'Toole who wins the Sir Archibald Gray Medal at #BAD2025. This is the highest honour the British Association of Dermatologists can bestow. We are so very lucky to have her @qmulfmd.bsky.social
July 4, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Many congratulations, Professor O'Toole!
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Congratulations to our Bioinformatician Beth Hughes on getting paper of the year at today's @blizardinstitute.bsky.social symposium for work during her PhD. @qmul.bsky.social @qmulfmd.bsky.social
July 2, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Congratulations to our Bioinformatician Beth Hughes on getting paper of the year at today's @blizardinstitute.bsky.social symposium for work during her PhD. @qmul.bsky.social @qmulfmd.bsky.social
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📰 Cells’ recycling system (autophagy) plays a surprising role in shaping immune cell DNA, new research from the BCI shows.
The findings could have implications for the development of certain #bloodcancer and #autoimmune diseases.
#medsky #oncosky 🧪 @qmulfmd.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social
The findings could have implications for the development of certain #bloodcancer and #autoimmune diseases.
#medsky #oncosky 🧪 @qmulfmd.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social
Cells’ recycling system plays a surprising role in shaping immune cells DNA - Barts Cancer Institute - Queen Mary University of London
Scientists have uncovered how bowel cancer cells imitate our gut’s natural healing processes to adapt, spread and grow. The findings researchers at Barts Cancer Institute could lead to new treatment s...
www.bci.qmul.ac.uk
July 3, 2025 at 10:08 AM
📰 Cells’ recycling system (autophagy) plays a surprising role in shaping immune cell DNA, new research from the BCI shows.
The findings could have implications for the development of certain #bloodcancer and #autoimmune diseases.
#medsky #oncosky 🧪 @qmulfmd.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social
The findings could have implications for the development of certain #bloodcancer and #autoimmune diseases.
#medsky #oncosky 🧪 @qmulfmd.bsky.social @qmul.bsky.social
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Dr John Ford, leader of Queen Mary's Health Equity Evidence Centre, gives a run-down of the hits and the misses for health inequalities in the UK's 10 year Health Plan.
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Good intentions, risks and missed opportunities: What the NHS plan means for health and care inequalities - Health Equity Evidence Centre
In the 10 Year Health Plan there are notable wins for health inequalities advocates, especially in funding and tackling smoking and obesity, but there are risks of inadvertently increasing inequalitie...
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July 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Dr John Ford, leader of Queen Mary's Health Equity Evidence Centre, gives a run-down of the hits and the misses for health inequalities in the UK's 10 year Health Plan.
www.heec.co.uk/resource/goo...
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We're delighted that the new book, 'Unheard: The Medical Practice of Silencing', by @drrageshri.bsky.social has been long-listed for the Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing!
June 30, 2025 at 9:29 AM
We're delighted that the new book, 'Unheard: The Medical Practice of Silencing', by @drrageshri.bsky.social has been long-listed for the Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing!
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Queen Mary has acquired significant land in Whitechapel adjacent to its existing campus, in an agreement signed with DHSC @healthmedia.blog.gov.uk.web.brid.gy.
Visit our website to find out more: www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2...
Visit our website to find out more: www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2...
Queen Mary University set to develop significant life sciences capacity in East London
Queen Mary University of London has today, 20 June 2025, signed an agreement with the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) to acquire significant land in Whitechapel adjacent to its existing ca...
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June 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Queen Mary has acquired significant land in Whitechapel adjacent to its existing campus, in an agreement signed with DHSC @healthmedia.blog.gov.uk.web.brid.gy.
Visit our website to find out more: www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2...
Visit our website to find out more: www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2...
A new study by an international consortium of researchers including Professor Paul Kelly and Dr Phoebe Hodges from @blizardinstitute.bsky.social has identified the 4 epidemiological stages of Inflammatory bowel disease (#IBD).
June 16, 2025 at 11:49 AM
A new study by an international consortium of researchers including Professor Paul Kelly and Dr Phoebe Hodges from @blizardinstitute.bsky.social has identified the 4 epidemiological stages of Inflammatory bowel disease (#IBD).
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Are you a doctor with 3+ yrs' clinical experience ready to take your academic career further? The #DClin at #QMUL
@qmulfmd.bsky.social offers flexible study, NHS placements & research training.
📅 Webinar: 17 July, 9am UK
🔗 Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/26d68d...
@qmulfmd.bsky.social offers flexible study, NHS placements & research training.
📅 Webinar: 17 July, 9am UK
🔗 Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/26d68d...
June 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Are you a doctor with 3+ yrs' clinical experience ready to take your academic career further? The #DClin at #QMUL
@qmulfmd.bsky.social offers flexible study, NHS placements & research training.
📅 Webinar: 17 July, 9am UK
🔗 Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/26d68d...
@qmulfmd.bsky.social offers flexible study, NHS placements & research training.
📅 Webinar: 17 July, 9am UK
🔗 Register: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/26d68d...
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Yesterday we welcomed incredible supporters to our Centre of Excellence at @qmulfmd.bsky.social
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They placed tiles on our Wall of Hope in memory of loved ones lost to or living with brain tumours - each tile marking a day of research they’ve helped fund.
#TogetherWeWillFindACure #WallOfHope
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They placed tiles on our Wall of Hope in memory of loved ones lost to or living with brain tumours - each tile marking a day of research they’ve helped fund.
#TogetherWeWillFindACure #WallOfHope
June 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Yesterday we welcomed incredible supporters to our Centre of Excellence at @qmulfmd.bsky.social
💛
They placed tiles on our Wall of Hope in memory of loved ones lost to or living with brain tumours - each tile marking a day of research they’ve helped fund.
#TogetherWeWillFindACure #WallOfHope
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They placed tiles on our Wall of Hope in memory of loved ones lost to or living with brain tumours - each tile marking a day of research they’ve helped fund.
#TogetherWeWillFindACure #WallOfHope
We are so proud of all our nominees, and especially of our colleagues who were highly commended or who won their category! Visit our LinkedIn page for a full list of our winners: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
June 12, 2025 at 10:19 AM
We are so proud of all our nominees, and especially of our colleagues who were highly commended or who won their category! Visit our LinkedIn page for a full list of our winners: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
This fantastic new study, led by colleagues at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social and by our own Professor Patricia Munroe, is shining new light on the genetic basis for differences between the way twins experience their environments.
Researchers have found #genetic factors that may make people more or less sensitive to the environments they experience.
It is the largest genetics study of identical #twins to date.
🔗 kcl.ac.uk/news/largest...
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social @qmulfmd.bsky.social
It is the largest genetics study of identical #twins to date.
🔗 kcl.ac.uk/news/largest...
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social @qmulfmd.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 10:13 AM
This fantastic new study, led by colleagues at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social and by our own Professor Patricia Munroe, is shining new light on the genetic basis for differences between the way twins experience their environments.
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Researchers have found #genetic factors that may make people more or less sensitive to the environments they experience.
It is the largest genetics study of identical #twins to date.
🔗 kcl.ac.uk/news/largest...
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social @qmulfmd.bsky.social
It is the largest genetics study of identical #twins to date.
🔗 kcl.ac.uk/news/largest...
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social @qmulfmd.bsky.social
June 10, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Researchers have found #genetic factors that may make people more or less sensitive to the environments they experience.
It is the largest genetics study of identical #twins to date.
🔗 kcl.ac.uk/news/largest...
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social @qmulfmd.bsky.social
It is the largest genetics study of identical #twins to date.
🔗 kcl.ac.uk/news/largest...
@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @uclbrainscience.bsky.social @qmulfmd.bsky.social
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🤱Preterm birth is the top cause of child mortality. Our team from @qmulfmd.bsky.social report in @nejm.org that an antibiotic (cotrimoxazole) during pregnancy doesn't increase birthweight but may reduce preterm birth by 40%. Work ongoing to study maternal microbiomes!
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June 6, 2025 at 9:14 AM
🤱Preterm birth is the top cause of child mortality. Our team from @qmulfmd.bsky.social report in @nejm.org that an antibiotic (cotrimoxazole) during pregnancy doesn't increase birthweight but may reduce preterm birth by 40%. Work ongoing to study maternal microbiomes!
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....
A study of almost 1000 pregnant women in Zimbabwe found that a daily dose of a commonly used, safe and inexpensive antibiotic may have led to fewer babies being born early. Among women living with HIV, those who received the antibiotic had larger babies who were less likely to be preterm.
June 5, 2025 at 9:19 AM
A study of almost 1000 pregnant women in Zimbabwe found that a daily dose of a commonly used, safe and inexpensive antibiotic may have led to fewer babies being born early. Among women living with HIV, those who received the antibiotic had larger babies who were less likely to be preterm.