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L-r: Jeff Clark and Raul Santos-Rodrıguez Artificial Intelligence (AI) is set to transform healthcare decision-making, but building trust remains crucial. We hear from Dr Jeff Clark, one of our AI in Health awardees, about his project which aims to evaluate how clinicians understand and interact with explainable AI (xAI) so that systems can better meet…

Map shows global drying and wetting hotspots. A new report has revealed how the 100 most populated cities globally are becoming increasingly exposed to flooding and drought. The study, led by WaterAid with academics from the University of Bristol and Cardiff University, shows widespread drying throughout European cities including the Spanish capital Madrid, which was ranked…

According to a University of Bristol-led study, smartwatches could help people give up smoking. The researchers tested a smartwatch fitted with a custom app which used the smartwatch’s in-built motion sensors to detect typical smoking movements. The results, published in JMIR Formative Research, showed the technology has the potential to help over two thirds of…

Isambard-AI, by Bristol Centre for Supercomputing (BriCS), at University of Bristol, is set to become the UK’s fastest and most powerful supercomputer following build completion in Summer 2025. Purpose-built for AI research, it is designed to provide open-source intelligence and is already transforming research and driving AI-led breakthroughs in critical areas like automated drug discovery…

Eilers PHC, Marx BD. Practical Smoothing : The Joys of P-Splines. Cambridge University Press; 2021. Accessed March 6, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108610247 Rigorous and robust statistical analysis lies at the heart of scientific endeavour. It provides the means to draw reliable conclusions from data, quantify uncertainty and distinguish genuine effects from random variation. Within epidemiology, modelling repeated measures…

We were delighted to welcome University of Oxford’s Professor Trish Greenhalgh for our 11th annual public lecture on 3 February 2025. The sold-out event filled the City Hall in Bristol, with a mix of staff and students from the University, people working in health and care, and members of the public.  Digital tools should make…

In October 2024 we ran a funding call offering rapid access to short-term pump priming funding to University of Bristol researchers pursuing innovative applications of AI in health or biomedical research. The hope is that the funded activities will lead on to developing and submitting external bids for future research programmes and projects that use…

Funding organisations are increasingly working to address inequalities in the grant life cycle. However, until recently, less attention has been paid to inequalities at the pre-award stage — which includes announcing opportunities, and preparing, submitting and reviewing applications. A 2022-23 project on this topic, led by the Elizabeth Blackwell Institute at the University of Bristol with support…

Dr Eunice Lo receiving her award (l) and planting a Prunus lusitanica ‘Angustifolia’ (Portuguese Cherry Laurel) gifted by the Medical Research Foundation, in the University of Bristol Botanic Garden European Mediterranean flora collection (r). The Medical Research Foundation has recognised Dr Eunice Lo from the University of Bristol in its 2024 Emerging Leaders Prize for scientists who…