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  • The new frontier – AI’s role in healthcare

    The new frontier – AI’s role in healthcare

    The University of Bristol has recently won two awards at the National AI Awards. The field of healthcare is one in which AI shows considerable promise. Learn about AI in Health projects we have recently supported which are advancing the capabilities of AI in healthcare. In September 2024, University of Bristol was crowned ‘AI University…

  • Searching the body for clues on Long COVID symptoms

    Searching the body for clues on Long COVID symptoms

    A team of researchers from the University of Bristol is investigating the causes behind heart and circulation problems in Long COVID. It goes without saying that the COVID-19 pandemic had profound effects on society and health across the globe. Between April 2020 and February 2022, around 4 million individuals had tested positive for Covid-19. Up…

  • Climate change and the Amazonian ecosystems – towards a new understanding

    Climate change and the Amazonian ecosystems – towards a new understanding

    Image: Group of Brazilian and UK researchers in a field day in a traditional Amazonian community (Quilombola) during the workshop led by Dr Penfield and Dr Nobrega, funded by the British Council (July 2024). Other researchers from Bristol in the photo are Dr Jaskiran Kochan, Dr Shirley Famelli, and Dr Rayane Pacheco. Researchers from the…

  • Celebrating three women trailblazers of modern medicine

    Celebrating three women trailblazers of modern medicine

    Image l-r: A young Elizabeth Blackwell; Henrietta Lacks statue outside Royal Fort House, Bristol; A-Book-of-Medical-Discourses, by Rebecca CrumplerUS National Library of Medicine In January 1859, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first ever woman on the British Medical Register. She was born in Bristol on 3 February 1821, and throughout last year we celebrated her bicentenary. Here…

  • Résumé for Researchers: the whys and hows of narrative CVs

    Résumé for Researchers: the whys and hows of narrative CVs

    Ola Thomson, previous EBI Research Associate in Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, penned an overview on narrative CVs, explaining how they can enable researchers to showcase a broad array of outputs and outcomes from their research beyond published papers. Research & Development People and Culture strategy paper (published July 2021) released by the Department for Business, Energy &…

  • Autism at University – being an autistic student

    Autism at University – being an autistic student

    ‘Autism is one of my biggest strengths, and my greatest insecurity.’ In this honest and eye-opening blog we hear from an Autistic student at Bristol about what life is like and how having autism at University affects her. When people hear the word autism, they often think of Sheldon Cooper/Rain Man type characters. I don’t…