Health
We support research on subjects as diverse as the relationship between diet, human health and the environment, avoiding future pandemics, and developing more efficient models of drug discovery. Whether working with machine learning experts to understand vast, complex biomedical datasets or ethicists to develop a new understanding of collective moral responsibility in the face of infectious disease, our approach is to bring together researchers from different disciplines to advance human health and improve quality of life.
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Research emphasises need for COVID-19 vigilance in tight-knit communities
Small, close-knit communities are at high risk for rapid, intense COVID outbreaks, especially if they haven’t yet experienced outbreaks of COVID-19, shows a new study by the University of Oxford and Northeastern University, Boston.
Reenergising antibiotic policy: hallmarks for a sustainable antibiotic future?
New report reveals two-thirds decline in wildlife populations on average since 1970
Global populations of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish have suffered an average two-thirds decline in less than half a century due in large part to the very same environmental destruction which is contributing to the emergence of zoonotic diseases such as COVID-19, according to the WWF’s Living Planet Report 2020.
Biobank data reveal long-term exposure to traffic noise may impact weight gain in the UK population
Transport noise is a major problem in Europe, with over 100 million people living in areas where road traffic noise exceeds levels greater than 55dB, the health-based threshold set by the EU.
We still don’t know if warmer weather slows down the spread of COVID-19
The arrival of summer in the Northern Hemisphere has caused increased interest, from both the research community and the public at large, about the possibility that warmer weather might slow the spread of COVID-19.
Most national dietary guidelines are not compatible with global environmental and health targets, and are in need of reform
Adopting more stringent guidelines in UK could reduce food-related greenhouse gas emissions by 70% and reduce diet-related deaths by more than 100,000 a year, study finds
COVID-19, intellectual property and access
Will the current system of drug innovation and access to medicines meet global expectations?
Featured Video: Meat Your Persona
The LEAP team have been talking to shoppers to learn more about their meat and dairy consumption and to share the results of our research into the environmental and health impacts with the public.
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upcoming events
“Achieving Healthy Life Expectancy for all” with Prof Sarah Harper (Living Longer Better Seminar)
30th November 2020: 11:00am
Prof Christophe Fraser & Prof Oliver Pybus in conversation: "21st century technologies for tackling 21st century pandemics”
30th November 2020: 5:00pm
'Ageing in the youngest region of the world: towards a pan-African research agenda, strategies, and action' with Prof Jaco Hoffman
3rd December 2020: 2:00pm
Prof Julian Savulescu and Dr Samantha Vanderslott in conversation: "Mandatory COVID-19 vaccination: the arguments for and against"
3rd December 2020: 5:00pm
people
View allChas Bountra
Professor of Translational Medicine
Sarah Harper
Clore Professor of Gerontology
Wen Hwa Lee
Chief Executive Officer, Action Against AMD
Angela McLean
Professor of Mathematical Biology
Kazem Rahimi
Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Population Health
Marco Springmann
Senior Researcher in Population Health