Blog by Dr Sabia Dayala, Community QPEP Lead, MBChB Programme. Banner Image: Sabia's own photo. Landscape view of Catbells, Lake District, England. For those of us who browse the British Medical Journal (BMJ), you will have spotted that issue 8406 on the 11th November...
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Interview with Stevie Shoop-Worrall, winner of the Inclusive Involvement Excellence Award, Greater Manchester Health and Care Research Awards
Blog by Dr Jo Pennock, Senior Lecturer and Social Responsibility Director for School of Biological Sciences. In this blog, Dr Jo Pennock interviews Dr Stevie Shoop-Worrall, Career Development Research Fellow, Division of Musculoskeletal & Dermatological Sciences...
A remarkable collection of late Victorian slides: The Museum of Medicine and Health
Article written by Dr David Sigee. There was a great fascination in the 1800s for light microscopy. Educated gentlemen with scientific interests and their own microscope acquired prepared slides to look at, study and admire. One such collection, donated in 1977 by Mr...
Progress with the Environmental Sustainability agenda in FBMH
Welcome to this second FBMH Environmental Sustainability (ES) Good Newsletter. The 1st edition was posted in May 2023 and you can read it on our document centre. As you know, the call for climate action is urgent. Whilst the weather was dull in the UK this summer,...
Year 1 Pharmacy-Poster on Environmental Sustainability
Blog by Dr Sally Freeman, Reader, Pharmacy In Pharmacy, the teaching of Environmental Sustainability (ES) in year 1 includes a lecture on green chemistry which introduces the 12 principles important for the pharmaceutical industry when designing and manufacturing...
The 1-in-5 Project: How Final Year Student Projects Can Drive Sustainability Efforts
Blog by Doron Cohen and Paul Warren, Senior Lecturers, Division of Psychology & Mental Health. As we slip into autumn, we’re left reflecting on a summer that many of us would rather forget but none can afford to ignore. The June to August period of 2023 wasn't...
Climate Cafés at the University
Manchester Museum and the Department of Public Health in FBMH in partnership with the Climate Psychology Alliance are hosting a series of Climate Cafés at the University to share our feelings about the climate crisis. Continue reading to find out more... What is a...
Training to Help Make Science Sustainable
Blog by Isobel Taylor-Hearn, FBMH PhD student, Gold LEAF champion and LEAF trainer and auditor. To find out more information about LEAF contact Eemaan. To find out more about the content of the blog, contact Bel. Laboratories are essential for scientific research, but...
Humanising Dentistry in Manchester and beyond
It’s a stark fact that in the UK, people from lower socio-economic backgrounds are more likely to have poor oral health, The University of Manchester is working to better serve these communities and reduce these inequalities. Humanising Dentistry is an umbrella...
Free online courses on the Sustainable Development Goals and Public Health
The Department of Public Health, based in the School of Health Sciences, has developed a series of open-access courses on public health and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs are a key part of the United Nation’s work to improve lives and protect the...