News: October 2016
Emily goes the distance in Australia
A Bangor University student has earned herself an international ranking of 24 th following an impressive display at the UCI Gran Fondo World Championships in Australia last month – and this despite only taking up cycling in 2013.
Publication date: 26 October 2016
Bangor University Research Excellence Awards 2016
Bangor University is to highlight and celebrate the high standard of research at the University in a new Research Excellence Awards event to be held for the first time this December, and has just announced the Awards Shortlists. The inaugural Awards will shine a spotlight on some of the University’s outstanding research teams and individuals. The winners will be announced at an Awards dinner in Pontio on 5th December 2016.
Publication date: 26 October 2016
Child migrants taken to Britain: now they need support and psychological care
This article by Leanne K Simpson , PhD Candidate, School of Psychology | Institute for the Psychology of Elite Performance, Bangor University was originally published on The Conversation . Read the original article . Hundreds of unaccompanied child asylum seekers are being taken to Britain, moved from a camp in Calais, northern France, as its closure begins . There were 387 unaccompanied minors in the French refugee camp known as “the Jungle” with links to the UK and they are arriving in England in groups of 70.
Publication date: 24 October 2016
Pharmaceutical companies are profiting from rare diseases
Incentives intended to stimulate the development of more treatments for rare diseases are being exploited to boost the profits of pharmaceutical companies, new research led by Bangor University shows.
Publication date: 22 October 2016
New study aims to give children with autism the best start in life
A ground-breaking new study has been launched understand how to support families affected by autism as soon as they receive their diagnosis. The trial funded by autism research charity Autistica , will test whether offering the Incredible Years® parent supporting programme to families very soon after their child is diagnosed can result in long-term benefits.
Publication date: 20 October 2016
I bet you wish this story was NOT about you: cheating in sport
What drives professional sportspeople to break the rules of their sport in the hope that they won’t get caught – and in the hope that it will bring glory to them and their team? It’s all down to character type, according to researchers at Bangor University’s Institute for the Psychology of Elite Performance (IPEP).
Publication date: 16 October 2016
Saving millions by giving babies in Wales the best start in life
Investing in programmes and services promoting the best start in life for our infants and children could deliver financial savings over the short and long term in Wales. So argue health economists at the Centre for Health Economics and Medicines Evaluation ( CHEME ) at Bangor University in their report “Transforming Young Lives – The Economic Argument for Investing in Early Years” launched today (13th October 2016). CHEME is part of the University’s School of Healthcare Sciences and contributes to the Bangor Institute for Health & Medical Research (BIHMR) which brings together health research across the University.
Publication date: 13 October 2016
Ffordd Pawb/ Coherent Connections- an innovative project comes to Bangor
Psychology students at Bangor University are getting involved in an innovative international project which could provide creative new solutions for complex modern problems faced in Bangor, as well as by other communities.
Publication date: 11 October 2016
Celebrating Twenty Years of Excellent Mental Health Nursing Education at Bangor University
Bangor University is delighted to be celebrating two decades of Mental Health nursing education at its Wrexham site with cake and a short talk at 11am on Saturday 15 th Oct with an open invitation to ex-students, staff and anyone else with links to the course.
Publication date: 10 October 2016
Blue Sky Charity Funding Awarded to Dr Aamer Sandoo
Dr Aamer Sandoo (Lecturer in Cardiovascular Physiology, SSHES) was recently awarded £68,000 by the Blue Sky (Awyr Las) Charity to examine the effects of dietary nitrate supplements for lowering heart disease risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The project is in collaboration with Dr Jonathan Moore and clinicians from BCUHB.
Publication date: 10 October 2016
Work on novel proteins has potential to suppress cancerous tumour formation
Dr Chris Staples , of Bangor’s North West Cancer Research Institute in the School of Medical Sciences has recently published an article in the prestigious scientific journal “Cell Reports” on the identification of a novel potential tumour suppressor. Chris is working on several novel proteins, which prevent accumulation of DNA damage in human cells, and thus potentially suppress tumour formation with exciting implications for developing new and effective treatments.
Publication date: 10 October 2016
Medical Sciences PhD student awarded Excellence Achievement Award by the Saudi Arabian Ambassador
Othman Alzahrani, a 3 rd year PhD in Molecular Biology and Genetics was one of just 78 (of the 15000 Saudi students in the UK) to be awarded an Excellence Achievement Award from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. In recognition of this distinction Othman’s name will be engraved on the roll of honour board in the Saudi Arabian Embassy in London. The award ceremony was held at the Saudi Embassy in London recently and Othman is pictured here receiving his certificate from HRH Prince Mohammed bin Nawaf bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud, the Saudi Ambassador to the UK.
Publication date: 10 October 2016
Bangor student makes Nurse of the Year Awards 2016 shortlist
School of Healthcare Sciences student Stephanie Morris is a Royal College of Nursing Nurse of the Year Awards 2016 Nurse Student Finalist.
Publication date: 5 October 2016
Creating dementia supportive communities in North Wales
People living with dementia, their family and carers are being invited to join with professionals who support people with dementia in the health service, commercial and third sectors and with experts researching the condition, in a new network of groups across North Wales. The newly established groups intended to provide support, information and an opportunity to share information and experience.
Publication date: 4 October 2016
Graduate hopes to ease the pain of a bad back
Back Care Awareness Week 2016 3rd – 8th October 2016 A Bangor University PhD graduate in Health Economics, Ned Hartfiel, hopes to reduce back pain and sickness absences in the UK through a ‘ Healthy Back Programme ’ which is being rolled out by his recently established company.
Publication date: 3 October 2016