Professor of Metabolism and Medicine at the University of Cambridge and an Honorary Consultant in Diabetes and Endocrinology at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge.
Director of Organisational Affairs for the School of Clinical Medicine and NIHR Senior Investigator
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Our Senior Investigator Award recognises outstanding research leaders, but questions about what the scheme represents can sometimes stop excellent candidates from applying.
To address this, Catherine Pope, Chair of the Senior Investigator Funding Committee, has written a blog
Sign up for a fascinating @NIHRresearch BRC: Oxford online talk on 21 July at 2pm on how managing high blood pressure during pregnancy and after giving birth, can help women reduce their long-term risk of stroke, heart disease and dementia. Sign up: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/4b000b0b-3314-462d-881e-739717c36d42@25d273c3-a851-4cfb-a239-e9048f989669
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Join us this Friday (10 July) at 10am for the next in our PPI In Action webinar series. This time we’ll be looking at why and how the voices of young people are so critical in weight management research and service evaluation.
💬 Hear from speakers Dr Catherine Homer, Professor
☀️ June brought another big month of research across our Biomedical Research Centres - from life-extending cancer treatment to advances in heart disease, genetics, mental health and infectious disease.
🎥 Watch the video below for the highlights.
🔗 Read the full article:
Higher Circulating Testosterone Linked to Higher CAD Risk in Men: Mendelian Randomization and Survival Analyses
Obesity due to MC4R deficiency is associated with reduced cholesterol, triglycerides and cardiovascular disease risk
Glucagon Receptor Deficiency Causes Early-Onset Hepatic Steatosis
Protein-truncating variants in BSN are associated with severe adult-onset obesity, type 2 diabetes and fatty liver disease
Fetally-encoded GDF15 and maternal GDF15 sensitivity are major determinants of nausea and vomiting in human pregnancy