MRC Epidemiology Unit
The MRC Epidemiology Unit is pleased to announce the availability of PhD student places to start in 2023/24. We investigate the causes and prevention of diabetes, obesity and related metabolic disorders. PhD students are encouraged to develop and conduct their own research relevant to any of the department’s nine research programmes: Aetiology and Mechanisms of […]
What makes an effective staff training programme for school-based physical activity promotion?
A systematic review and meta-analysis published recently in the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity evaluated staff training within school-based physical activity promotion interventions and examined the association between training features, teachers’ professional practice, and changes to students’ physical activity. Why school-based physical activity promotion needs improvement The majority of children and adolescents worldwide […]
That’s a WRAP: assessing the long term impact of a commercial weight management programme
A study released today in Lancet Public Health examines the long term effect of 12 and 52 week commercial weight management programmes. The results show that the 52 week programme was more effective over two years. After five years some weight loss was maintained, and over a lifetime both programmes are likely to be cost-saving […]
MRC Epidemiology Unit PhD student showcases leadership at One Young World Summit
MRC Epidemiology Unit PhD student Stasa Stankovic was recently awarded a ‘Leading Europe 2022’ scholarship and attended the One Young World Summit in Manchester as the only delegate of Serbia. One Young World identifies, connects and promotes the world’s most impactful young leaders to create a better world, with more responsible and effective leadership. The […]
Unit joins collaboration developing better techniques to track people’s diets
Researchers will soon begin testing techniques, including wearable cameras and urine and blood tests, in an effort to more accurately measure the UK’s eating habits and improve public health. Scientists from the MRC Epidemiology Unit have joined the project led by Aberystwyth University, in conjunction with the University of Reading and Imperial College London, which […]
Proteogenomic analysis explains why some people suffer more from COVID-19 than others
A large number of people are still contracting COVID-19. Fortunately, most of them are experiencing only mild symptoms, largely thanks to the high vaccination rate. However, in some individuals the disease takes a much more severe cause and our understanding about the underlying reasons is still insufficient. The human genome may hold a key to […]
Nearly half of six-year-olds in Britain don’t meet daily physical activity guidelines
Only fifty-three percent of six-year-olds, and just forty-two percent of girls, met the recommended daily guidelines for moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in a study carried out before the Covid-19 pandemic by researchers at the universities of Cambridge and Southampton. Physical activity is beneficial for our physical and mental health, but activity levels tend to decrease across […]
One in 500 men carry extra sex chromosome, putting them at higher risk of several common diseases
Around one in 500 men could be carrying an extra X or Y chromosome – most of them unaware – putting them at increased risk of diseases such as type 2 diabetes, atherosclerosis and thrombosis, say researchers at the universities of Cambridge and Exeter. In a study published in Genetics in Medicine, researchers analysed genetic […]
Reducing TV viewing to less than one hour a day could help prevent more than one in ten cases of coronary heart disease
Watching too much TV is associated with increased risk of coronary heart disease regardless of an individual’s genetic makeup, say a team of scientists at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge and the University of Hong Kong. In a study published today in BMC Medicine, the researchers show that – assuming […]
Social media can be a force for good in a crisis: lessons from Lagos
In this article originally published in The Conversation, Dr Tolullah Oni and Dr Camaren Peter discuss new research on the role that social media played in driving public engagement with Covid-19 health measures in Lagos, Nigeria, and lessons for responses to future crises. In times of crisis, it is especially crucial that governments share accurate, up […]
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