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Professor Paul Elliott elected as Fellow of the Royal Society
Continue readingImperial experts in medicine, maths and engineering have been announced as new Fellows of the Royal Society. We are thrilled to announce that Professor Paul Elliott is one of the elected Fellows for this prestigious recognition. The seven Imperial researchers elected as Fellows this year are drawn from fields including public health, infectious disease, civil […]
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Tribute to Daniel Greenbaum
Continue readingWe pay tribute to Daniel Greenbaum who recently passed away after a short illness. Daniel Greenbaum was a visionary leader and had over three decades of governmental and non-governmental experience in environmental health. He was President of the U.S. Health Effects Institute since 1994. Dan was a member of the MRC Centre for Environment and […]
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Longer mobile phone use does not increase the risk of brain tumours
Continue readingUsing a mobile phone for extended periods is not linked with an increased risk of brain cancer, a study shows. These are the findings from the COSMOS study, a large international project led by researchers at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and Imperial College London. Starting in 2007, researchers studied more than 250,000 mobile phone […]
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Health Protection Research Units and MRC support public and community involvement
Continue readingThe NIHR-funded Health Protection Research Units (HPRUs) in Environmental Exposures and Health and Chemical and Radiation Threats and Hazards, together with the MRC Centre for Environment and Health, have announced the three winners of the Public and Community Involvement, Engagement & Participation (PCIEP) 2023 seed fund, who were awarded £1500 each: 1. Sean M Gettings (UK Health Security […]