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Latest news for the School of Life and Medical Sciences

Partnership forging the way in pharmaceutical product design methodologies

The University of Hertfordshire has launched a three year Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with Consort Medical – Bespak Drug Delivery Devices, a global market leader in the development and manufacturing of drug delivery devices.

10 December 2018
We're helping the US Government develop new guidance on decontamination following chemical attacks

The findings of a world-leading study into the most effective decontamination process following a chemical attack, led by Professor Rob Chilcott of the University of Hertfordshire, has led to the development of new guidance that will significantly enhance the effectiveness of first responders.

18 October 2018
Creative Writing graduates short-listed for Cinnamon Press Debut Fiction Prize

Professor John Lippitt has taken up a visiting research fellowship in the USA as part of this Major Research Project.

17 October 2018
Philosophy Professor takes up visiting research fellowship in the USA

Professor John Lippitt has taken up a visiting research fellowship in the USA as part of this Major Research Project.

17 October 2018
East of England MEP visits to discuss pioneering science partnership benefiting the region’s SMEs

On Friday 12 October, Labour MEP Alex Mayer visited the University of Hertfordshire to discuss the innovative 6 million-pound Hertfordshire Science Partnership (HSP).

15 October 2018
International research collaboration to explore the damaging effects of the Internet

The world’s first international network to research how the Internet affects mental health and wellbeing has set out its research priorities over the next four years. The Manifesto for a European Research Network into Problematic Usage of the Internet has been published today (Tuesday 9 October) in the peer-reviewed journal, European Neuropsychopharmacology.

9 October 2018
Royal Pharmaceutical Society Honorary Fellowship Awarded

A staff member in the School of Life and Medical Sciences has been awarded a prestigious fellowship from the Royal Pharmaceutical Society

18 September 2018
We are building new relationships with Carleton University in Canada

School of Humanities, and Adam J Barker, Lecturer, Human Geography, School of Life and Medical Sciences, have been appointed to the prestigious positions of Adjunct Research Professors with the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies at Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.

18 September 2018
School’s Conversations and Connections

10 September 2018
More female leaders are needed to ensure ‘this girl can’

Increasing female leadership in sport is the most urgent issue that needs to be addressed in order to reduce inequality in the sporting profession and encourage more women to participate in sport, according to a global research report exploring women and sport that our academics have worked on.

8 August 2018
New research finds cuckoos change their egg sizes according to their host

An international study into the sizes of oriental cuckoo eggs compared with the egg sizes of their four corresponding hosts in Russia has shown, for the first time, that cuckoos vary the size of their eggs to match those of their hosts, providing evidence of evolutionary adaptation.

6 August 2018
New study questions use of talking therapy as a treatment for schizophrenia

The findings of the first meta-analysis examining the effectiveness of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for psychosis (CBTp) on improving the quality of life and functioning and reducing distress of people diagnosed with schizophrenia have, today, been published in the peer-reviewed journal BMC Psychology.

19 July 2018
First Sri Lankan alumni event a great success

We were delighted to hold our first Alumni Event in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Monday 25 June 2018.

26 June 2018
Crop resistance works better together

A new study by academics at the University of Hertfordshire, published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE, has shown that combining different types of crop resistance increases their efficiency at controlling a major plant pathogen which causes phoma stem canker on oilseed rape.

31 May 2018
New research warns of a resistance gene at risk in oilseed rape

A new study by University of Hertfordshire researchers has discovered that an important source of gene resistance against one of the leading pathogens of oilseed rape, Phoma stem canker, is becoming less effective, which could lead to substantial losses to the oilseed rape breeding industry and to arable farmers in the UK.

1 May 2018