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Stories

From basic science to bedside care, read some of the stories that show how our work matters.

Our faculty is home to hundreds of scientists, clinicians, academics and students working to make new discoveries – and make a difference.

Here are just some of their stories in their own words.

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Stories

  • A row of pipettes.

    Advancing genomic medicine through international collaboration

    A collaboration with Peking University has helped to boost genomic and genetic knowledge and skills in China, and impacted on global healthcare systems.

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  • Two healthcare professionals looking at health data on a screen.

    Turning to digital technology to improve healthcare

    Manchester is one of three universities working together in the fast-moving field of digital health, thanks to an international collaboration with a focus on translational research.

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  • A view of Alexandria by the sea.

    Boosting Egyptian medical education with Manchester expertise

    Two Egyptian universities are collaborating with The University of Manchester to enhance their medical training programmes and equip students with the skills they need to work as a doctor internationally.

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  • South Asian children running at school.

    Adapting autism interventions to meet health needs in South Asia

    A social communication intervention developed from original Manchester-led UK research has been adapted for low-resource settings and non-specialist delivery in two regions in South Asia to help boost support for families with young autistic children.

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  • Genetic map displayed on a computer screen.

    Building global health networks to tackle rare genetic disorders

    Rare conditions are thought to affect 1 in 17 people in the UK. There are approximately 7,000 known rare conditions, such as Huntington's disease and cystic fibrosis. Many are genetic, but understanding and treatment of these diseases varies around the world.

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  • Professor Vaskar Saha treating a patient.

    Tackling childhood leukaemia in India

    When Professor Vaskar Saha saw the impact of childhood leukaemia in India, he asked: who can take on this challenge? Having already helped families across Europe to beat the disease, he knew that this was his calling.

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  • Manchester Pharmacy students learning clinical skills on a Sim man.

    Developing crucial clinical pharmacy skills in China

    Clinical pharmacy is a growing field within the Chinese healthcare sector. A teaching collaboration between The University of Manchester and China Pharmaceutical University is enabling Chinese students to develop the skills they need to work in clinical pharmacy.

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  • Olivier Ndahiriwe, Equity and Merit Scholar.

    Shaping the future of health care in Rwanda

    Rwanda has big ambitions to transform health care in Sub-Saharan Africa. Olivier Ndahiriwe, an Equity and Merit Scholar at Manchester, aims to make these ambitions a reality.

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  • Secondary school students attending a service learning workshop.

    Bringing healthcare education into schools

    Pharmacy lecturer David Allison's service learning workshops see Manchester students bring healthcare education into schools and encourage pupils to consider higher education. David tells us why this has been such a success after winning a social responsibility award for his project.

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  • Audiology students in Malawi. Image © Soundseekers.

    Training Malawi’s first audiologists

    In the UK there is one audiologist for every 25,000 people. In Malawi, audiology services for the entire country were run by just a few foreign volunteers. That was until four Malawian students travelled to Manchester to train as the country’s first qualified audiologists.

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  • Participants at a learning workshop.

    Designing computer games to prevent falls

    Falls can lead to life-changing injuries, premature care home admittance and are the most common cause of injury-related death for this age group. Dr Emma Stanmore is working with local NHS trusts to deliver falls prevention exercises in the form of a computer game to help older people avoid injury and increase their mobility.

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  • An old photo of nurses and other healthcare workers.

    Capturing the stories of the NHS

    The University of Manchester’s Stephanie Snow created the NHS at 70 project with the aim of collecting NHS stories from patients, staff and families to create a digital archive of the service’s long and illustrious history.

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  • A dentist examining a patient.

    Dental care for refugees

    Escaping persecution can be one of the most dangerous, traumatising experiences in a person’s life. During their journey to safety, it can be especially challenging for refugees and asylum seekers to access important services such as dental care.

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  • Busy crossing
  • A patient using a smartphone.

    Psychosis support at the touch of a button

    Up to 2% of the UK population will experience psychosis in their lifetime, with symptoms including hallucinations and intrusive voices, but access to mental health support services can be limited. A team at Manchester have developed Actissist, an app to support people in the early stages of psychosis when they need help.

  • Silhouette of industrial factory smoke stack of coal power plant from chimney up on sky cause air pollution and destroy the Earth's atmosphere.

    Fishing for clues to how air pollution affects the heart

    Research into the effects of air pollution on heart health is growing as more people call for action on climate change around the world. One Manchester researcher has used her expertise in animal physiology to show how pollutants can have the same negative impact on human health as they do on marine life.

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  • University of Cape Town.

    Building genomic research links with South Africa

    Novel genomic technologies could solve some of Africa's most pressing healthcare challenges, including global diseases and diseases of poverty that are rare in more developed countries. This has been the focus of a partnership between the Universities of Manchester and Cape Town in disease genomics, particularly in heart disease.

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  • Professor Dawn Edge

    Tackling inequalities in mental health

    People of African and Caribbean backgrounds are statistically more likely to be diagnosed with schizophrenia and psychosis than other ethnic groups in the UK, but the least likely to access psychological care. Professor Dawn Edge is on a mission to change this.

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  • Lugina Africa Midwives Research Network.

    Preventing stillbirths in Africa

    More than half of the 2.6 million stillbirths that occur each year happen in Sub-Saharan Africa. Researchers from The University of Manchester are working with healthcare professionals in the region to help prevent stillbirth and improve care.

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  • A blurred image of a crowded street.

    Suicide prevention in action

    On average there is one death by suicide every two hours in the UK. It is the leading cause of death among young people aged 20 to 34 and the highest suicide rates occur in men aged between 40 and 44 years old.

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  • Roger Harrison with a teddy bear.

    Crowdsourcing action on antimicrobial resistance

    What could be the most effective way of spreading awareness of one of the biggest issues facing the world today? Engaging the public and giving them the tools to pass the message on to more people, according to one Manchester academic.

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  • Audiologist with mother and child.

    The ladies in the van

    Permanent hearing loss affects approximately one in a thousand babies in the UK. Audiology researchers from Manchester are taking a unique approach to discover the most effective tests to help these children and their families.

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  • Doron Cohen giving a lecture.

    From student to teacher

    University can feel like a big place for new students but people like Dr Doron Cohen, lecturer and first year lead for BSc Psychology, help to make the big pond feel smaller. His time at Manchester has seen him go from undergraduate to researcher to teacher, and his current work explores mental health in psychology students.

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  • Tamil project event.

    Making a difference through dentistry

    For a quarter of a century, Sri Lanka played host to a civil war which claimed the lives of more than 100,000 people. One man who managed to flee in the early days of the conflict is Dr Senathirajah ‘Raj’ Ariyaratnam, who now uses his experiences to train Sri Lanka’s dentists and address dental health inequalities closer to home.

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  • Professor Rob Bristow

    Cancer stories

    Our researchers and clinicians dedicate their careers to the prevention and treatment of cancer, and the care of patients. Their individual and collective quests for breakthroughs that will benefit society are the inspiration behind this collection of articles.

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  • Hand with a transgender symbol drawn on it.

    Helping transgender and non binary people find their voice

    For those transitioning, having a voice that matches their gender identity is an important part of feeling comfortable and confident. Dr Sean Pert, Senior Lecturer in SLT, runs regular voice and communication workshops with his students at the LGBT Foundation in Manchester.

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  • Children making peace signs.

    Helping children in conflict

    The armed conflict in Syria broke out in 2011, causing the largest humanitarian crisis since the second world war. The lives of more than 8 million children have been put in danger, their worlds turned upside down by witnessing destruction, violence and death.

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  • A woman sneezing.

    Sneezing for science

    Allergies are as much a part of British summertime as Wimbledon and wet weekends by the seaside, but they are also on the rise with hay fever affecting an estimated one in five people in the UK. Now a team from The University of Manchester is trying to understand what is contributing to the seasonal misery of millions.

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  • A researcher preparing a sample in the lab.

    CRISPR: The future of genetic research at Manchester?

    Clustered Regularly Interspaced Palindromic Repeats isn’t something that rolls off the tongue, yet it is set to be the biggest scientific breakthrough of the 21st century. Better known as CRISPR, this technique allows scientists to modify and change the genetic makeup of cells, possessing far-reaching potential to treat genetic disease and enhance human health.

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  • A researcher explaining an experiment to a member of the public.

    Patient power: Involving the public in cancer research

    Every two minutes, someone in the UK is diagnosed with cancer. With one in every two people likely to get a cancer diagnosis at some point in our lives, it is a disease that affects us all.

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  • A doctor reviewing brain scans.

    Improving care for intracerebral haemorrhage patients

    Intracerebral haemorrhage is a life-threatening type of stroke affecting over 10,000 people in the UK each year. We developed a care bundle based on our research which reduced patient deaths by a third. It is now in use at 28 hospitals across the north of England.

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  • Illustration of a person's chest showing the heart and lungs, and a pacemaker.

    New digital heart failure care pathway reduces hospital admissions in Greater Manchester

    We used remotely monitored health data to identify deterioration in heart failure patients and issue real-time alerts to hospital staff, allowing for timely specialist intervention and a reduction in the risk of hospitalisation and death.

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  • Picture of a map with a marker showing the location of Indonesia.

    Identifying and managing cardiovascular risk in rural Indonesian communities

    Our research has become part of a public health programme in Indonesia, where cardiovascular disease accounts for 1 in 3 deaths. We developed an intervention which achieved a reduction in the number of people at high risk and an estimated 3,750 people had an extended life expectancy as a result of the trial.

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  • An eye with its vision obstructed.

    Transforming care for people with inherited blindness

    Our research into the genetic causes of blindness has revolutionised clinical practice – leading to faster, more precise diagnoses and tailored genetic counselling for thousands of patients worldwide.

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  • A doctor helps a patient with an immune-mediated inflammatory disease affecting their hand.

    Enabling access to safe and effective autoimmune disease treatments

    We developed a series of world-leading biologic treatment registers to monitor the safety of drugs used to treat conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis. The research has been used to influence national treatment guidelines and increase access to effective treatments.

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  • A doctor attending to a patient sat back in a chair.

    Driving innovation in cancer therapy

    Our research into personalised forms of immunotherapy has undergone rapid commercialisation to deliver life-saving results for patients worldwide.

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  • A baby growing inside a person's womb.

    Shaping healthcare guidelines to prevent and reduce stillbirths

    Research conducted at The University of Manchester into risk factors associated with stillbirths has influenced UK and international health policy, helping to educate parents and save lives.

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  • A complex gantry machine used to treat cancer at The Christie Hospital in Manchester.

    Bringing proton beam therapy centres to the UK

    The UK’s first NHS high-energy proton beam therapy centre opened at The Christie Hospital in 2018. Our research was vital in helping to bring this technology to the UK, enabling more patients to access proton therapy for some of the most difficult-to-treat cancers.

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  • Illustration of a woman coughing.

    Changing understanding and treatment of Aspergillus disease globally

    More than 300 million people worldwide suffer from serious fungal infections and around two million die each year. Our research is improving patient survival and quality of life, from diagnosis though to drug development.

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  • A person making a fast-food delivery on a moped.

    Exploring the health of global gig workers

    Manchester researchers are looking at the health and safety implications of gig working in the UK and China.

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