Departmental news
In Memoriam - Keith Jennings
Keith joined the University of Warwick in its early years and was a key figure in the Department of Chemistry for 25 years.
Warwick Medical School Prizegiving celebrates student and staff success
The 2025 Warwick Medical School Prizegiving Evening took place on Wednesday 12 February, celebrating the fantastic work and achievements of our undergraduate and MB ChB students over the last year and recognising teaching and personal tutoring excellence amongst our staff.
Interplay between Jahn–Teller Distortions and Structural Phase Transitions in Ruddlesden–Poppers
Senn Group JACS paper reveals the impact of single-ion anisotropy, associated with concentration of JT-active sites, has on structural transition temperature in high-Tc superconductors.
Professor Janet Dunn leads pioneering Mammo-50 Trial
The Mammo-50 trial, the first major study to investigate the safest, most effective monitoring of women after surgery, has been published in The Lancet.
Dr Ann Dixon talks Women and Girls in Science
Dr Ann Dixon shares her experience of the nurturing of talent in girls and women in stem for International Day of Women and Girls in Science. bit.ly/4hyVnIS
Professor Sian Taylor-Phillips to co-lead cutting edge trial to detect Breast Cancer using AI
The EDITH trial (‘Early Detection using Information Technology in Health’) is backed by £11 million of government support via the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). It is the latest example of how British scientists are transforming cancer care, building on the promising potential of cutting-edge innovations to tackle one of the UK’s biggest killers. Read the full news item here.
Professor Lisa Dikomitis to join WMS as Director of Warwick Applied Health
We're delighted to announce that Professor Lisa Dikomitis will be joining us as Director of Warwick Applied Health from 1 May 2025. Currently based at Kent and Medway Medical School, Prof Dikomitis is an anthropologist whose research encompasses global health, migration and refugee studies, health services research and medical education.
Zinc Grid Based Transparent Electrodes for Organic Photovoltaics
Hatton and Sosso groups report a zinc-based transparent electrode for organic solar cells in Advanced Energy Materials. Read more at bit.ly/40LTnXKLink opens in a new window
Warwick Medical School shares in £10 million project to identify individual cancer risk
Doctors could soon be able to predict your individual chances of getting cancer and offer personalised detection and prevention, thanks to a new research project involving Warwick Medical School.
New study explores co-operation between motor proteins dynein and KIF1C
A groundbreaking study sheds light on the collaboration between dynein and KIF1C, two essential motor proteins responsible for transporting cellular cargo in opposite directions. Dynein, which moves towards the cell body, is linked to conditions like Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 2 and Spinal Muscular Atrophy, while KIF1C, which carries cargo towards the cell periphery, is associated with hereditary spastic paraplegia and spastic ataxia.