Nuffield Research Placements provide over 1,000 students in the UK with the opportunity to work alongside professional scientists, technologists, engineers and mathematicians.
A number of outstanding local students have been successful at gaining a spaces on the research placement scheme and are now looking for potential projects.
Projects can be lab- or field-based and would last a minimum of four to six weeks. Examples of potential projects include work on a pilot project or a specific part of a larger project.
If you would be interested in hosting a Nuffield student and providing a project, please contact Clare Everson on 02477 659 019.

Prof Jan Brosens' and Prof Siobhan Quenby's research into causes of recurrent miscarriage was highlighted in a feature on Quartz.

Prof Franco Cappuccio was quoted in an article about low salt diet on Natural News

Prof Swaran Singh was quoted in the Coventry Telegraph this week in relation to his recent study showing that frequent school moves may increase the risk of developing psychotic symptoms as teenagers.

Prof Jane Barlow will be taking part in an online panel discussion today with the Guardian on 'How can public services work together on infant mental health?'

FullFat TV are looking for a medic for a daytime TV health magazine show. FullFat TV are a new factual entertainment TV company based in Birmingham. The right person will be someone who works with patients, e.g. a doctor, surgeon, nurse or other hands-on practitioner. They are looking for someone bright, fun and witty with bags of confidence as the show may be filmed in front of a live audience.
If you know someone who might be right for this role, please let A.T.Frew@warwick.ac.uk or N.Jones.1@warwick.ac.uk know.

Last Tuesday 31^st of May the first European Parliament Interest Group on Biomedical Engineering (EPIG on BME)” was launched in the Euro Parliament.

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/eng/research/grouplist/biomedicaleng/abspie/abspie_news/the_university_of/

Five research councils (BBSRC, MRC, AHRC, ESRC and NERC) have announced joint interdisciplinary calls from the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF).

This UHCW Grand Round will provide a forum to discuss some of the current collaborations between University Departments and UHCW Clinical Directorates to provide innovative research-based solutions to current medical problems. All University and UHCW staff are warmly invited to attend.

http://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/trial-pioneering-holistic-research-cancer-11167244

Research by Prof Jan Brosens and Prof Siobhan Quenby linking a lack of stem cells in the womb lining to recurrent miscarriage has been featured in a number of international and national media outlets.

EPSRC Healthcare Technologies team visit Warwick

EPSRC’s Healthcare Technologies team visited Warwick on 30^th April 2015 to tell us more about their new Strategy and to find out more about the range of healthcare technology related research across the campus at Warwick.

Professor Miller’s group develops novel methods for acquiring, reconstructing and analyzing MRI scans of the brain. Her early research focused on techniques for studying brain function and connectivity. More recently, she has also begun to develop techniques for studying tissue microstructure with MRI. MRI is a powerful method for studying the human brain non-invasively; however, current methods suffer from limitations of both sensitivity and specificity. She is leading several projects that aim to address some of the shortcomings of the current generation of MRI techniques. They are developing methods to measure aspects of tissue microstructure that are central to neuronal health and disease. They further aim to improve understanding of MRI data in living subjects by comparing scans of post-mortem brains donated to tissue banks with microscopy in the same tissue. Finally, using ultra-high-field MRI scanners and sophisticated signal processing methods, they are developing fast functional MRI acquisition techniques, specifically aimed at measures of brain connectivity. These methods will enable neuroscientists to study the brain with greater precision. Her group is actively involved in collaborations with neuroscience colleagues in Oxford and elsewhere to study neuronal health and disease.