Barts and The London, Queen Mary

The latest news and updates from Queen Mary University of London, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry.

[Barts and The London, Queen Mary @QMULBartsTheLon]

Vote for the Centre of the Cell! Our wonderful colleagues have been nominated for a Time Well Spent award! The Centre of the Cell is recognised as a fantastic and 'sneakily educational' destination for children in London. https://t.co/Tqge53qys1

[Barts and The London, Queen Mary @QMULBartsTheLon]

Read the paper at https://t.co/PV9ghdOch6

[Barts and The London, Queen Mary @QMULBartsTheLon]

More women at higher risk of breast cancer should be offered a mastectomy, according to researchers at @QMUL and @LSHTM New analysis, published in @JAMAOnc, has found it's cost-effective way of reducing risk of developing breast cancer compared to breast screening and medication.

[Barts and The London, Queen Mary @QMULBartsTheLon]

Prof Manchanda said: "We for the first time define the risk at which we should offer mastectomy. This could potentially prevent can potentially prevent ~6500 breast cancer cases annually in UK women”.

[Dr Swati Nehete @Dr_SwatiNehete]

Absolutely delighted to announce winners among QMUL 2025 graduates
Dr Hilary Leung: University of London Gold Medal (BDS) Award 2025
Dr Sakinah Nassurally: Betuel Prize for Dentistry 2025
@JoMartin_path
@DentistryQMUL
@QMULBartsTheLon
@QMUL
@QMULAlumni @ChrisTredwin

[Barts Cancer Institute (Queen Mary) @QMBCI]

🎉We recently celebrated the inaugural lecture of Prof Andrejs Braun, joined by family, friends & colleagues.

In his talk, "The Philosopher’s Classroom: Alchemical Fusion of Research & Education," he explored the inseparable nature of research & teaching. @QMUL @QMULBartsTheLon

[William Harvey Research Institute @QMULWHRI]

Huge congratulations to Dunja Aksentijevic, Professor of Cardiovascular Physiology and Metabolism @QMUL, on delivering a brilliant inaugural lecture last night: ‘Fuelling the heart: A metabolic tale of risk, resilience and repair’.

@dunjaaks @QMULBartsTheLon

[Steffen Petersen @s_e_petersen]

What a day - ⁦@uk_biobank⁩ now scanned 100,000 - when we dreamed about this back in 2009 I was not sure this was really possible. Grateful for the opportunity to co-lead the heart MRI part. ⁦@QMULBartsTheLon⁩ ⁦@HDR_UK⁩ #WHYCMR https://t.co/N5DwrvfUnJ

[Barts and The London, Queen Mary @QMULBartsTheLon]

Congratulations to Dr John Ford, Senior Clinical Lecturer in Health Equity in the @QMUL_WIPH, for his contributions to this POSTnote.

[POST (UK Parliament) @POST_UK]

📢 New POSTnote on geographical differences in healthy life expectancy

The government's 10 Year Health Plan aims to improve healthy life expectancy, which varies across regions in England. We explore the latest evidence and potential interventions: https://t.co/K20Xq0XfEH

[Barts and The London, Queen Mary @QMULBartsTheLon]

Well done to all the students and staff from the Institute of Dentistry who took part yesterday!

[Queen Mary University of London @QMUL]

We're incredibly proud that yesterday, dental students and staff from Queen Mary met Prime Minister @Keir_Starmer at one of our dental clinics, run in partnership with @NHSBartsHealth, as part of the launch of the 10 Year Health Plan for England.
https://t.co/m6JFYBWv5a

[Barts Health @NHSBartsHealth]

Barts Health staff welcomed Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Health Secretary Wes Streeting, and Chancellor Rachel Reeves for the launch of the NHS 10-year plan 💙

The trio toured a dental clinic which is run by Barts Health in collaboration with @QMUL.

https://t.co/5PhULBcHkl

[Queen Mary University of London @QMUL]

Dr John Ford @JohnFord1849, leader of Queen Mary's Health Equity Evidence Centre @QMUL_CEG, gives a run-down of the hits and the misses for health inequalities in the UK's 10 year Health Plan.
https://t.co/WUlBoho7dP

[Barts and The London, Queen Mary @QMULBartsTheLon]

Many, many congratulations to Dr Leung and Dr Nassurally for this fantastic achievement! #winners

[Dr Swati Nehete @Dr_SwatiNehete]

Absolutely delighted to announce winners among QMUL 2025 graduates
Dr Hilary Leung: University of London Gold Medal (BDS) Award 2025
Dr Sakinah Nassurally: Betuel Prize for Dentistry 2025
@JoMartin_path
@DentistryQMUL
@QMULBartsTheLon
@QMUL
@QMULAlumni @ChrisTredwin

[Brain Tumour Research @braintumourrsch]

🚨 Big step forward in the fight against rare cancers: the Rare Cancers Bill has officially passed the committee stage! 💪 This brings us one step closer to better research, treatment access, and hope for patients and families. Thanks @DrScottArthurMP! #RareCancers #BrainTumours

[Chris Bishop @Pipes_n_pumps]

Wonderful day yesterday at @Ri_Science representing @CommsC4TS @QMULBartsTheLon @QMUL for their “For your inspiration: Medical Marvels” event. Great to showcase our cutting edge research and innovation in trauma sciences #Publicengagement #Trauma #Science #ECMO #Coagulopathy

[Barts and The London, Queen Mary @QMULBartsTheLon]

Her book explores how not listening to patients has been ingrained in medicine from its inception, and discusses the ways this approach widens entrenched health inequalities. Find out more at https://t.co/vSLPvR6Ytk

[Barts and The London, Queen Mary @QMULBartsTheLon]

We're delighted that the new book, 'Unheard: The Medical Practice of Silencing', by @crageshri has been long-listed for the Bread and Roses Award for Radical Publishing!

[Dunja Aksentijevic Ricciarelli @dunjaaks]

Thrilled to see Prof. Mike Murphy @Mito_Redox recognized at the @QMULWHRI Research Day! His groundbreaking work in mitochondrial biology has shaped the field & inspired so many. Grateful for his mentorship over the years. And what a moment seeing these two scientific giants meet!

[NHS England @NHSEngland]

This Windrush Day, we’re celebrating some of our NHS colleagues connected to the Windrush generation’s arrival to the UK, and their invaluable contributions to the NHS 💙