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Health & Wellbeing St John's College, University of …

WebKaren Miles, Health & Wellbeing Nurse, can be reached via k.miles@joh.cam.ac.uk or telephone 01223 747162. The College Nurses are able to provide a listening ear, and can support and advise on a wide variety of physical, mental health and welfare problems. We will signpost to local services and advocate when required.

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St John’s Reading Group on Health Inequalities

WebThe St John’s College Reading Group on Health Inequalities was established in 2014 following discussions between Professor Ann Louise Kinmonth (Fellow) and Professor Mike Kelly (Visiting Fellow). Its purpose is to bring together scholars from a range of disciplines; currently psychology, sociology, history, neuroscience, biology, epidemiology

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New research facility for neurodegenerative disorders …

WebProfessor Dobson said: “This building will for the first time bring together a large number of scientists from different disciplines who are dedicated to establishing the molecular basis of neurodegenerative disorders and to identifying new ways for treating or preventing these debilitating conditions."

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Health is made at home, hospitals are for repairs

WebCrucially, I witnessed the major role that communities can play, not just in healthcare but in creating health. As Professor Francis Omaswa, formerly head of the Ugandan health service, told me: ‘Health is made at home, hospitals are for repairs.’. For societies with industrialised health systems, the idea that health can be made at home

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Cambridge scientists reveal ground-breaking plan to …

WebThe research was carried out by an international team of scientists that also included Professor Sir Christopher Dobson, Master of St John's College, University of Cambridge, at the Centre for Misfolding Diseases (CMD) co-founded by Sir Christopher.

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Eric Ho: career spotlight

WebEric Ho: career spotlight. Founder of Bumblebee Wellbeing, Eric Ho (1994) summarises his career journey from corporate lawyer to Leadership Health Coach. During my degree I developed an enduring curiosity for solving difficult problems that helped me turn myself from head of legal for a large FTSE 100 company into a Leadership Health Coach.

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Obesity changes the structure and function of the …

WebObesity in pregnancy alters the placenta – the vital organ that nourishes the fetus – more than gestational diabetes and leads to greater health risks for expectant mums and their offspring, according to a new study.

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Placentas adapt when mothers have poor diets or low …

WebDr Sferruzzi-Perri said: “The study analysed how mitochondria in the placenta may alter their function to support both the needs of the placenta and the rapidly growing fetus during a healthy pregnancy, and when the mother is challenged by a less desirable environment.

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Tacuini sanitatis (Strasbourg: Johann Schott, 1531).

WebAn illustrated Latin translation of the Taqwim al-Sihhah (The maintenance of health), originally written by the eleventh-century Iraqi physician Ibn Butlan (died ca. 1038). This work, which is tabular in form, treats matters of hygiene, dietetics and exercise. It emphasises the benefits of daily attention to personal physical and mental well-being.

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1979: Allan MacLeod Cormack (1924-1998)

Web1979: Allan MacLeod Cormack (1924-1998) Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1979 (jointly with Godfrey N Hounsfield) "for the development of computer assisted tomography". Born and raised in South Africa, Allan Cormack came to St John’s in 1947 to read for a PhD after obtaining his BSc and MSc degrees from the University of Cape Town (1944

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St John's College, University of Cambridge

WebDeveloping innovative clinical trials in high risk and hereditary early-stage breast cancers, and using multi-modal data integration to develop predictive and prognostic tools to provide individualised treatment strategies for breast cancer patients to improve clinical outcomes. She is Chief Investigator of eight national/regional trials.

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The ‘forgotten pandemic’ that killed more than 50 million people

WebCelebrations marking the end of the First World War 100 years ago were cut short by the onslaught of a devastating disease – the 1918-19 influenza pandemic.

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Health and Safety Manager St John's College, University of …

WebHealth and Safety Manager. Salary: Between £40,331 - £45,393 pro-rata (£20,026 - £22,540 p.a. for 18 hours per week) depending on experience plus benefits. Job type: Permanent. Hours: 18 hours per week. St John’s College, one of the largest Colleges within the University of Cambridge, is seeking to appoint a Health & Safety Manager.

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Dr John O'Neill St John's College, University of Cambridge

WebCurr Biol. 2008 Sep 9;18 (17):R805-15. Michael H. Hastings, Elizabeth S. Maywood and John S. O’Neill. Cyclic AMP-dependent signaling as a multi-functional component of the cellular circadian clockwork of mammals. Science. 2008 May 16;320 (5878):949-53.

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College Nurse St John's College, University of Cambridge

WebSt John’s College wishes to appoint a College Nurse with the skills, experience and enthusiasm to care effectively for the health of junior members, Fellows and staff of the College.

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1962: Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins (1916-2004)

WebThe Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1962 (jointly with Francis Harry Compton Crick and James Dewey Watson) "for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material". Maurice Wilkins came up to St John’s in 1935 to read Physics, achieving his BA in 1938.

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St John's College, University of Cambridge

WebResearch interests Ella Sbaraini is a historian with a particular interest in histories of mental health, death, the emotions, race and sexuality. Her research focuses on the social and cultural history of Britain from the 18th to the early 20th centuries, and it seeks to examine the construction, and experience, of mental ill-health during this period.

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‘Game-changing’ research could solve evolution mysteries

WebLead author on the paper Professor Eske Willerslev, who holds positions at St John’s College, University of Cambridge, and is director of The Lundbeck Foundation Centre for GeoGenetics, Globe Institute, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, at the University of Copenhagen, said: “This research is a game-changer that opens up a lot of …

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Medicine St John's College, University of Cambridge

WebGet in touch. Learning and research. Research and Innovation. Education and Learning. Health & Wellbeing Support. Library & Archives. Grants, Awards, Prizes and Scholarships. Exchange Programmes. Graduation and Congregations.

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EXCERPTA St John's College, University of Cambridge

WebThe initials are usually in red with odd green flourishing, or. vice versa. The main topics treated of are the Commandments, marriage. Story of the Cross, 29b. Expulso adam propter peccatum. Versus Sybille (Judicii signum), 32. Penitence of Solomon, 34. De officio quod in ecclesia cantari solet. Dum medium.

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Sir Stephen Cleobury (1948-2019)

WebSir Stephen Cleobury, St John's Organ Scholar (1967-71) and Director of Music at King's College for 37 years, has died aged 70. Stephen passed away peacefully in York, where he had lived since his retirement in September, in the evening of 22 November after a long illness. During his long tenure with King’s College, Stephen enhanced the

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St John's College I.33 (James 327, Wagstaff 3496)

WebSir William Cornwallis the younger, Encomium of Richard III. English, before 1611 [Sir William Cornwallis the younger (c.1579–1614)]: 'A Breife Discourse in praise of King Richard the thirde Kinge of Englande, or, An Apologie against the malitious slaunders of his detractinge adversaries', before 1611.

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