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Liverpool Health Inequalities
Research Institute
Theme(s)
Health & Wellbeing
Society & Culture
Website
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research-institute/
A collaboration between the University and Liverpool NHS Primary
Care Trust, committed to reducing health inequalities in the
Liverpool City Region.
Research, conducted as part of the partnership, will consolidate
evidence on the most effective interventions Liverpool PCT can
make to address the disparities in health across the region.
Research will focus on inequalities in health status, and the
provision and quality of care in areas such as obesity, alcohol
abuse, tobacco control, sexual health and workplace health.
The Institute has been created as a result of the ‘Health is Wealth’
initiative, led by the University, which was backed by local
authorities, PCTs, the NHS, as well as economic and business
interests, to tackle health challenges and inequalities that cost
the UK £2 billion annually.
Liverpool Institute for Biocomplexity
Theme(s)
Health & Wellbeing
Website
Positioned within a wide scientific context to bridge disciplinary
and institutional barriers, to facilitate research interactions and to
foster the development of necessary infrastructure in the field of
complexity research in biology and the life sciences.
Liverpool NIHR Pancreatic Biomedical
Research Unit
Theme(s)
Health & Wellbeing
Website
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Awarded to the Royal Liverpool University Hospital and the
University of Liverpool, this unit undertakes translational research
into pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer. Through pioneering new
drugs and interventions, as well as new diagnostic techniques and
preventive strategies, the Unit translates research discoveries into
better outcomes for patients, enabling patients to benefit more
quickly from scientific breakthroughs in these disease areas.
Liverpool NMR Centre for
Structural Biology
Theme(s)
Health & Wellbeing
Digital Technologies
Website
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facilities-and-services/nmr-centre-for-
structural-biology/
Houses one 800 MHz and one 600 MHz solution-state
spectrometer, both equipped with cryogenic probeheads, and a
400
MHz solid-state spectrometer. In addition, there is a computing
laboratory for data processing and analysis. The Centre supports a
wide range of projects including studies in cancer, cardiovascular
disease, arthritis, Alzheimer’s Disease and malaria. Its main focus is
to improve our understanding of the molecular basis of diseases.
Liverpool Law Clinic
Theme(s)
Risk, Safety & Security
Website
A pro bono legal advice centre established under the framework
set out by the national pro bono charity Law Works. It provides
legal advice by second and final year Law School students
under the supervision of a qualified solicitor and under the overall
supervision of the Clinic Manager, an academic member of the
Law School staff. To ensure it delivers a service of the highest
quality, the Clinic only provides advice on matters falling within the
expertise and competence of its advisors, including landlord and
tenants’ rights, personal injury, employment and consumer rights.
Liverpool Obesity Research Network
Theme(s)
Health & Wellbeing
Society & Culture
Food Security & Safety
Website
A research network of six obesity units and research laboratories
based across the University of Liverpool, Aintree University
Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Liverpool and Broad-
green University Hospitals NHS Trust. In addition to research
activity related to the neurochemistry, biology, neuroendocrinology
and metabolic aspects of appetite and obesity, the Network runs
a seminar programme and helps to organise regional and national
meetings on obesity.
