Skip to main content

School of Medicine news

Life Sciences winners

Students take on Life Sciences Challenge

22 September 2016

Students in South and West Wales have been learning all about the natural world by taking part in the University’s Life Sciences Challenge

Student with patient

S4C documentary follows University’s student doctors

9 September 2016

First episode airs Tuesday 13 September

Indoor Biotechnologies

Alumnus co-founds Indian biotech company

2 September 2016

Friends reunite to form Indoor Biotechnologies

Blood Test

Major step towards Alzheimer’s blood test

30 August 2016

Researchers predict onset of Alzheimer’s disease with 85% accuracy

Pain Management

Managing the Pain

25 August 2016

Cardiff University’s School of Medicine celebrates 20 years of delivering pain education to healthcare professionals across the globe

Boost for high value manufacturing in Wales

22 August 2016

Cardiff University experts help drive new £14m EU-backed project

Gold abstract

Cardiff collaboration wins diabetes grant

18 August 2016

Midatech Pharma working with University to develop treatments that help pancreas produce insulin

Julie Williams

Dementias Platform UK

4 August 2016

University’s Professor Julie Williams appointed Deputy Director of world-leading resource

Medical Students S4C

Tomorrow’s Doctors

1 August 2016

Student doctors profiled in TV series

Lung cancer screening trial

29 July 2016

Introduction of screening could significantly reduce lung cancer deaths

BMC

Cutting edge centre launches website

18 July 2016

Bill Mapleson Centre brings equipment testing and clinical education under one roof

Ovary Cancer

The double-edged sword of ovarian cancer information

6 July 2016

Women at risk of ovarian cancer need more guidance on their choices

diabetes

Do germs cause type 1 diabetes?

16 May 2016

Study sheds new light on the disease

Know Your Own Blood Pressure

Know Your Own Blood Pressure

4 May 2016

Medical Students once again joined forces with the Rotaract Club in Cardiff to run four 'Knowing your Blood Pressure' blood pressure booths

Professor Valerie O'Donnell

Understanding the body’s response to aspirin

28 April 2016

Scientists gain new insight into who is likely to benefit

 Doctors’ mental health

Doctors’ mental health

14 April 2016

Trainees and young doctors less likely to disclose mental health issues

BMA 2016 award winners

BMJ/BMA Cymru Wales Clinical Teacher of the Year Awards 2016

4 April 2016

2016 Clinical Teacher of the Year Awards

Dentist and patient

Getting to the root of the problem

30 March 2016

Study find GPs prescribing ‘unnecessary’ antibiotics for toothache

Professor Tim Rainer

Cracking the code of sustainable healthcare

9 March 2016

Professor Tim Rainer explains how lessons from WW2 can help Wales deliver emergency healthcare for the 21st century.

mother breastfeeding baby

Boosting breastfeeding in disadvantaged areas

2 March 2016

Motivational technique could hold key to increasing breastfeeding rates