University of Bristol

While online patient access to health records (online access, for short) is supposed to help patients, in some cases being able to view one’s health record can have negative consequences. This can include when patients discover surprising…

The Climate Change and Health research programme is a new collaboration between the two institutes looking into the intersection between climate change and health. The programme brings together experts from different disciplines to…

The study, led by researchers from the University of Bristol and University of Oxford, analysed the reputation systems of some the biggest gig economy platforms, such as Upwork and Fiverr, which use customer feedback to produce ratings.…

Bowel cancer is the third-most prevalent cancer worldwide, a major cause of cancer-related deaths and is becoming more prevalent globally each year. While current therapies aim to shrink tumours through a combination of surgery,…

The climate researchers from the university’s world-renowned Cabot Institute for the Environment will travel to Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt next week where the summit, better known as COP27, is being held on Sunday 6 November until 18…

Dr Sofia Oliveira is among three successful candidates selected from across the UK and the US to receive £90,000 funding as a 2022 Oracle for Research Fellow and £120,000 Oracle universal Cloud credits, which give researchers the…

The WaterAid-commissioned research, by scientists from the University of Bristol and Cardiff University, found that East Africa, Southern Africa and Central Africa are major hotspots of increasing drought.Their analysis shows there has…

Every year the University’s top sports teams return early to campus to prepare ahead of the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) and various non-student national leagues.The students get crucial training time with their team,…

The study is the first to examine the effects on nerve activity of altering the balance of a key protein known as tau. Elevated amounts of the protein, which accumulates and forms tangles in the brain, is a hallmark of both dementia and…

Tim Roberts had enjoyed a privileged lifestyle in Melbourne, Australia, when his father’s congestive heart disease forced them to travel 9,000 miles for a rare and expensive treatment.The family wound up in Cardiff, where Tim worked two…