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Partnership approach to reduce healthcare inequalities in coastal communities

By Emily Collins | 09 June 2025

A research partnership of universities, community health providers and local councils co-led by Professor Sally Kendall has been awarded funding by the National Institute for … Read more

New study to test if wall squat exercise can lower blood pressure

By Olivia Miller | 21 May 2025

Research has found that a wall squat is one of the most effective exercise types for lowering blood pressure. Following the success of a previous … Read more

New report uncovers hidden history of fundraising for hospital scanners

By Olivia Miller | 09 May 2025

A new research report highlights the crucial role of historic fundraising in shaping experiences of healthcare today. Each year millions of CT and MRI scans … Read more

Ankle injury study with Bundesliga teams highlights pressures of returning to play

By Olivia Miller | 11 April 2025

New research undertaken with football teams in the Bundesliga has shown a trend between ankle injury recurrences and the speed of returning to play after … Read more

World-leading collection reaches 3,000 drug-resistant cancer cell line milestone

By Emily Collins | 09 April 2025

The Resistant Cancer Cell Line (RCCL) collection at Kent and the Dr Petra Joh Research Institute in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, has reached a new milestone and … Read more

New study proves pets increase human life satisfaction and wellbeing

By Olivia Miller | 08 April 2025

Having a cat or a dog as a companion can increase human life satisfaction and wellbeing as much as family and friends do, according to … Read more

Tackling health inequalities for women in the South East

By Emily Collins | 06 March 2024

The event will bring together 150 key people across the region including clinicians, commissioners, patients, medical students, business innovators and academics to help tackle health … Read more

Stand-up comedy workshops can aid eating disorder recovery

By Emily Collins | 26 February 2024

Kent-led research has broken new ground by showing that stand-up comedy workshops can complement conventional approaches to eating disorder recovery. Comedy For Coping, a six-week … Read more

Kent and Discovery Park host showcase of collaborative innovation

By Emily Collins | 19 December 2023

Over 100 academics, clinicians, business people and public sector representatives came together at an event organised in collaboration with Discovery Park last week, to celebrate … Read more

Kent researchers recognised as being in the top 1% by citations in their field

By Emily Collins | 16 November 2023

Researchers from across three Kent Schools have been included in the prestigious Clarivate list of Highly Cited Researchers 2023, recognising their significant and broad influence … Read more

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