Other News around the Faculty

The School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences has today (Wednesday 8 June) won ‘The Institutional Commitment to Scholarship Award 2022’ from the Association for the Study of Medical Education (ASME).

PolyPrime is one of 11 Cross-border Healthcare Intervention Trials in Ireland Network (CHITIN) studies has completed. PolyPrime is a randomised pilot study of a theory-based intervention to improve appropriate polypharmacy in older people in primary

Roisín O’Hare, Lead Teacher Practitioner Pharmacist of the Northern Ireland University Network, has been appointed Honorary Professor of Practice in the School of Pharmacy at Queen’s

Professor David Grieve has been appointed as Dean of Internationalisation in the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences.

Nursing and Midwifery students and partnerships have been recognised in a number of shortlist categories
MHLS in the News

UKRI CEO announced a collaboration with the Minister for Science Research and Innovation to find 101 people, doing 101 different jobs that make major contributions to research and innovation, but who are not researchers

A live, online event hosted by Queen’s University, examining the health & socio-economic impact of Covid-19 in the most vulnerable countries
The Institute for Global Food Security has been recognised for the quality of its science by an agency within the larger United Nations family.

The Queen’s Fellowship Academy celebrates its one year anniversary


Professor Mark Lawler, has been working on collecting real time data from cancer centres across the UK to analyse the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on cancer services and most importantly cancer patients.

Calling All Students! The 2021 Mary Mulvihill Award on the theme of Virus is now launched!

DATA-CAN’s scientific lead, Professor Mark Lawler, presented at the BioIndustry Association UK Bioscience Forum on the use of Real World Evidence in helping to transform cancer services


Congratulations to the 48 members of Faculty staff who have been progressed in the Academic Progression Scheme 2020

Date: 23/09/2020
Time: 2:00PM - 3:30PM
Location: Online
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Date: 24/09/2020
Time: 6:00PM - 7:30PM
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Date: 22/07/2020
Time: 12:00AM - 11:59PM
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As well as being a global health crisis, the Covid-19 pandemic is intricately linked with food – from the origins of the virus through to the impact on international food systems, the food industry and the wider food economy.

Research led by Professor Mark Lawler

reJoyce! Virtually join theatrical Professor, Mark Lawler, as he regales you with the words, songs and scandalous verse of James Joyce, on Bloomsday Tuesday 16th June at 7pm on Facebook Live!

Scientists create a new online searchable resource to accelerate precision medicine for cancer patients

On Tuesday 21 January, Queen's welcomed guests to a special evening event renaming its flagship Cancer Research facility to The Patrick G Johnston Centre for Cancer Research.

Policy stakeholders share best practice on Relationship and Sexuality Education

Queen’s University Belfast has a long and proud history of working with institutions and partners across the globe.

Queen’s University Belfast has a proud tradition in Cancer Research and its translation into improving the lives of our citizens, locally, nationally and internationally.


Internationally leading figures from the worlds of nutrition, health and agriculture will gather at Queen’s University Belfast to discuss the opportunity to join up food, farming and diet to improve public-health outcomes for a growing population.

Researchers from Queen’s University Belfast have developed a test that may be able to detect ovarian cancer up to two years earlier than current approaches.

Queen’s University Belfast researchers have discovered that the scaly-foot snail, or as it’s otherwise known - the sea pangolin, is the first species at risk of extinction due to potential deep sea mining by humans.

Congratulations to following staff members who have won the various awards below;

Congratulations to School of Nursing and Midwifery’s Professor David Thompson who has been invited to join the Academia Europaea as a member.

New research from Queen’s University shows man-made sounds mask signals between birds, hampering their ability to communicate with each other through song