UCL in the media
UCL students launch donation drives to support earthquake victims
Students from UCL's Turkish Society partnered with the British Red Cross and were able to raise £4,600 in a single day for victims of the Turkey-Syria earthquake.
An earthquake of magnitude 7.0 or stronger is likely to strike Istanbul, warn researchers
"If that [earthquake] happens, we're talking hundreds of thousands [of fatalities] potentially because of the population of Istanbul. And those buildings are not ready," said Professor Joanna Faure Walker (UCL Institute for Risk & Disaster Reduction).
The short and long term impacts of societal crisis's on health
Professor Sir Michael Marmot (UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health) shares his insights on health inequalities and life expectancy following a decade of austerity, the pandemic and the current cost of living crisis.
Former London Police Officer, David Carrick, gets at least 30 years in prison for rape
“This case shows a real systematic failure on many levels, both by the Met police and in the broader government in having laws and structures and procedures in court that protect women,” said Dr Jessica Ringrose (IOE, UCL's Faculty of Education & Society).
Will Kate Middleton's 'Shaping Us' campaign bring about political change?
"That’s not the focus of this campaign but clearly national and local politics have a role to play in early years development,” said expert advisor to the Centre for Early Childhood, Professor Eamon McCrory (UCL Psychology & Language Sciences).
The value of bingo for aging wellbeing
Dr Carrie Ryan (UCL Anthropology) shares her experience and research on bingo and highlights how the game can be a powerful ritual and positive activity for older people, particularly in nursing homes.
New blood test released for long Covid
Professor Jonathan Edwards (UCL Medicine) comments on the reliability of a new test for long Covid developed by US diagnostics company IncellDx which measures inflammatory markers and patterns in the blood with artificial intelligence to identify illness.
Is sugar better for you than low-calorie sweeteners?
Dr Chris van Tulleken (UCL Infection & Immunity) highlights the ineffectiveness of artificial sweeteners as a replacement for sugar and warns, "there’s mounting evidence these chemicals do not work in preventing type 2 diabetes and worsen cardiovascular disease risk".
Genes for Gaucher disease may have protected Jewish people against TB
Professor Mark Thomas (UCL Division of Biosciences) suggests that as the Jewish population was previously small, one person’s genes for Gaucher disease may have been inherited by many descendants rather than causing specific advantages.
The devastating impact of the Turkey-Syria earthquake
Dr Stephen Hicks, Dr Bill McGuire (both UCL Earth Sciences), Professor Ilan Kelman, Professor Joanna Faure Walker (both UCL Institute for Risk & Disaster Reduction) and Professor Tiziana Rossetto (UCL Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering) comment on the earthquake.
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