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Research

Mitigating the impacts of Covid-19

The pandemic has severely disrupted essential health services, shortened life expectancy, and exacerbated inequalities between countries and people in access to basic health services, threatening to undo years of progress in some health areas. The University is working tirelessly to help reverse the negative impacts of Covid-19. Whether it is facilitating projects to help refugees produce their own reusable PPE or by carrying out essential scientific research to improve the length and quality of people’s lives, the University is making sure the health and wellbeing of the local and global community is maintained.

A team of researchers from the University of Sheffield have collaborated with Universities in Jordan to help Syrian refugees produce their own PPE. This project creates training and employment opportunities at a new mask production facility, while keeping people safe and reducing plastic waste. We also carried out research investigating the challenges of Nepal’s decentralisation of the healthcare system, focusing on how this restructuring has affected the delivery of healthcare during COVID-19 and helping co-develop recommendations for healthcare policy and practice. 

Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN) 

Other research by one of the world leading centres for research into neurodegenerative diseases, the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience, uses genetic therapy to make breakthroughs in treatment for diseases like motor neurone disease, dementia and Parkinson’s Disease. 

National Centre for Sports and Exercise Medicine (NCSEM)

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The Legacy Plan has four themes: sporting, economic, cultural and environmental. Sheffield’s NCSEM resources include NHS clinical and research facilities in three community leisure centres, hosting conferences and seminars to support collaboration, as well as a network of active researchers nationally in the field of physical activity and health. 

Restrictions on junk food advertising prevent almost 100,000 obesity cases 

New research from the University of Sheffield and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) have found that new policy on junk food advertising restrictions on Transport for London networks will prevent almost 100,000 obesity cases. This in turn is expected to save the NHS £200m over the lifetime of the current population. 

Campus

Health Service 

Sheffield is one of two universities in the country to offer its own University Health Service to students. The University Health Service includes free sexual health services, as well as access to GPs, clinics and prescriptions. If you are an International student, you won’t be charged for the care you receive at the University Health Service, as this is free to all overseas visitors. 

Alongside this, both staff and students can access free wellbeing support for mental and physical health. For students this includes counselling services through the Student Mental Health Counselling and Therapies Service.

Education

Clinical and Health degrees at Sheffield

Sheffield is ranked in the top 100 in the world (Times Higher Education World Subject Rankings 2022), offering degrees in Medicine, Dentistry and other health related courses. The Medical School’s patient-centred approach aligns the University’s commitment to our Patients as Educators programme giving students the opportunity to learn from real patients.

This programme is internationally recognised as the largest of its kind in the world, with more than 800 patients and volunteers involved. Alongside this, TUoS is one of few universities in the country to offer students who study Medicine, Dentistry or Biomedical Science the chance to undertake a full body anatomical dissection. 

Benefiting students 

Medical students at the University of Sheffield have the opportunity to take part in a six-week Social Accountability project, where students volunteer with various organisations and charities across South Yorkshire providing support to the most vulnerable.

Some students have volunteered at Heeley City Farm to support young people and those with dementia through their ‘Farming Comes To You’ initiative which involves Animal Assisted Therapy. The farm is dedicated to working with young people, adults with learning disabilities and the local groups to promote regeneration, environmental education, energy efficiency and overall health. 

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Partnerships 

Healthy Lifespan Institute (HLI) 

The Healthy Lifespan Institute at the University of Sheffield is made up of over 140 world-class researchers and 30 departments to tackle the global epidemic of multi morbidity - the presence of two or more chronic conditions - to help everyone live healthier, independent lives for longer and reduce the cost of care. 

We work with national, international and regional organisations to apply our knowledge and share the outcomes across the UK and globally, as our expert academics hold key roles in medical societies in the UK and Europe. Together we will pioneer new medical treatments and approaches to healthy ageing, help individuals make informed lifestyle choices and work with governments and other institutions to try and ensure that everyone can lead an independent, fulfilling life for longer.