Norwich Medical School, UEA

Are you 65 years or older, and have no major health conditions? Will you help us test the effect of a vitamin supplement on muscle health?

Vitamin C is a substance found naturally in some foods, but it is also available as a dietary supplement. We are using MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) to test whether vitamin C can improve muscle function and strength in older people. This could help them maintain mobility in later life.

We are looking for female participants 65 years or older who:
1) eat less that 3 portions of fruit or vegetables per day
2) exercise less that 20 minutes a week
3) do not take vitamin C supplements
4) do not smoke; and
5) have no chronic diseases, such as heart disease or diabetes

If you are interested in taking part, please contact the VICS study team at the University of East Anglia for more information.
Study Manager: Jamie Scott
Contact: 01603 591074 (9am-5pm)
Email: [email protected]

Do you live or work in Norfolk or Suffolk and interested in mental health? Researchers at UEA want to hear from you! We're conducting a survey to identify gaps in mental health services and research. Your insights will directly contribute to setting the top 10 priorities for future mental health research.

Please complete our survey here: (https://tinyurl.com/MHDASurvey)
If you have any questions, please reach out to [email protected]

Your voice matters—let's improve mental health together!

Our Dementia Fayre event on Monday 20 May will include talks from Prof Michael Hornberger, Professor of Applied Dementia Research, and Dr Naoko Kish*ta, Associate Professor in Dementia and Complexity in Later Life who are both from the University of East Anglia.
The event is free to attend in the East Atrium and Benjamin Gooch Lecture Theatre from 10am and is open to people living with dementia and their carers, NHS staff and the general public.
https://www.nnuh.nhs.uk/event/nnuh-dementia-fayre-20-may-2024/

NEVER TOO YOUNG TO START TALKING – DYING MATTERS

Ahead of Dying Matters Awareness Week, join us at The Forum Norwich on Thursday 2nd May, and take the opportunity to speak to many other local organisations involved in death, dying, palliative care and bereavement from across the Norfolk and Waveney region. The aim of the day is to encourage our community to get talking in whatever way, shape, or form works for them.

The theme this year will focus on the language that we use around death, dying, and grief, and there will be lots of useful information available to help navigate where to get help and support.

Expert speakers from 9am to midday include St Elizabeth Hospice, Carers Voice, Norfolk Fire Service and Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital Palliative Care team

To book your place at one of these sessions, and to see all the other organisations that will be attending visit https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dying-matters-never-too-young-to-start-talking-tickets-850707879167?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
This event is FREE and is open to all – please share and we look forward to seeing you on the day.

Dying Matters - Never Too Young To Start Talking Come along and meet local charities and organisations at this information rich event ahead of Dying Matters Week.

For all our final year undergraduate medical students, please don't forget to fill in the National Student Survey 2024.

https://www.thestudentsurvey.com/

What’s stopping you from studying medicine at uni?

Not studying science at A level? No Problem. Studying a BTEC or T-Levels? No problem? Not sure where to start? No problem!

Our Preparing for Medicine programme can help you to open up a whole new world of career opportunities.

You’ll go on a residential and have GP work experience. You will be matched with a student mentor who can answer questions and you will have access to all the help and support you need to apply.

Prepare to open up a whole new career path! Prepare for medicine. Follow the link below for details on how to sign up. Deadline for applications is 15 January 2024.

Submissions to the UEA Change Makers 2024 competition have now closed and the 10 finalists have been chosen. It’s time to vote for your favourite idea!

It’s great to see one of the finalists is a MED student!

Adam pitched the idea for an app embedding AI to bring individualised therapy to people resting on the belief that mental health cannot be approached as a “one-size-fits-all” problem.
Head to https://woobox.com/db3drd to watch all the submissions and to vote.

Voting closes on Monday 11 December, 12pm

UEA Change Makers is back UEA Change Makers is back

Could you use some informal support with adjusting to uni? Engaging with PAL (Peer Assisted Learning) in your School is a great way to get study tips and support, grow in confidence, and feel a sense of community! Click http://bit.ly/UEA-PAL to find out more.

HRT could ward off Alzheimer’s among at-risk women, finds UEA research.

The research, led by UEA Prof Anne-Marie Minihane, was featured on the front page of this Saturday's Guardian! 📰

Read more about the research: https://bit.ly/3Wg4Itq

Care Home Staff workshop
26 July 2022, 2:00-3:00pm online using Microsoft Teams

Are you a member of care-home staff or a health/social-care practitioner interested in older people’s care homes? You are invited to give feedback at an online workshop to tailor guidance for staff on infection-control measures in future outbreaks of highly infectious diseases. Draft guidance reflects findings from the UCAIRE study. £25 voucher for those who contribute. Details available here:

https://www.uea.ac.uk/about/school-of-health-sciences/research/projects/ucaire-infection-risk-in-care-homes-during-covid-19

Do you have a passion for driving positive change? ✅
An appetite for self-development and leadership skills? ✅
Interested in representing your course mates, school or faculty? ✅

Then nominate yourself for an Academic Rep position for the year 2022-23! Check out the different roles available here and nominate yourself today 👉 uea.su/academic-elections