Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
The Faculty of Health and Life Sciences brings together academics and students across the spectrum of health, wellbeing and life sciences, including the social and environmental context, to create a holistic community with exciting synergies, dedicated to creating positive impact. Covering Biosciences, Psychology, Health and Care Professions (Nursing, Medical Imaging and Pharmacy), Public Health and Sports Sciences, Health and Community Sciences, and Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, the Faculty is based over multiple campuses in Exeter and Cornwall, and on partner NHS sites. For more information please visit http://www.exeter.ac.uk/departments/hls/
Recent Submissions
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Replicating community dynamics reveals how initial composition shapes the functional outcomes of bacterial communities
(Nature Research, 31 March 2025)Bacterial communities play key roles in global biogeochemical cycles, industry, agriculture, human health, and animal husbandry. There is therefore great interest in understanding bacterial community dynamics so that they ... -
Recreational exposure to polluted open water and infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis protocol
(Elsevier, 13 March 2025)Background: Open water recreation (e.g. swimming, surfing) is growing in popularity alongside concerns about contracting infections as a result of wastewater (including sewage) and runoff pollution in seas, rivers, lakes, ... -
Tissue Resident and Infiltrating Immune Cells: Their Influence on the Demise of Beta Cells in Type 1 Diabetes
(MDPI, 19 March 2025)Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is an organ-specific autoimmune disease that results in the selective loss of pancreatic beta cells and an eventual deficit in insulin production to maintain glucose homeostasis. It is now increasingly ... -
Co-producing a ‘creative toolkit’ to support the mental health and wellbeing of palliative care professionals: a community case study
(Frontiers Media, 14 February 2025)Alterations to the clinical, social, and economic landscape have made palliative care an increasingly challenging sector in which to work; COVID-19 introduced further changes that pushed palliative care professionals to ... -
Fostering cultural humility in perinatal palliative care. An interpretative qualitative study from the United Kingdom
(Routledge, 1 April 2025)Research shows marked disparities in perinatal deaths across population groups in the UK. The aim of this study was to understand how perinatal palliative care is experienced by parents from culturally-diverse backgrounds ...