Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

The University of Manchester

Websitehttps://www.bmh.manchester.ac.uk

Organisation profile

The Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health delivers a truly translational approach to the life sciences, from pure discovery science through to clinical application and patient care.

We develop and deliver the highest quality education and training for health professionals and life scientists in partnership with the NHS and industry, contributing to the University's tradition of innovation and improvements in the health of people around the world.

The integration of discovery biology, clinical application and patient care within a single Faculty, particularly in a region with notable health inequality, provides us with a real opportunity to have a very significant and positive impact on people's lives.

Research within the Faculty

We conduct outstanding, world-leading research in the biological, medical and health sciences. We were ranked 2nd in the UK in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF) exercise for our research in the areas of the allied health professions, dentistry, nursing and pharmacy, and 4th nationally for research power in the biological sciences .

REF 2021 reflects the Faculty’s improvements in research quality and strength across all our Units of Assessment since the last assessment in 2014.

Research within our Schools

We have a diverse range of research activity and groups based with the Faculty's three Schools.

School of Biological Sciences:

School of Medical Sciences:

School of Health Sciences:

Institutes and networks

The Faculty leads the following institutes and networks:

We also contribute to:

Core research facilities

Find out more about our technology platforms.

Our researchers

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Leon Aarons, BSc, MSc, PhD
- Leon.Aaronsmanchester.acuk
- Pharmacy - Professor
Person: Academic
Kathryn Abel, MA MBBS FRCP FRCPsych PhD
- Division of Psychology & Mental Health (L5) - Clinical Professor of Psych Medicine
Person: Academic
Sabu Abraham, MSc, PhD
- sabu.abrahammanchester.acuk
- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences (L5) - Lecturer in Cardiovascular Medicine
Person: Academic
Azadeh Abravan
- Division of Cancer Sciences (L5) - Research Fellow
Person: Academic
Antony Adamson
- FBMH Platform Sciences, Enabling Technologies & Infrastructure - Principal Experimental Officer
Person: Technical

(1539) HeartMate III LVAD Outflow Graft Positioning and Its Influence on Aortic Regurgitation Development: A Single-Centre Retrospective Cohort Study
Lopez Santana, G., Kore, S., Sharman, A., De Rosis, A., Keshmiri, A. & Venkateswaran, R., 25 Apr 2025, In: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation. 44, 4 Supplement, S721.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract › peer-review
132 - Automated Measurements of Knee Alignment with Deep Learning: Accuracy and Reliability
Hu, Z., Cullen, D., Thompson, P., Johnson, D., Tiulpin, A., Cootes, T. F. & Lindner, C., Apr 2025, In: Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 33, 2 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract › peer-review
15-Year trends, predictors, and outcomes of heart failure hospitalization complicating first acute myocardial infarction in the modern percutaneous coronary intervention era
Rashid, M., Abramov, D., Naseer, M. U., Van Spall, H. G. C., Ahmed, F. Z., Lawson, C., Dafaalla, M., Kontopantelis, E., Mohamed, M. O., Petrie, M. C. & Mamas, M. A., 1 Mar 2025, In: European Heart Journal Open. 5, 2, oeaf013.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
2025 American College of Rheumatology/ European Alliance of Associations for Rheumatology Classification Criteria for Anti-Synthetase Syndrome
CLASS project participating investigators, 25 Jan 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Annals Of Rheumatic Diseases.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
3D printed poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyexanoate) scaffolds support chondrogenic potential of human primary chondrocytes during in vitro culture
Pecorini, G., Puppi, D., Richardson, S., Chen, G.-Q. & Domingos, M., 21 Feb 2025, In: Polymer. 320, 128105.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access

53 Not started
114 Active
724 Finished

Developing targeted strategies for precision breast cancer prevention (PROJECT)
Gilmore, A. (PI), Astley Theodossiadis, S. (PI), Howell, S. (PI), Nagarajan, S. (PI), Brennan, K. (CoI), Evans, D. (CoI), Clarke, R. (CoI), Fergie, M. (CoI), Flaum, N. (CoI), Harrison, H. (CoI), Sherratt, M. (CoI), Swift, J. (CoI) & Zhou, H. (CoI)
1/05/25 → 30/04/28
Project: Research
SCI:RE: Unmasking Social Care Inequalities: Using Routine Data to Enable Reablement Equity
Davies, S. (PI), Clarkson, P. (CoI), Zheng, H. (CoI) & Wall, L. (CoI)
1/04/25 → 31/03/27
Project: Research
Interrogating HCC in HD: Identifying early biomarkers of Hepatocellular Carcinoma with High Definition Spatial Transcriptomics
Jokl, E. (PI), Athwal, V. (CoI), Mysko, C. (CoI) & Piper Hanley, K. (CoI)
1/03/25 → 28/02/26
Project: Research
ToRcH-UK Hepatology Trainee Research Network Project Pipeline
Mysko, C. (PI) & Piper Hanley, K. (CoI)
1/03/25 → 28/02/26
Project: Research
Health Organisation, Policy and Economics (HOPE)
Elliott, C. (Support team) & Aspinwall, I. (Support team)
1/03/25 → …
Project: Research

Access to more effective therapies in Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Illidge, T. (Corresponding participant), Radford, J. (Participant) & Honeychurch, J. (Participant)
Impact: Health and wellbeing, Economic
Accurate in vitro prediction of in vivo genotoxicity and cancer hazard; reducing costs to industry and the use of animals in research
Walmsley, R. (Participant), Cahill, P. (Participant), Knight, A. (Participant), Jagger, C. (Participant), Hughes, C. (Participant), Billinton, N. (Participant) & Tate, M. (Participant)
Impact: Economic impacts, Health impacts, Technological impacts
Adjuvant therapy in melanoma adopted as standard of care
Lorigan, P. (Participant)
Impact: Health and wellbeing
Advancing treatments for lysosomal storage disorders
Bigger, B. (Corresponding participant), Wynn, R. (Participant) & Jones, S. (Participant)
Impact: Health and wellbeing, Economic
Affecting change of UK public health policy on vitamin D, sun exposure, skin cancer and vitamin D supplementation 2013-20
Webb, A. (Participant) & Rhodes, L. (Participant)
Impact: Society and culture, Health and wellbeing, Economic, Policy

Understanding Cancer: Why There’s No Single Cure and the Myths That Persist
Lipowska-Bhalla, G. (Speaker)
Dec 2025
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Teaching
FDI World Dental Parliament
Thompson, W. (Co-Chair)
7 Sept 2025 → 9 Sept 2025
Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Participating in a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Research
Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice (Journal)
Lander, K. (Assistant editor)
Sept 2025
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work › Teaching and Research
We Landed on the Moon, But Still Don’t Have a Single Treatment for Cancer – Why?
Lipowska-Bhalla, G. (Invited speaker)
10 Jul 2025
Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Teaching and Research
ITL Teaching and Learning Conference 2025
Lander, K. (Speaker)
2 Jul 2025 → 3 Jul 2025
Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation › Teaching and Research

Human Embryonic Multi-tissue ChIP-seq (Manchester)
Gerrard, D. (Creator), Hanley, N. (Owner) & Jennings, R. (Data Manager), The European Genome-phenome Archive, 2019
https://ega-archive.org/datasets/EGAD00001004335
Dataset
VariantFormatter
Causey-Freeman, P. (Creator), GitHub, 2019
https://github.com/openvar/variantFormatter
Dataset
EnsemblUTA
Causey-Freeman, P. (Creator), GitHub, 2019
https://github.com/biocommons/uta/tree/master/misc/EnsemblUTA
Dataset
Direct speech quotations promote low relative-clause attachment in silent reading of English
Yao, B. (Creator), UK Data Service, 2018
DOI: 10.5255/UKDA-SN-853105, http://reshare.ukdataservice.ac.uk/853105/
Dataset
CLUSTER anti-TNF clinical dataset
Lawson-Tovey, S. (Creator) & Ng, S. (Creator), CLUSTER consortium, 14 Feb 2023
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7639960
Dataset

1. Poster Prize at the GAB for Krzok, Nobis-Bosch, Willmes & Abel (2014)
Abel, S. (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
13 women from The University of Manchester make annual list of innovators
Moulton, G. (Recipient), Mar 2025
Prize: Other distinction
1st Annual Brady Award for Resident Research, Joint Oncology Program. University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Bristow, R. (Recipient), 1996
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
1st Place poster prize
Madders, G. (Recipient), 1 Jun 2017
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
1st place Student Poster Prize
Shafiee PhD.Sc, S. (Recipient), 20 May 2014
Prize: Other distinction

ITV (19 Jun 25) Films urge women with autism or learning disabilities to have cervical screening
Owens, J.
19/06/25
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
How do I say that in my language?
Rajan, E. & Pert, S.
23/05/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media
Why is movement important for children's wellbeing? The psychology behind Moodboosters
Kitsaras, G.
9/05/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert comment
Can science diplomacy keep up with a world in crisis?
Adamson, M., Robinson, S., Barrett, G. & Jacobsen, L. L.
29/04/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media
New Co-Lead and Deputy Lead appointed for Industry and Commercialisation
Kitchen, G.
13/04/25
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research

: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF REPORTED OUTCOMES IN VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIALS
Haseeb, F. (Author), Mathioudakis, A. (Supervisor) & Felton, T. (Supervisor), 1 Aug 2022
Student thesis: Master of Philosophy

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3D anatomical modelling of the human cardiac conduction system
Atkinson, A. (Author), Dobrzynski, H. (Supervisor) & Boyett, M. (Supervisor), 3 Jan 2015
Student thesis: Master of Philosophy

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3D Bioprinting Whole Intervertebral Discs to Understand Degeneration & Inform Regenerative Therapies
Kibble, M. (Author), Hoyland, J. (Supervisor), Richardson, S. (Supervisor) & Domingos, M. (Supervisor), 31 Dec 2023
Student thesis: Phd

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3-Dimensional SEM Studies of the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum in Chicken Hearts
Newman, B. (Author), Shiels, H. (Supervisor) & Codd, J. (Supervisor), 31 Dec 2016
Student thesis: Master of Philosophy

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3D Printed Denture Materials: Key Aspects of their Physico-Mechanical and Biological Properties
Altarazi, A. (Author), Haider, J. (Supervisor), Devlin, H. (Supervisor) & Silikas, N. (Supervisor), 1 Jan 1824
Student thesis: Phd

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Biological Mass Spectrometry (BioMS) Facility
Knight, D. (Platform Lead), Warwood, S. (Senior Technical Specialist), Selley, J. (Technical Specialist), Taylor, G. (Technical Specialist), Fullwood, P. (Technical Specialist), Keevill, E.-J. (Senior Technician) & Allsey, J. (Technician)
FBMH Platform Sciences, Enabling Technologies & Infrastructure
Facility/equipment: Facility
Biomolecular Analysis Core Facility
Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
Facility/equipment: Facility

Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Organisation profile

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