Research output per year
Research output per year
Organisation profile
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.
Read more about our research impact.
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:
- Division of Cell Matrix Biology and Regenerative Medicine
- Division of Evolution, Infection and Genomics
- Division of Immunology, Immunity to Infection and Respiratory Medicine
- Division of Molecular and Cellular Function
- Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences
- Division of Neuroscience
School of Medical Sciences:
- Division of Cancer Sciences
- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences
- Division of Dentistry
- Division of Developmental Biology and Medicine
- Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Gastroenterology
- Division of Medical Education
School of Health Sciences:
- Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Sciences
- Division of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work
- Division of Pharmacy and Optometry
- Division of Population Health, Health Services Research and Primary Care
- Division of Psychology and Mental Health
- Division of Psychology, Communication and Human Neuroscience
Institutes and networks
The Faculty leads the following institutes and networks:
- Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute
- Christabel Pankhurst Institute for Health Technology Research and Innovation
- Lydia Becker Institute of Immunology and Inflammation
- Manchester Regenerative Medicine Network
We also contribute to:
- Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research
- Institute for Health Policy and Organisation
- Manchester Cancer Research Centre (MCRC)
- Manchester Institute of Biotechnology
- Manchester Institute for Collaborative Research on Ageing
Core research facilities
Find out more about our technology platforms.
Our researchers
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Profiles
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Kathryn Abel, MA MBBS FRCP FRCPsych PhD
- Division of Psychology & Mental Health (L5) - Clinical Professor of Psych Medicine
Person: Academic
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Sabu Abraham, MSc, PhD
- Division of Cardiovascular Sciences (L5) - Lecturer in Cardiovascular Medicine
Person: Academic
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Quality by design micro-engineering optimisation of NSAID-loaded electrospun fibrous patches
Nazari, K., Mehta, P., Arshad, M. S., Ahmed, S., Andriotis, E. G., Singh, N., Qutachi, O., Chang, M. W., Fatouros, D. G. & Ahmad, Z., 17 Dec 2029, In: Pharmaceutics. 12, 1, 2.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Linguistic Approaches to Health Communication and Culture
Wang Guenier, A. & Atanasova, D., 2027, (Accepted/In press)Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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AI and Communication: Professional and Intercultural Contexts in Language Education.
Wang Guenier , A. & Xing, M., 2026, (Accepted/In press) Routledge.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Chinese International Students, UK Universities, and Adaptation: Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis for Wellbeing.
Wang Guenier , A. & Xing, M., 2026, (Accepted/In press) Routledge.Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
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Developing a knowledge-guided federated graph attention learning network with a diffusion module to diagnose Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimers Dis Neuroimaging Initiat, Jan 2026, In: Medical Image Analysis. 107, 14 p., 103794.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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RISE : Reducing Immune Stress from Excess Cytokine Release in Advanced Therapies
Lim, J. (PI), Valletta, S. (CoI), Frangi, A. F. (CoI), Parkes, M. (CoI), Giampazolias, E. (CoI) & Hughes-Noehrer, L. (CoI)
1/10/25 → 30/09/30
Project: Research
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LCD-PSY: Centre for Language, Communication and Developmental Psychology
Ambridge, B. (PI), Theakston, A. (PI), Sturrock, A. (CoI), Kindell, J. (CoI), Buckle, L. (CoI), Ferry, A. (CoI), Freed, J. (CoI), Kandemirci, B. (CoI), Linnert, S. (CoI), Lopez-Perez, B. (CoI), Papastergiou, A. (CoI), Twomey, K. (CoI), Köymen, B. (CoI), Mitchell, C. (CoI), Jensen, K. (CoI), Greenwood-Davies, S. (CoI), Hartshorn, C. (CoI), Ormerod, E. (CoI), Purcell, R. (CoI), Starkey, R. (CoI), Durrant, S. (CoI), Ellis, C. (CoI), Pert, S. (CoI), Waddington, O. (Researcher), Alcock, C. (Researcher), Walibhai, W. (Researcher), Zhang, S. (Researcher), Zhao, C. (Researcher), Leith, K. (PGR student), Ward, L. (PGR student), Price-Williams, D. (PGR student), Benafif, S. (PGR student), Eroglu, H. S. (PGR student), Savill, C. (PGR student), Gregori, F. (PGR student), Manfredi, L. (PGR student), Ozturk Mihci, I. (PGR student), Chen, Y. (PGR student), Ewaida, A. (PGR student), Hu, X. (PGR student), Jackson, K. (PGR student), Kerry, S. (PGR student), Zhang, J. (PGR student), Zhang, R. (PGR student), Chen, S. (PGR student), Breen, S. (PGR student), Ozturk, T. P. (PGR student), Walker-Sharpe, P. (PGR student), Price-Williams, D. (PGR student) & Wood, G. (PGR student)
1/09/25 → …
Project: Research
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Assessing the impact of different models of integrating new or extended roles into primary care: A comparative analysis of England and Scotland.
Mcdermott, I. (PI), Checkland, K. (CoI), Wilding, A. (CoI) & Sutton, M. (CoI)
1/07/25 → 31/08/27
Project: Research
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Understanding multi-level impact of male-derived sex peptide on female reproductive behaviours
Soller, M. (PI)
20/06/25 → 19/06/28
Project: Research
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Representation Matters
Cobb, H. (PI), Finn, G. (CoI) & Shobiye, L. (Researcher)
1/05/25 → 31/01/27
Project: Research
Impacts
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Access to more effective therapies in Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma
Illidge, T. (Corresponding participant), Radford, J. (Participant) & Honeychurch, J. (Participant)
Impact: Health and wellbeing, Economic
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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
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Adjuvant therapy in melanoma adopted as standard of care
Lorigan, P. (Participant)
Impact: Health and wellbeing
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Advancing treatments for lysosomal storage disorders
Bigger, B. (Corresponding participant), Wynn, R. (Participant) & Jones, S. (Participant)
Impact: Health and wellbeing, Economic
Activities
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From Theory to Practice: Applying Constructivism to Dynamic Assessment and the Zone of Proximal Development in Children with Suspected Language Difficulties / Developmental Language Disorder (DLD)
Pert, S. (Speaker)
5 Dec 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Teaching
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ASME NW Forum 2025
Conen, S. (Chair)
4 Dec 2025Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Organising a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc › Teaching and Research
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School Science Talk, Michaela School, London
Ward, D. (Speaker)
1 Dec 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Teaching
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Understanding Cancer: Why There’s No Single Cure and the Myths That Persist
Lipowska-Bhalla, G. (Speaker)
Dec 2025Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk › Teaching
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Medical school interviews
Costache, C. (Other)
Dec 2025 → Jan 2026Activity: Internal positions, career professional development, other peer review and other › Other › Teaching
Datasets
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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
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VariantFormatter
Causey-Freeman, P. (Creator), GitHub, 2019
https://github.com/openvar/variantFormatter
Dataset
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EnsemblUTA
Causey-Freeman, P. (Creator), GitHub, 2019
https://github.com/biocommons/uta/tree/master/misc/EnsemblUTA
Dataset
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VariantValidator
Causey-Freeman, P. (Creator) & Forey, T. (Contributor), GitHub, 2018
https://github.com/openvar/variantValidator
Dataset
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CLUSTER MTX clinical dataset
Lawson-Tovey, S. (Creator) & Ng, S. (Creator), CLUSTER consortium, 14 Feb 2023
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7639899, https://zenodo.org/record/7639899
Dataset
Prizes
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(2022-2026) ESRC-NWSSDTP PhD Studentship Award
Savill, C. (Recipient), 2022
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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1. Poster Prize at the GAB for Krzok, Nobis-Bosch, Willmes & Abel (2014)
Abel, S. (Recipient), 2014
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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13 women from The University of Manchester make annual list of innovators
Moulton, G. (Recipient), Mar 2025
Prize: Other distinction
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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)
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Press/Media
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SKY NEWS: Magic mushrooms may soon be used to treat alcohol addiction
12/11/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert comment
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Wonkhe blog: Students taking resits need specific support
6/11/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Blogs and social media
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Student theses
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: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF REPORTED OUTCOMES IN VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIALS
Haseeb, F. (Author), Mathioudakis, A. (Supervisor) & Felton, T. (Supervisor), 27 Oct 2021Student 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), 12 Nov 2014Student thesis: Master of Philosophy
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3D Bioprinted Tissue Engineered Meniscal Constructs
Mcdermott, G. (Author), Richardson, S. (Supervisor) & Domingos, M. (Supervisor), 6 Jun 2024Student thesis: Phd
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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), 11 Jul 2023Student 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), 27 Nov 2016Student thesis: Master of Philosophy
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Equipment
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Biological Mass Spectrometry (BioMS) Facility
Knight, D. (Core Facility 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 & InfrastructureFacility/equipment: Facility
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Genomic Technologies
Hayes, A. (Core Facility Lead), Smiga, M. (Technical Specialist), Morrisroe, C. (Technical Specialist), Holden, S. (Technical Specialist), Anderson, B. (Technical Specialist), Rash, B. (Senior Technician), Sharrocks, A. (Academic lead) & Foster, F. (Other)
FBMH Platform Sciences, Enabling Technologies & InfrastructureFacility/equipment: Facility