
UK Neonatal Nurse of the Year (2017)
Our student Colm Darby won this award for influencing the introduction of a new guideline to promote breastfeeding. He also helped to reduce neonatal admissions in the NHS hospital he was working in.
As we say a very happy 70th birthday to the NHS, we are celebrating the many ways our staff and students, across disciplines, have contributed to the improvement of healthcare in the UK.
Here at the University of Southampton we have a long history of working with the NHS and we are proud to be shaping and contributing to the NHS of tomorrow.
There's a long history of the University of Southampton being involved in public health research...They've been absolutely vital in terms of the national approach to improving our healthcare.
We have opened the UK's first dedicated Cancer Immunology Centre, after raising over £25M in our campaign. Watch the video to take a tour.
Get involvedOur nursing students are trialling new assisted reality technology to improve resuscitation techniques.
Learn more'Starstream' is a new way of deep cleaning using bubbles and cold water that may revolutionise medical cleaning.
Watch the BBC reportLifeLab, in partnership with University Hospital, is a unique, state-of-the-art teaching laboratory dedicated to improving adolescent health.
Explore LifeLabFortisNet brings together academics and clinicians from across the South to address musculoskeletal health.
Learn moreWe are very proud of the truly excellent academic partnership we have achieved with the University of Southampton...Our collaborative work has created fantastic results.
We have been training nurses here at Southampton since 1957 and our medical school opened in 1971. Through our close partnership with University Hospital Southampton and other NHS providers across the South our students are trained through real-world situations right from the beginning.
Here's how some of our students and alumni are shaping the future:
Our student Colm Darby won this award for influencing the introduction of a new guideline to promote breastfeeding. He also helped to reduce neonatal admissions in the NHS hospital he was working in.
Alumna and now Professor Anna Barney is researching speech patterns, to see if they can be a reliable indicator of dementia.
Alumnus Dr Thomas Secker and postgraduate student Freya Malcher are part of an interdisciplinary team leading in the fight for infection control.
Lucy Price was nominated for Student Midwife of the Year in 2018 for demonstrating her commitment to midwifery by setting up and running a student midwife society.
Our student blogger, Emily, shares her personal views on why we should all be thankful for the NHS at 70.
Our student blogger, Charlie, shares his personal views of the many challenges that face today's NHS.
We exist to make the world better. By bringing together academics, researchers and clinicians from across disciplines to work together we are creating research findings that are resulting in better clinical outcomes for patients.
Here is just a taste of our research:
Genetic testing is becoming routine, but what are the ethical and legal dilemmas around this information? Our research is finding answers to the application of ethics and law in clinical practice.
Our Allergy Centre is recognised as a World Allergy Organisation Centre of Excellence for allergy research, clinical service and education. Our Allergy MSc is training the clinicians of the future.
Sensors@Southampon is a multi-disciplinary network of researchers developing cheap paper-based sensors that can be used to test for medical conditions.
We are working with healthcare providers to increase consent rates for organ and tissue donation, so that more lifesaving transplant operations can be carried out.
Some of our academics who work closely with the NHS share their thoughts about the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead. Read more about the importance of research and technology to the NHS of tomorrow.
We are ranked 5th in the world and second in the UK according to the QS World Rankings by Subject 2020/21
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