08 THE KNOW
RESEARCH ROUND-UP 09
Research
round-up
Keele joins
forces with
Oxford and
Southampton
Universities
to tackle pain
Keele has joined forces
with Oxford University and
Southampton University
to conduct the ‘North
Staffordshire Health Study’
which is funded by Arthritis
Research UK, as part of
the charity’s investment
programme in breakthrough
treatments to help support
people affected by arthritis.
The charity has awarded
funding of £300,000
to investigate how
musculoskeletal pain can
affect people’s health
and overall quality of life.
Read the full article at
keele.ac.uk/tackle-pain
Heart failure
more fatal than
common cancers
A study led by Keele
University, in collaboration with
the University of Aberdeen and
the University of Manchester,
shows that men and women
suffering from heart failure
have a higher risk of death
than people with most
common types of cancer.
The primary care database
study is the first of its kind
to compare survival rates,
separated by gender.
Heart failure is a leading
cause of death globally,
and the result of this study
will be vital in working towards
improving the outcomes of
heart failure patients.
Read the full article at
keele.ac.uk/
heart-failure-research
Researchers
develop
guidelines to
reduce the
risk of minor
earthquakes
during hydraulic
fracturing
Major grant
awarded to
support work on
Malaria control
Keele University researchers
are advising on new safety
guidelines for hydraulic
fracturing to help prevent
minor earthquakes.
Professor Tripet will lead
the four-year programme,
in collaboration with Professor
Austin Burt, Imperial College
London, and Dr Fred
Aboagye-Antwi at the
University of Ghana in Accra. Researcher Developer
Dr Rachel Westwood,
Research Fellow Mr Sam
Toon, and Emeritus Professor
Peter Styles from Keele’s
School of Geography, Geology
and Environment – together
with Professor Nigel Cassidy
who is now at Birmingham
University – have published
their study advising on
hydraulic fracturing safety
guidelines for legislative
bodies, including governments,
environmental agencies,
health and safety executives
and local planning authorities.
Read the full article at
keele.ac.uk/
malaria-control-grant Read the full article at
keele.ac.uk/
hydraulic-fracking
A major grant of £13.6 million
($17,500,000) from the Open
Philanthropy Project has been
awarded to the Target Malaria
consortium, which will support
the work of Frederic Tripet,
Professor in Medical and
Molecular Entomology.