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CALLING ALL WIRRAL LIFE READERS!
Readers of Wirral Life can play a vital role in helping the
University of Liverpool. Join them in supporting our incredible
NHS and amazingly strong communities, just like the one you
live in. Read on to find out how you can make a difference.
The COVID-19 virus presents an exceptionally worrying and
challenging time for all of us. Each of us has been affected. We
have all had to adjust our lives, and daily routines have been turned
upside-down.
You, or someone you know, may have personal experience of the
virus. Are you an essential key worker on the front line, or have you
had to separate from your family to self-isolate? Perhaps you are
juggling working from home with parenting and home teaching?
At times like this and whatever your circumstances, it’s worth
remembering that we’re all in this together.
The University of Liverpool is actively involved in researching the
current pandemic. Together with the Liverpool School of Tropical
Medicine and other research partners, we have directed the majority
of Liverpool's research efforts to COVID-19.
Currently more than 150 researchers are undertaking crucial
research into the virus in an effort to better understand and tackle
the global pandemic.
Professor Calum Semple, Professor of Outbreak Medicine at the
University of Liverpool, is leading a team working to understand the
nature of the virus and how it spreads, as well as looking to develop
effective drug treatments including a potential vaccine.
In the University's Department of Molecular and Clinical
Pharmacology, a team led by Professor Andrew Owen, is working
with associates to help prevent healthcare workers from becoming
infected. If successful, this could be deployed like a vaccine which,
topped up intermittently, would provide them with vital protection
while caring for those most in need.
The Health Protection Research Unit in Emerging Zoonotic
Infections (HPRU EZI) and the Centre of Excellence in Infectious
Diseases Research (CEIDR), led by Professor Tom Solomon and
Professor William Hope respectively, are working together to
deliver an impressive and forward-thinking programme of work in
diagnostics and genome sequencing.
Working in collaboration with Liverpool Health Partners, The
University are supporting the NHS, our local community and the
city’s public health agenda through a variety of means.
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The University is making student accommodation and its car
parks available to NHS staff. Engineers are using their expertise in
3D-printing and laser cutting technologies to produce protective
visors and oxygen compressors which are being made available to
the NHS.
There are clinical academics, including Professor Louise Kenny
(pictured), who have returned to front-line medicine, and final year
medical students who are volunteering to support patient care in
local hospitals. In addition to this, thousands of medical students
and staff volunteers are supporting in non-clinical areas such as
providing childcare for key workers and food distribution across the
city.
The University is working hard to support the NHS and local
community; however, they cannot do this alone. We invite you to
join them in fighting this global pandemic through our COVID-19
Emergency Response Campaign.
Firstly, if you are able to donate any of the medical supplies listed
below, please contact [email protected].
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Surgical scrubs / plastic aprons / gowns /gloves
Water resistant surgical masks
FFP3 masks
Visors
Surgical caps
QIAsymphony Virus/Bacteria midi kit 937055
QIAamp MinElute Virus Spin Kit 57704
Secondly, if you would like to donate to the COVID-19 Emergency
Response Campaign, your donation, whatever the size, will make a
real impact. This will allow The University to fund world-changing
research and make further advances in the understanding and
treatment of Coronavirus. In the first week of its launch, campaign
supporters raised an incredible £61,951. Become one of their
COVID-19 Emergency Response Campaign supporters by donating
via our website https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/coronavirus/support-
us/about-campaign/
Finally, if you would like to join their supporter community, you
can find them on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram at @LivUni or @
LivUniAlumni for updates. They would be incredibly grateful if you
could share the campaign with your family, friends and networks.
For any contribution you are able to make to the campaign, on
behalf of the University of Liverpool, colleagues in the NHS and the
Liverpool City Region, we thank you.