The Centre for Ethnic Health Research is part of an East Midlands partnership awarded £8.5 million by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to deliver one of eight hubs of the new NIHR Research Support Service (RSS). The partnership will work with research teams across England to develop and deliver ground-breaking health Read More

Leicester researchers are urging caution before artificial intelligence (AI) models such as ChatGPT are used in healthcare for ethnic minority populations. Writing in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine,epidemiologists at the University of Leicester and University of Cambridge say that existing inequalities for ethnic minorities may become more entrenched due to systemic biases in Read More

The Centre in partnership with the University of Leicester as part of the Social Sciences Festival held a number of plogging events last month. Plogging is the term used to describe picking up litter whilst taking physical activity such as jogging or walking. The events took place at Crown Hills Community College and Lancaster Academy Read More

AUGUST 25, 2021: We are pleased to announce that the Centre has been awarded funding from the 2021 East Midlands Academic Health Science Network (EMAHSN) Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) fund. The Centre was one of 15 organisations and groups who have been awarded £1,000 to support work to involve patients and citizens in research Read More