Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
The Faculty of Health and Life Sciences brings together academics and students across the spectrum of health, wellbeing and life sciences, including the social and environmental context, to create a holistic community with exciting synergies, dedicated to creating positive impact. Covering Biosciences, Psychology, Health and Care Professions (Nursing, Medical Imaging and Pharmacy), Public Health and Sports Sciences, Health and Community Sciences, and Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, the Faculty is based over multiple campuses in Exeter and Cornwall, and on partner NHS sites. For more information please visit http://www.exeter.ac.uk/departments/hls/
Recent Submissions
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Type 2 diabetes exacerbates changes in blood pressure-independent arterial stiffness: cross-sectional and longitudinal evidence from the SUMMIT study.
(American Physiological Society, 16 November 2023)Greater central artery stiffness is observed in people with Type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Elevated blood pressure (BP) and altered arterial wall structure/composition in T2DM are generally considered as main drivers for this ... -
Assessing the association between global structural brain age and polygenic risk for schizophrenia in early adulthood: a recall-by-genotype study
(Elsevier, 2024)Neuroimaging studies consistently show advanced brain age in schizophrenia, suggesting that brain structure is often ‘older’ than expected at a given chronological age. Whether advanced brain age is linked to genetic ... -
It helps me to stay on the right path, rather than give in”: Mixed-method process evaluation of the ImpulsePal app-based intervention for weight management
(SAGE Publications, 2024)Background: Empirical research indicates that impulsive processes that operate below conscious monitoring can undermine peoples’ attempts to change behaviour patterns, especially those that have become habitual. This may, ... -
Importance sampling and Bayesian model comparison in ecology and evolution
(Wiley, 20 October 2023)Bayesian approaches to the modelling of ecological systems are increasingly popular, but there are competing methods for formal model comparisons. Here, we focus on the task of performing multimodel inference through ... -
Multi-locus homozygosity promotes actuarial senescence in a wild mammal.
(Wiley / British Ecological Society, 10 July 2023)Genome-wide homozygosity, caused for example by inbreeding, is expected to have deleterious effects on survival and/or reproduction. Evolutionary theory predicts that any fitness costs are likely to be detected in late ...