UCL in the media
Drug strategy will fail without new money, say critics
Dr Adam Winstock (UCL Institute of Epidemiology & Health) has criticised the government's new drug strategy, drawing attention to funding cuts and large numbers of people leaving the profession.
Read: The BMJIs it always good to talk? How to help survivors of trauma
Dr Vaughan Bell (UCL Psychiatry) provides care advice for survivors of trauma in the wake of the Grenfell disaster.
Read: GuardianCocktail of drugs could prevent 10,000 HIV deaths a year, claim scientists
Professor Diana Gibb (UCL MRC Clinical Trials Unit) explains the impact of a new drug package for HIV sufferers who start treatment late, shown in a UCL led trial to save three lives for every 100 people treated.
Read: Guardian, More: UCL News, BBC Radio 4 'Today' (from 53 mins 33 secs), BBC World Service 'World Update' (from 14 mins)We need robots to have morals. Could Shakespeare and Austen help?
Professor John Mullan (UCL English Language & Literature) weighs in on whether robots should be taught ethics through classic literature.
Read: GuardianInequality: are hyper-selective universities making it worse?
Professor Simon Marginson (UCL Institute of Education) comments on the relationship between research performance and undergraduate student selectivity in tertiary institutions.
Read: Times Higher EducationUnderstanding the brain cancer that John McCain has been diagnosed with
Dr Paul Mulholland (UCL Cancer Institute) helps explain the brain cancer called glioblastoma that John McCain has been diagnosed with.
Read: IndependentNew research project launched to improve challenging behaviour in children
Professor Angela Hassiotis (UCL Psychiatry) speaks about a new national clinical trial she is leading that seeks to reduce challenging behaviour in three- to five-year-old children with learning disabilities.
Listen: BBC Radio 4 'Woman's Hour' (from 35 mins 50 secs), More: UCL NewsThe nine lifestyle changes that could save you from dementia
Professor Gill Livingston (UCL Psychiatry) led a report for The Lancet Commission on dementia prevention, intervention and care, suggesting that a third of dementia cases could be prevented via lifestyle change. Co-authors Dr Claudia Cooper, Dr Vasiliki Orgeta and Dr Naaheed Mukadam (UCL Psychiatry) also comment.
Read: Telegraph (£), More: Guardian, Independent, Mail Online, Express, The Sun, ITV News, CBS News, BBC News, Financial Times, Reuters, Al Jazeera, Washington Post, ABC News, The Conversation, BBC Radio 4 'Today' (from 53 mins 14 secs), BBC Two 'Victoria Derbyshire' (from 1 hr 34 mins 56 secs), BBC World Service 'The Newsroom', talkRADIO 'Carole Malone' (10:30-11:00 segment, from 20 mins 50 secs), BBC Radio Stoke 'Stuart George' (from 1 hr 7 mins 34 secs), UCL NewsIntelligent computers will assess new treatments for NHS patients
Professor James Thomas (UCL Institute of Education) is leading a project that aims to speed up the appraisal of cancer drugs and other therapies using artificial intelligence.
Read: The Times (£)Why is Jane Austen trending 200 years after her death?
Professor John Mullan (UCL English Language & Literature) has commented on Jane Austen's "stylistic brilliance" on the anniversary of the author's death.
Read: BBC News