Queen Mary University in East London is already reputed for its high academic excellence. It is one of the best universities in the UK with very bright students and top lecturers. Students and lecturer’s from this top class university would be proud to discover that their lecturer’s and mentors have been awarded grants in huge sums.
The grants are from the National Institute for Health Research’s (NIHR) £60m tranche of Global Challenges Research Funding (GCRF), the eye of media.com has heard.
Pr Graham MacGregor and Dr Feng He from QMUL’s Wolfston Institute of preventive medicine that will establish a new Global Health Research Unit that will develop and implement a national salt reduction programme in China.
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Professor MacGregor’s has championed a number of researches in his time. His recent research demonstrated how modest reductions in salt intake seriously impacts blood pressure. He campaigned through the group Consensus Action on Salt and Health that he set up in 1996.
Over the moon with excitement, Professor McGregor told the eye of media.com “
We have been successful in getting salt intake down in the UK, although more reduction can still be achieved. Many developed countries are copying the UK’s salt reduction model. Developing countries are lagging behind. China is the largest developing country in the world and salt intake in China is very high. A reduction in salt intake will prevent hundreds of thousands of stroke and heart disease deaths per year in China.”
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Dr Feng He from Wolfston Institute of Preventive medicine said of the award: I am thrilled with the award and added: “In China approximately 80 per cent of the salt in the diet is added by the consumer during cooking. Our experience in China has led to a novel approach to reducing salt in such settings. This new NIHR award will expand the work and develop a more comprehensive strategy to effectively reduce salt consumption in the Chinese population. This will have enormous benefits on health and lead to long-term major cost savings.”
From the Wolfston Institute of preventative Medicine, Professor Stefan Priebe from QMUL’s received £2m to develop a new Global Health Research Group that will focus on improving mental health interventions in LMICs.
Since 1997, he has built up the Unit for Social and Community Psychiatry . The World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre is the main one designed for Mental Health Service Development in the world.
Professor Stefan Priebe said:
“For many years, our Unit at QMUL has developed and studied psycho-social interventions for people with severe mental illnesses, focusing on resources that can be mobilised and utilised in relationships, families and communities.
“In collaboration with partners in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Colombia and Uganda, our new group will now develop and test similar approaches in very different low and middle-income countries. This is a very challenging, but exciting task.”
As well as enlightening populations in developing countries, the UK will benefit from ongoing awareness about the harmful effects of salt. It is absolutely important for the public to have full knowledge about any harmful products they consume.
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