

This year the MQScienceFestival challenged researchers to create a 3 minute 'TikTok' poster. This poster ‘Prevalence and predictors for anxiety and depression in residents of Lahore, Pakistan. A community-based surveillance program from LMIC’ by Afshan Shahid, Service Institute of Medical Sciences (SIMS), Pakistan, was awarded 2nd place by the judging panel.

2022 Emerging Leaders cohort: CVD and Infectious diseases
The 2022 Emerging Leaders Seminar took place in Buenos Aires, Argentina and brought together a team of Emerging Leaders from 17 countries across five continents.
- 28th October 2022

Ten Global Health Research Units announced to improve health outcomes for people living in LMICs
The NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Diabetes and Cardiovascular disease in South Asia has been awarded funding under the programmes second call.
- 21st September 2022

Addressing the rise in diabetes and heart disease in South Asia
As rates of diabetes and heart disease rapidly rise among South Asian populations, NIHR-funded researchers are developing unique resources and novel approaches to understand and prevent their key risk factors.
- 17th June 2022

Living near fast food restaurants in South Asia may increase risk of type 2 diabetes
Globally, the prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is increasing. An NIHR-funded study, published in PLOS Medicine, suggests that living near fast food restaurants increases the risk of developing the condition.
- 27th April 2022