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Professor Tracey Moore

Tracey Moore: A Career Built on Care, Leadership and Lifelong Learning

When Tracey began her career as a clerical officer at Trent Regional Health Authority in the late 1970s, she couldn't have predicted that one day she would be leading the Faculty of Health at one of the UK’s top universities.
Valve machine in a lab.

At the Heart of Discovery: Sheffield’s Role in Tackling Deadly Heart and Lung Diseases

Explore Sheffield’s pioneering legacy in tackling deadly heart and lung diseases.
James Catto, Professor in Urological Surgery

Professor James Catto Elected Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences

Professor James Catto receives prestigious fellowship, recognised for his outstanding contributions to medical research and patient care.
A person clutching their chest, suffering from a heart attack

Doctors of the future will simply ‘switch off’ the genes that cause heart attacks

Cardiac research in Sheffield has received a major boost from the British Heart Foundation (BHF) in the form of an £800,000 award to develop a new gene therapy to treat cardiovascular disease (CVD).
SITraN Building

Royal recognition for neuroscience research at the 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ of Sheffield

9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ has been awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize for innovation in neuroscience
A student researcher in the lab

Arthritis drugs could be repurposed to help prevent breast cancer spreading to the bone according to new study

Drugs commonly used to treat arthritis may help to prevent breast cancer spreading to the bone, where it is incurable, new research suggests.
Lungs

Pulmonary arterial hypertension targeted for new treatment by 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ of Sheffield scientists

Scientists at the 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ of Sheffield, working in collaboration with drug and vaccine developer Kymab Ltd, Cambridge, have identified a novel antibody that has the potential to become a new treatment for pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).