This evening’s Excellence Awards are the grand finale to a summer of #NIHRLeicesterBRCHalfTime celebrations. Not long to go until we welcome, and celebrate the nominees, finalists and winners from across 8 categories! If you're a guest this evening please use the #NIHRLeicesterBRCHalfTime!

NIHR Leicester BRC and LHIIP PhD Scientific Symposium 2025 exhibits 49 posters on a wide range of themes and includes our first year PhD fellows' projects! #NIHRLeicesterBRCHalfTime @leicestersresearch.bsky.social
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Our first student presentation was third year PhD fellow Holly Drover. Holly's respiratory-themed project focuses on pulmonary rehabilitation in the UK
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Today we are shining a spotlight on our PhD fellows as our NIHR Leicester BRC and LHIIP PhD Scientific Symposium 2025 is in full swing! Stay tuned! #NIHRLeicesterBRCHalfTime
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Our last LHIIP student presentation is delivered by our second year PhD fellow Kate Kontou. Kate's project is both Lifestyle and Respiratory-themed with a Long Covid rehabilitation focus #NIHRLeicesterBRCHalfTime
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It's the PM of today's event and our third year PhD fellow Jo McAllister is next to present. Jo's respiratory-themed project looks at cardiac rehabilitation in South Asian communities #NIHRLeicesterBRCHalfTime @leicestersresearch.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social @uniofleicester.bsky.social

It was a great honour to kick off the #NIHRLeicesterBRCHalfTime earliar this week. I always get anxious before speaking. How do I deal with this? Turn up early and pace around the stage and go through slides. That way when I give my talk, it feels like others are entering my space. #Academicsky

Another great presentation from our second year PhD fellow @fayeashton.bsky.social. Faye is based at @lborouniversity.bsky.social, joining us to present her Lifestyle-themed project focusing on appetite influences #NIHRLeicesterBRCHalfTime @leicestersresearch.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social