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Spring 2021

Exploring immune system
responses to COVID-19

Professor Ken Smith’s research has shown that individuals with asymptomatic or mild disease usually have an early and robust response to COVID. Seriously ill patients, on the other hand, have a delayed immune response and a generalised inflammatory response.

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Forest school introduces students to the
wild world

Taking time out to explore and experience the natural world is life-enhancing for everyone, but particularly for individuals with disabilities who may have restricted opportunities outside home. In 2020, a new ‘forest school’ was launched in a Cambridgeshire woodland to provide fun and learning outdoors.

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Investigating vaccination responses in
older people

Dr Michelle Linterman and her team have made further breakthroughs over the last year in their work to unravel the causes of a poor response to the flu vaccine in the immune systems of older people. No project has examined flu-specific memory B cells in such detail before and this has led to some intriguing findings.

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Befriending project turns to TV

A face-to-face befriending scheme for young people with learning disabilities in Cambridgeshire took a creative line in response to the pandemic lockdowns. Welcome to the launch of Eddie’s TV!

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Dementia befriending scores success online

Local charity YOPEY runs a befriending service, part-funded by the Evelyn Trust, that trains and supports young people to befriend elderly people living with dementia in care homes. This has now embraced digital alternatives with gusto.

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Research Training Fellowships are a springboard to future breakthroughs

Each year, The Evelyn Trust funds a one year Research Training Fellowship for a medic who shows exceptional promise in the field of research. These research superstars of the future are moving on to great things.

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A lifeline of fun and laughter in lockdown

The Laughter Specialists are providing a lifeline for seriously ill and disabled children and their families through laughter therapy in lockdown by embracing online opportunities and outreach.

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