Faculty of Medicine and Health

Tissue Bank boost for brain cancer researchers

New Leeds-based brain tumour Tissue Bank is set to open following donations from two Yorkshire charities.

Image of brain tumour cells under a microscope

Group of undergraduate University of Leeds Medicine and Health students on campus

New brain cancer tissue bank
FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH

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Welcome from the Executive Dean

Our mission as a leading biomedical and health service research campus is to deliver educational and research excellence that impacts on human health and wealth.

Paul Stewart, Executive Dean

Our schools are consistently highly ranked, nationally and internationally, and have maintained a global reputation for academic excellence, world-class research and technology-enhanced learning. Our acclaimed strength in both teaching and research attracts the best clinicians and academics to work with us.

Equality and Inclusion

The Faculty is committed to creating an inclusive working environment for all our staff and students.

The Faculty Equality and Inclusion committee meets termly and is chaired by the Executive Dean of the Faculty, Professor Paul Stewart. The faculty committee works closely with the University Equality Policy Unit to promote the University Equality Objectives.

Top 100

World top 100 University

QS World Rankings 2021

Gold rated

for teaching as the University of Leeds

Teaching Excellence Framework (2017)

£50m+

annually

in research income

Academic research being presented to group

Research and innovation

Across our four schools we undertake leading research to drive forward understanding within our fields, whilst improving the provision of care and delivering meaningful impact for our partners and collaborators. This is enabled by world-renowned research staff and state-of-the-art facilities. Our vision is to apply our research, education and practice to improve health outcomes and quality of life for individuals and societies.