News and events from the Centre for Appearance Research (CAR)

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Media Relations Team, 13 February 2024

Funding secured to develop sustainable health-monitoring e-textiles

A UWE Bristol academic has been given a New Investigator Award to further develop wearable sustainable e-textiles to monitor heart patients.

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Media Relations Team, 16 August 2023

New director appointed at UWE Bristol’s Centre for Appearance Research

UWE Bristol has appointed Professor Elizabeth Daniels as Director of its Centre for Appearance Research.

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Media Relations Team, 22 September 2021

Global study looks to improve lives of individuals with congenital condition

A major five-year study led by researchers at UWE Bristol and Seattle Children’s Hospital looks to improve care for people with craniofacial microsomia.

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Media Relations Team, 08 July 2021

World-leading conference to explore the impact of COVID on body image

Leading academics from around the world will meet next week to discuss how the COVID pandemic has affected issues around body image and appearance.

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Media Relations Team, 28 June 2021

Researchers seek 2,000 young people for new study into appearance and body image

Researchers at the Centre for Appearance Research (CAR) at UWE Bristol are looking for young people to take part in a research about body image.

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Media Relations Team, 26 May 2021

Somali people with visible facial differences sought by researchers for new study

Researchers at the Centre for Appearance Research (CAR) are looking for Somali people to take part in a new research study.

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Media Relations Team, 12 March 2021

Study explores women's experiences of medical tattooing

A recent study by the Centre for Appearance Research at UWE Bristol has explored women's experiences of medical tattooing.

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Media Relations Team, 08 December 2020

Teen dislike of physical appearance strong predictor of depression in early adulthood

Teens who are unhappy with their physical appearance are at significantly heightened risk of depression by the time they reach early adulthood, reveals UK study.

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Media Relations Team, 30 October 2020

Men with alopecia sought by researchers for new study

Researchers from the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) are seeking men who have experienced hair loss to take part in a new study with Alopecia UK.

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Media Relations Team, 07 October 2020

'Life-changing' programme to help people with visible differences made public

FaceIT@home helps people manage appearance-related distress and anxiety via a self-guided online tool, created in a partnership project between the Centre for Appearance Research at UWE Bristol, the University of Plymouth and charity, Changing Faces.

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Media Relations Team, 12 March 2019

'Body positive' social media content can lift body image and mood, new study finds

Viewing social media content aimed at challenging mainstream beauty ideals can boost body confidence among young women, a new study has revealed.

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Media Relations Team, 04 March 2019

HRH The Duke of Sussex meets UWE Bristol academics on visit to conflict wound research centre

Academics from the UWE Bristol met the HRH The Duke of Sussex during his visit to the world's first specialist military and civilian wound research centre.