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2025: </time> <b>Three Imperial researchers given prestigious research positions</b> </h5> <p> Three Imperial researchers have been appointed as Senior Investigators by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR). <span class="commentCounter cloak"> <img class="left" alt="Comment bubble" src="//www.imperial.ac.uk/assets/news/img/commentBubble.png"> <b class="left">0</b> </span> </p> </a> </article> <article class="last" data-change="1" data-remove="1" data-multiply="1" data-design="2" data-story-id="262373" data-placement-type="dropped"> <a title="Report explores experiences of women in clinical academia at Imperial" href="//www.imperial.ac.uk/news/262373/report-explores-experiences-women-clinical-academia"> <div class="featureImageWrapper"> <img class="featureImage" src="//www.imperial.ac.uk/ImageCropToolT4/imageTool/uploaded-images/newseventsimage_1742994102768_featurenews2012_x1.jpg" alt="Report explores experiences of women in clinical academia at Imperial"> <img class="imageShadow" alt="shadow" src="//www.imperial.ac.uk/assets/news/img/image_shadow_sidebar.png"> </div> <p class="storyType"> </p> <h4 class="teaser">Medical career insights</h4> <h5> <time class="landing left" datetime="2025-03-26">26 March 2025: </time> <b>Report explores experiences of women in clinical academia at Imperial</b> </h5> <p> A new report commissioned by Imperial explores the experiences of women in clinical academia at the university and how to support them better. <span class="commentCounter cloak"> <img class="left" alt="Comment bubble" src="//www.imperial.ac.uk/assets/news/img/commentBubble.png"> <b class="left">0</b> </span> </p> </a> </article> </div><hr class="betweenStories visibleOnMobile"><div class="content-layout one-col first-child left" data-layout-id="12" data-cols="1"> <article class="noImage" data-hrsep="1" data-change="1" data-multiply="1" data-design="4" data-story-id="262653" data-placement-type="dropped"> <a title="Hypertension during pregnancy 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src="//www.imperial.ac.uk/assets/news/img/commentBubble.png"> <b class="left">0</b> </span> </h5> </a> </article> <hr class="betweenStories"> <article class="noImage" data-hrsep="1" data-change="1" data-multiply="1" data-design="4" data-story-id="261813" data-placement-type="dropped"> <a title="New simulation of life on Earth reveals hidden diversity of undiscovered species" href="//www.imperial.ac.uk/news/261813/new-simulation-life-earth-reveals-hidden"> <div class="featureImageWrapper"> <img class="featureImage" src="//www.imperial.ac.uk/ImageCropToolT4/imageTool/uploaded-images/newseventsimage_1742306360485_featurenews2012_x1.jpg" alt="New simulation of life on Earth reveals hidden diversity of undiscovered species"> <img class="imageShadow" alt="shadow" src="//www.imperial.ac.uk/assets/news/img/image_shadow_sidebar.png"> </div> <p class="storyType"></p> <h4 class="teaser">Biodiversity simulations</h4> <h5> <time class="landing left" datetime="2025-03-31"> 31 March 2025: </time> 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