January 26, 2012 For immediate release

Professor shortlisted for international award

A Leeds Metropolitan University professor has been shortlisted for an international award following his pioneering research into mens health in Europe.

Alan White, the worlds first Professor of Mens Health is in the running for the Robert Tiffany International Award at the prestigious Nurse Awards 2012.

The annual ceremony, organised by the UK Nursing Standard journal will be hosted by broadcaster Angela Rippon and held in Londons Park Lane, Hilton hotel on March 22.

Professor White, said: It is such an honour to receive this recognition as a finalist for this award. There are many excellent research teams across the UK, so Im delighted to be shortlisted following the work I have been involved in.

Last year Professor White led an international team of academics to produce The State of Mens Health in Europe Report for the European Commission. The research undertaken suggested that a high level of premature illness and death amongst men is preventable and warned that the state of mens health in Europe is a serious public health concern.

Patterns emerging from data taken from 34 European countries showed marked differences in health outcomes amongst men both between and within countries.

Professor White is currently working with colleagues from Leeds Mets Carnegie Faculty on an evaluation study of the Premier League Health for young men, which is being run through the Football Premier League in England.

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Notes for editors: y Leeds Metropolitan University has over 15,000 students and around 3, 000 staff. y The Vice Chancellor of Leeds Metropolitan University is Professor Susan Price and the Chair of the Board is Lord Woolmer of Leeds. y Leeds Metropolitans four faculties are: Arts, Environment and Technology, Business & Law, Health and Social Sciences, and Carnegie. y Leeds Metropolitans heritage can be traced back to the founding of the Mechanics Institute in Leeds in 1824. y International students rated the University top in the UK for language support, accommodation quality and learning spaces in the 2010 Autumn Wave of the International Student Barometer and sixth in the world for the quality of its lectures. We have over 1,500 international students from 122 countries around the globe. y The Universitys award-winning learning environments include

Broadcasting Place, which was voted the best tall building in the world in 2010 by the Chicago-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban

Habitat (CTBUH) and also winner of the 2010 Leeds Architecture Awards New Building category.