Academy Blog and News

News and events from the Advanced Care Research Centre Academy

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Wellcome X ACRC Academy Joint Workshop - Dundee

06 April, 2026

In September 2025, Dr Kieran Sweeney and Jenn Yoo received an InFrame grant through the Culture…

Dawn breaks over the River Tay

The Scottish Ageing Forum

02 March, 2026

On 9th February 2026, PhD researchers from the University of Edinburgh hosted the Scottish Ageing…

Photograoh of all the attendees of the Scottish Ageing Forum

ACRC Academy student Sam Andres presented their work at SCAN and SPaRC

05 February, 2026

Sam attended the Scottish Cognitive Ageing Network and Scottish Pain Research Community conferences…

ACRc Sam Andres at SCAN landscape

Wellcome X ACRC Academy Joint Workshop - Glasgow

26 January, 2026

In September 2025, Dr Kieran Sweeney and Jenn Yoo received an InFrame grant through the Culture…

ACR Academy logo

Nicola Crowe wins Student Experience Grant

20 January, 2026

Nicola's grant will fund a research project into the challenges faced by neurodivergent PGR…

Nicola Crowe headshot

Congratulations to Lara Johnson!

08 December, 2025

ACRC Academy student Lara Johnson passes her viva.

Lara Johnson

Vasilis Raptis at the European Delirium Association conference

04 December, 2025

Academy student Vaslilis presented his work at the EDA annual conference in Hamburg in November.

Vasilis Raptis

Congratulations to Chris Lochhead!

20 November, 2025

ACRC Academy Student Chris Lochhead has passed his viva.

Chris Lochhead

21st EuGMS congress in Reykjavik

23 October, 2025

Our latest blog comes from David Vaca-Benavides, Vasilis Raptis, and Ellie Falkingham, PhD students…

Three ACRC authors at EuGMS 2025

Music4Change International Research School

08 October, 2025

Find out how two Academy PhD Students enjoyed their experience presenting in Thessalonika, Greece.

Two PhD Students at a conference