A selection of news from the Usher Institute in 2016 - major publications, awards, visitors and more.
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COVID-19 immunity research boosted by data platform
Members of BREATHE – the Health Data Research Hub for Respiratory Health have joined forces with…
OBE Honour for Professor Cathie Sudlow
Congratulations to Professor Cathie Sudlow.
Multiple measures boost Covid fight, study finds
Public health restrictions put in place to curb the spread of coronavirus are ranked for their…
New study highlights disruptive impact of pandemic on non-COVID NHS care in Scotland
A new study highlights significant drops in A&E attendances, and emergency and planned hospital…
Covid-19 risk tool helps guide treatment
People who are admitted to hospital with Covid-19 can be divided into four distinct groups,…
DataLoch heralds new data-driven era in healthcare innovation
A new data repository has been created to bring together health and social care data for the first…
Understanding Covid-19 and Tobacco in six Low and Middle Income Countries: findings and reflections from a desk-based mapping study
Authors: Hayley Dunlop, Prerna Krishan, Loren Kock, Fiona Dobbie
New global collaborative to enable secure COVID-19 data research at scale
The COVID-19 Therapeutics Accelerator has announced a grant to Health Data Research UK to establish…
Salt water solution could treat COVID-19 symptoms
A study involving a simple salt water solution which may help to reduce the early symptoms and…
Home blood pressure test eases GP demand
Patients who need a blood pressure test might not need to visit their GP thanks to a digital system…
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