News 2016

A selection of news from the Usher Institute in 2016 - major publications, awards, visitors and more.

News listing

Publication date

BMA Medfash Award for HIV Scotland - nominated by Ingrid Young

07 December, 2017

Key partner receives award for work in the community.

Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society

06 December, 2017

The University of Edinburgh will be supporting the development of a new Centre for Biomedicine,…

Chancellor's Award to Professor Devi Sridhar

06 December, 2017

Congratulations to Professor Devi Sridhar

Master of Public Health Class of 2016/17 success

12 November, 2017

Congratulations to our latest class of MPH students - who will graduate on Friday 1 December.

Social media studies need tighter controls

12 November, 2017

Information shared on social media is being regularly used in research projects without users’…

Type 2 diabetes linked to shorter lifespan

12 November, 2017

Type 2 diabetes is linked to lower life expectancy regardless of a person’s socioeconomic status, a…

Tackling Infections to Benefit Africa - launch

25 October, 2017

Today sees the launch of the NIHR Global Health Research Unit Tackling Infections To Benefit Africa…

Learning and staying in shape key to longer lifespan, study finds

13 October, 2017

People who are overweight cut their life expectancy by two months for every extra kilogramme of…

Smoking bans’ positive impact on child health backed by study

05 September, 2017

Childhood chest infections needing hospital care may have dropped by as much as 20 per cent since…

WHO Collaborating Centre

22 August, 2017

The WHO has confirmed a further 4 year designation for the Centre for Population Health Sciences as…