A selection of news from the Usher Institute in 2016 - major publications, awards, visitors and more. News listing Search Tags 201620172018201920202021202220232024ArchiveFeaturesInsights Publication date Date from Date to 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… … 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 … This article was published on 2024-09-24