A selection of news from the Usher Institute in 2016 - major publications, awards, visitors and more.
News listing
Dr Martyn Pickersgill - Editorial Board and Medal
[17 Mar 2016] Dr Martyn Pickersgill joins the editorial board of Current Sociology journal, and…
Igor Rudan - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
[8 Mar 2016] Congratulations to Professor Igor Rudan, Joint Head of the Centre for Global Health…
Making strides in Mongolia
[14 Mar 2016] Medical colleagues travelled to Mongolia to encourage further progress in palliative…
Launch of MRC Precision Medicine Doctoral Training PhDs
[21 Mar 2016] The University of Edinburgh, in collaboration with the University of Glasgow and the…
Big data at BioQuarter
Ever wondered who all the people are who sit on the 2nd floor of BioQuarter?
Raj Bhopal - Honorary Life Member of Society for Social Medicine
[9 Mar 2016] Following free nominations from the membership and ratification from the committee…
Comment on HFEA’s decision to grant a licence for gene editing in human embryos
[10 Feb 2016] Dr Sarah Chan, of the Usher Institute, comments on the news that the Human…
Fredrik Norström, Umeå University, visits Usher Institute
[10 Feb 2016] Fredrik Norström, from Umeå University, Sweden, joined Professor Raj Bhopal as a…
Ethnic variations in asthma hospital admissions
People’s ethnic origin can significantly influence whether they are likely to need hospital…
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