News 2018

A selection of news from the Usher Institute in 2018 - major publications, awards, visitors and more.

News listing

Publication date

Annual Lecture Success

17 December, 2019

Victor Dzau, President of the National Academy of Medicine in the US, delivered an excellent…

Scottish Cancer Foundation Prize for Christine Campbell

18 November, 2019

A Scots researcher whose work on cancer screening has helped to save lives around the world is this…

Royal College of General Practitioners Awards

30 October, 2019

RCGP awards for Professor Bruce Guthrie, Professor Stewart Mercer and Dr Luke Daines.

Sustainable Partnerships and Universal Health Coverage in Africa

15 October, 2019

The NIHR Global Health Research Unit Tackling Infections to Benefit Africa at the University of…

RESPIRE ASM: Making headlines in Malaysia

10 October, 2019

Respiratory diseases were in the spotlight in Malaysia following this year’s RESPIRE Annual…

BHF Health Data Centre - and new Head of Centre

02 October, 2019

Congratulations to Professor Cathie Sudlow, who will lead the new BHF Data Science Centre, and to…

Edinburgh centre to boost respiratory research

12 September, 2019

A new data research centre, coordinated from Edinburgh, will help to improve the lives of people…

Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

05 September, 2019

Congratulations to Jeni Harden who has recently been made a Principal Fellow of the Higher…

City Region Deal funding secured

04 September, 2019

The City Region Deal joint committee have officially approved £49.2 million towards the new Usher…

Principal's Medal Winners 2019

21 August, 2019

Congratulations to Professors Harry Campbell, Harish Nair and Igor Rudan - winners of the…