A selection of news from the Usher Institute in 2018 - major publications, awards, visitors and more. News listing Search Tags 201620172018201920202021202220232024ArchiveFeaturesInsights Publication date Date from Date to Professor Raj Bhopal - profiled in the BMJ 22 March, 2017 Raj Bhopal, Bruce and John Usher Professor of Public Health here in the Usher Institute, shares… Asthma study finds support saves lives 20 March, 2017 People with asthma should be given tailored support to help them manage their condition, experts… Gene study reveals Irish Travellers' ancestry 13 February, 2017 Irish Travellers are of Irish ancestral origin and have no particular genetic ties to European Roma… Usher researchers lead on €29 million grant to assess risk posed by deadly lung infections 03 February, 2017 Professor Harish Nair is leading a European consortium to understand and assess the problem of… Heartburn pills may be linked to asthma 31 January, 2017 Children born to mothers who take heartburn medication during pregnancy may have a greater risk of… Olympian backs smart lifestyle choices 25 January, 2017 Olympic medallist Gemma Gibbons is backing an initiative that uses smartphone technology to… ADRC-Scotland release nutshell videos 20 January, 2017 The Administrative Data Research Centre Scotland (ADRC-S) have released a series of short videos to… WHO papers on Safer Primary Care published 16 December, 2016 A series of technical reports, exploring the nature and potential of factors that can cause harm in… Usher researcher wins FameLab competition heat 12 December, 2016 Dr Mhairi Aitken is one of four winners of FameLab's Edinburgh heat, moving to the Scottish… Cooking heat may hold clues to heart disease 17 November, 2016 Food cooked at high heat may carry toxic chemicals that raise risk of heart disease, researchers… … 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 This article was published on 2024-09-24