News 2019

A selection of news from the Usher Institute in 2019.

News listing

Publication date

Molecular Epidemiology Group Meeting Comes to Edinburgh

16 September, 2022

Monday 28 November 2022 | ABSTRACT DEADLINE EXTENDED 30 SEPTEMBER

Annual Recognition Awards

07 September, 2022

The Usher Institute is delighted to recognise the contribution of staff and students in our Annual…

Congratulations Professors!

10 August, 2022

Congratulations to new Professors Miguel Bernabeu, Jonine Figueroa and Sarah Stock

CO-CONNECT showcases value of PPI

21 July, 2022

CO-CONNECT, a project working with Usher Institute researchers, recently published two videos…

Novel algorithm facilitates insights into diverse types of problems, from healthcare to finance

21 July, 2022

A new feature-selection algorithm can be applied to any dataset, yielding faster data analysis.

Substantial and persistent reduction in asthma attacks during COVID-19 pandemic

16 June, 2022

A study of a national primary care database of nearly 10 million patients across England has found…

14th International Cleft Congress

15 June, 2022

11-15 July 2022, Edinburgh

Health Data Science CPD course achieves FEDIP accreditation

15 June, 2022

Our application for accreditation, from the Federation for Informatics Professionals in Health and…

MSc Epidemiology nominations for the 2022 student-led Teaching Awards

15 June, 2022

In 2021, the MSc Epidemiology programme was successfully launched. It has been an outstanding…

Genetic study gives insights into severe Covid-19

15 June, 2022

The world’s largest study of the genetics of critical Covid-19, involving more than 57,000 people,…