News 2020

A selection of news from the Usher Institute in 2020.

News listing

Publication date

BLOG: A memorable meeting with Princess Anne in Sri Lanka

01 February, 2024

Third-year Master of Family Medicine student, Rishi Rasalingam, encountered a royal meeting with…

BLOG: Early impact evidence of the senior leadership programme for digital transformation in health and care for Scotland

01 February, 2024

Programme Manager, Elaine Mowat, explores early impact from the first year's cohort studying…

Pioneering hope for malignant glioma, a deadly brain cancer

24 January, 20242024

Usher Institute leads on implementation of science and cost assessment of new GLIOMATCH platform.

BLOG: Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society at the Being Human Festival 2023

18 January, 2024

Jenny Bos highlights the Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society's involvement in 2023's…

E-cigarettes help pregnant smokers quit without risks to pregnancy

17 January, 20242024

New analysis of data shows pregnant smokers using nicotine replacement products face no adverse…

All-UK study reveals impact of missed Covid vaccines

16 January, 20242024

The first research study of the entire UK population of 67 million people has highlighted gaps in…

Treatment boost needed to shift NHS Covid backlog

12 January, 20242024

The NHS needs 10% monthly increase in non-emergency treatments to tackle pandemic-induced backlog,…

BLOG: World AIDS Day 2023 – HIV after* COVID in the UK

11 January, 2024

Wren Wilson reflects on the World AIDS Day event on the future of HIV post-COVID.

BLOG: A journey into innovation, networking and grant-winning strategies for researchers

20 December, 2023

Holly Tibble reflects and provides top tips from a recent researcher trip to Obergurgl, Austria

Annual Recognition Awards 2023

24 November, 20232023

Honouring our staff and students at the Annual Recognition Awards.