News 2021

A selection of news from the Usher Institute in 2021.

News listing

Publication date

Doctors Garcia Iglesias, Kerr & Tibble awarded prestigious Chancellor’s Fellowship

24 April, 2023

Three researchers and analysts from the Usher Institute announced in this year’s intake of…

New DataLoch Respiratory Registry

12 April, 2023

The DataLoch team have launched a new respiratory registry - designed to improve support for…

Usher successes at CMVM recognition awards

07 April, 2023

Winners for this year's College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine Staff Recognition Awards…

Ending GP performance pay linked to care quality drop

07 April, 2023

Ending performance related payments for NHS GPs in Scotland was associated with a decline in the…

EAVE II outstanding achievements recognised in Royal Society of Edinburgh medals

31 March, 2023

The EAVE II Team have become the first recipients of the Royal Society of Edinburgh's new Mary…

Professors Harrison, Mercer and Nair elected to Royal Society of Edinburgh

21 March, 2023

Three professors from the Usher Institute announced in this year's intake of Fellows of the…

New senior leadership programme for digital transformation in health and care for Scotland

21 March, 2023

A new masters level programme has been launched to develop a new generation of leaders who can…

Orkney cancer gene link revealed

21 March, 2023

People with grandparents from Orkney have a variation in a gene that could increase the chances of…

Long COVID prevalence in Scotland similar to stroke and COPD, study finds

09 March, 2023

Preliminary findings from an EAVE II sub-study were presented to the Scottish Parliament COVID-19…

New digital intervention seeks to support concussion recovery

03 March, 2023

HeadOn is a digital health program designed to support recovery after a concussion.