News 2021

A selection of news from the Usher Institute in 2021.

News listing

Publication date

Covid-19 and Tobacco

02 May, 2020

Study to generate evidence to support policy and practice to address tobacco use during and beyond…

Artificial intelligence (AI)-powered dashboard for COVID-19

02 May, 2020

An Artificial Intelligence-powered dashboard for tracking Covid-19-related public sentiment and…

UNCOVER (Usher Network for COVid-19 Evidence Reviews)

02 May, 2020

Reviewing the evidence on COVID-19 relevant topics to support policy decisions.

New study to identify highest risk factors for COVID-19

02 May, 2020

A study aiming to recruit at least 12,000 people, aged 16 or over, from across the UK has launched.

Data harnessed to reveal Covid-19 spread in real time

23 April, 2020

A study that uses patient data to track the progress of the Covid-19 pandemic in near real time…

Systematic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) National Data view now covers more than 90% of the Scottish population

23 April, 2020

Scottish Cancer Registry and Intelligence Service (SCRIS) team achieves successful Systematic Anti-…

Virtual quiz success

19 April, 2020

£110 raised for charity CHAS (Children's Hospices Across Scotland) in month-long virtual quiz

Survey of Covid-19’s impact on our everyday lives

18 April, 2020

A survey has been launched to capture how Covid-19 is affecting the mood of the nation.

Experts appointed to Covid-19 advisory group

09 April, 2020

Four Edinburgh researchers have joined a group providing expert advice to the Scottish Government…

Usher Institute COVID-19 webinars

30 March, 2020

Watch again - links to videos of our full COVID-19 webinar series through 2020, exploring the…