News 2021

A selection of news from the Usher Institute in 2021.

News listing

Publication date

£2 million funding for the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research

19 March, 2019

The Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research has been re-funded for a further five years, with an…

Anna Wierzoch retires

14 March, 2019

Anna Wierzoch began her well earned retirement this month, after 15 years working with Professor…

Drug resistance effort aided by sewage survey

14 March, 2019

Efforts to monitor the spread of antibiotic resistance worldwide could be transformed with a map…

Professors Liz Grant and Linda Bauld - Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

04 March, 2019

We are delighted that Professors Linda Bauld and Liz Grant have been elected as Fellows of the…

Experts team up to tackle tropical diseases

07 February, 2019

Millions of people are set to benefit from projects involving Edinburgh researchers that aim to…

Professor Steff Lewis and Dr Martyn Pickersgill appointed Directors of Research

07 February, 2019

The Usher Board is delighted to have appointed Professor Steff Lewis and Dr Martyn Pickersgill as…

Asthma registry to improve participation in research studies

04 February, 2019

REACH is a database which securely stores information about people in the UK affected by asthma and…

Dr Allison Worth retires

01 February, 2019

This month saw the retirement of Dr Allison Worth, lead of the Patient and Public Involvement (PPI…

Ahmar Shah invited to represent University of Edinburgh in Global Young Scientists Summit

01 February, 2019

The 'Global Young Scientists Summit' is a gathering of select under 35 young scientists…

Sea salt could help beat a cold, study suggests

01 February, 2019

A simple sea salt water solution could help to reduce the symptoms of a cold, research suggests.