News 2021

A selection of news from the Usher Institute in 2021.

News listing

Publication date

£3 million boost from UK Government to find data solutions to healthcare challenges

31 January, 2019

The University of Edinburgh has led on one of 10 successful project bids sharing £3 million funding…

Usher Institute Forum and Xmas Gathering

28 January, 2019

Many staff and students from across the Usher Institute celebrated successes of 2018 at our latest…

Usher researchers lead on £2.5 million grant to support appropriate antibiotic prescribing

22 January, 2019

Professor Aziz Sheikh is leading a major new initiative to develop and evaluate an improvement to…

Hilary Pinnock elected to key role at European Respiratory Society

22 January, 2019

Congratulations to Professor Hilary Pinnock, who has been elected as Head of Assembly 1 - General…

DNA may predict potential lifespan, study finds

22 January, 2019

Scientists say they can predict whether a person can expect to live longer or die sooner than…

World Pneumonia Day 2018

03 December, 2018

World Pneumonia Day 2018 activities took place in Edinburgh and Bangladesh

Usher research group helps get palliative care firmly on the Primary Health Care agenda internationally

01 December, 2018

An update from Scott Murray, Emeritus Professor & Sebastien Moine, visiting research fellow,…

How data science is shaping the modern NHS

01 December, 2018

Professor Aziz Sheikh, Director of the Usher Institute, discusses the role of data science in…

RESPIRE PhD student in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine cover story

01 December, 2018

Congratulations to RESPIRE PhD student, Rutuja Patil, whose image appears on the cover of the…

Building RESPIRE relationships in Malaysia

01 December, 2018

The RESPIRE Malaysia team recently ran its first stakeholder engagement workshop at the University…