News 2021

A selection of news from the Usher Institute in 2021.

News listing

Publication date

Funding set to transform health through data science

06 February, 2018

Health Data Research UK have announced £54 million of funding to transform health through data…

Research book prize awarded

06 February, 2018

Professor Devi Sridar has been awarded The Virginia Hodgkinson Research Book Prize 2017 along with…

Wellcome Trust Reader delivers Paul Bach-Y-Rita Memorial Lecture

05 February, 2018

Dr Martyn Pickersgill - 'Neuroscience and the Governance of Family Life'

Pepper the robot arrives at BioQuarter to aid dementia research

05 February, 2018

The possibility of using robots to help those with dementia.

New Year's Honours recognition

03 February, 2018

Professor Andrew Morris has been made a CBE in recognition of his services to science in Scotland.

BMA Medfash Award for HIV Scotland - nominated by Ingrid Young

07 December, 2017

Key partner receives award for work in the community.

Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society

06 December, 2017

The University of Edinburgh will be supporting the development of a new Centre for Biomedicine,…

Chancellor's Award to Professor Devi Sridhar

06 December, 2017

Congratulations to Professor Devi Sridhar

Master of Public Health Class of 2016/17 success

12 November, 2017

Congratulations to our latest class of MPH students - who will graduate on Friday 1 December.

Social media studies need tighter controls

12 November, 2017

Information shared on social media is being regularly used in research projects without users’…