News 2021

A selection of news from the Usher Institute in 2021.

News listing

Publication date

Olympian backs smart lifestyle choices

25 January, 2017

Olympic medallist Gemma Gibbons is backing an initiative that uses smartphone technology to…

ADRC-Scotland release nutshell videos

20 January, 2017

The Administrative Data Research Centre Scotland (ADRC-S) have released a series of short videos to…

WHO papers on Safer Primary Care published

16 December, 2016

A series of technical reports, exploring the nature and potential of factors that can cause harm in…

Usher researcher wins FameLab competition heat

12 December, 2016

Dr Mhairi Aitken is one of four winners of FameLab's Edinburgh heat, moving to the Scottish…

Cooking heat may hold clues to heart disease

17 November, 2016

Food cooked at high heat may carry toxic chemicals that raise risk of heart disease, researchers…

New book: Concepts of Epidemiology. Third Edition.

21 September, 2016

Integrating the ideas, theories, principles, and methods of epidemiology. By Prof Raj S. Bhopal.…

Sexual violence in war has lasting effect

20 September, 2016

Survivors of sexual violence in war zones suffer long-lasting consequences, such as physical injury…

Over 70s missing out on palliative and end of life care

09 September, 2016

Most people aged 70 and over in Scotland are missing out on palliative care as healthcare…

Technology tackles healthcare corruption

08 September, 2016

Mobile phone technology could help to beat bad practices in healthcare delivery, research suggests.

COPD care costs to exceed £2.5bn

01 September, 2016

The cost of treating a smoking-related chronic lung disease will exceed more than £2.3 billion per…