A selection of news from the Usher Institute in 2022.
News listing
Health monitors at home help curb blood pressure and diabetes
People who monitor diabetes and blood pressure at home cope better than patients who are only seen…
Diabetes patients living longer
People with type 2 diabetes in Scotland are surviving for longer, research suggests.
Shirley-Anne Somerville MSP visits Usher Institute
Further Education, Higher Education & Science Minister, Shirley-Anne Somerville visited the…
Honorary degree for Dr Judith Mackay
[1 July 2016] Dr Judith Mackay has been awarded an honorary degree at this year's graduation…
Dr Nazmy Villarroel Williams wins prize at the European Conference on Migrant and Ethnic Minority Health
[28 June 2016] Eight abstracts from the Edinburgh Migration and Ethnicity Health Research Group…
Global experts adopt new guidelines for health data analysis
[28 June 2016] Representatives from the Usher Institute contributed to the creation of the GATHER…
Holidays in the sun hold key to boosting vitamin D, study finds
People who take foreign breaks have higher levels of vitamin D in their blood, which has been…
Athena SWAN Silver Award
Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences, together with Clinical Sciences, have received…

Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit
The Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit has launched a new website.

Core Curriculum for Sociology in Undergraduate Medical Education
BeSST (Behavioural and Social Science Teaching in medicine) have published a core curriculum for…

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