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New study to identify highest risk factors for COVID-19
A study aiming to recruit at least 12,000 people, aged 16 or over, from across the UK has launched.
Data harnessed to reveal Covid-19 spread in real time
A study that uses patient data to track the progress of the Covid-19 pandemic in near real time…
Systematic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) National Data view now covers more than 90% of the Scottish population
Scottish Cancer Registry and Intelligence Service (SCRIS) team achieves successful Systematic Anti…

Virtual quiz success
£110 raised for charity CHAS (Children's Hospices Across Scotland) in month-long virtual quiz

Survey of Covid-19’s impact on our everyday lives
A survey has been launched to capture how Covid-19 is affecting the mood of the nation.
Experts appointed to Covid-19 advisory group
Four Edinburgh researchers have joined a group providing expert advice to the Scottish Government…

Usher Institute COVID-19 webinars
Watch again - links to videos of our full COVID-19 webinar series through 2020, exploring the…

Usher PhD student team wins Digital Health Product Forge 2020
Usher PhD student Holly Tibble and her team wins the Digital Health Product Forge 2020

Academics join Royal Society of Edinburgh
Two members of Usher Institute have been elected Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Usher Institute Data-Driven Innovation Hub sponsors Digital Health Product Forge 2020
Join Europe’s largest annual digital health & care hackathon on February 20-23, 2020.
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