Professor Deborah Williamson, Dean of Medicine and Head of the School of Medicine has been appointed Co-Director of Public Health Scotland’s newly launched National Scottish Pandemic Sciences Partnership (NSPSP) today…
This summer, the Division of Infection and Global Health was privileged to host Professor Kwabena Duedu, Associate Professor of Biomedical Science at the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS). This visit was…
On 4 August, Principal Research Fellow Dr Wilber Sabiiti attended the launch of the BREEDIME project in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. As a project partner, the University will support work on training, in vitro diagnostics…
Principal Research Fellow Dr Wilber Sabiiti has had a busy spring and summer of working with the ASCEND project to advance Tanzania’s research ethics infrastructure and medicine-regulation capacity. The ASCEND project,…
A study co-authored by School of Medicine staff has found that protection provided by COVID-19 vaccination declines more rapidly in people with severe obesity. Led by the Universities of Edinburgh and Cambridge, the…
A new study led by MD student and cardiologist Dr Alexander Liu may have significant implications for COVID-19 risk stratification. This practice involves identifying populations who are more or less at risk of…
On 31 March, the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) awarded the RSE Mary Sommerville Medal to the EAVE II team. Led by the University of Edinburgh and funded by the Medical Research Council, the EAVE II project brought…
New research is using real-time data to track the COVID-19 pandemic as it happens across Scotland. The Early Pandemic Evaluation and Enhanced Surveillance of COVID-19 (EAVE-II), funded by the Medical Research Council,…
COVID-19 has brought disruption, uncertainty and increased pressure on frontline workers – most notably doctors and nurses who are dealing with an influx of patients and a seemingly never-ending caseload. Researchers…
The impact of COVID-19 has been felt widespread leading to many industries having to completely transform the way they deliver services. Medical education has also undergone a significant transformation to adapt to…