Dr Robert Hammond appointed as Lecturer
Dr Robert Hammond, who began his academic career in the medical school in 2012 as a PhD student under the supervision of Professor Stephen Gillespie, has been appointed as Lecturer. Dr Hammond, an Accredited…
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Research Division
New Development Fellow boosts infection research
Dr Andreas Haag joins the School of Medicine as a Research Development Fellow in the Infection and Global Health Division. He specialises in studies on the molecular interactions of Mobile Genetic Elements (MGE) in…
New Multimorbidity PhD programme
HEALTH PROFESSIONALS IN SCOTLAND WILL BECOME LEADING EXPERTS IN MULTIMORBIDITY The School of Medicine at the University of St Andrews joins a consortium of Scottish universities led by the University of Glasgow to…
Innovation for African Universities (IAU) grant awarded
Dr Wilber Sabiiti and partners at Ghanaian University of Health Sciences and University of Cape Coast have been awarded the Innovation for African Universities (IAU) grant. The grant will facilitate the…
Dr Hernandez Santiago appointed to SAPG
Dr Virginia Hernandez Santiago, Clinical Lecturer in General Practice at the School of Medicine, has recently been appointed to the Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group (SAPG). The group, established in 2008 at the…
The global fight against tuberculosis
Medical research is one of the most important outputs for a university, with breakthroughs potentially saving lives around the world. Professor Stephen Gillespie and colleagues at the School of Medicine have done just…
Two winners selected at the School of Medicine Dragons’ Den Competition
This year’s School of Medicine Research Away Day, saw the return of the School’s very own Dragons’ Den competition where early career researchers had the opportunity to pitch research ideas to win £5000 to support…
Launch of UNITE4TB partnership marks a new era in Tuberculosis treatment development
Scientists from the University of St Andrews Infection and Global Health Research Division at the School of Medicine will play a key role in UNITE4TB, a global partnership to accelerate the development of new…
New St. Andrews PhD graduate finds a future in antimicrobial research
It’s graduation season at St. Andrews and a new batch of PhD students are finally crossing the “finish line”. Among those is Kerry Falconer, a PhD student from the Infection and Global Health division. Kerry…
Research team looking at the use of UVC light to kill viruses
New research is analysing the use of UVC light to see if it can prevent the transmission of airborne viruses. The project was awarded an Innovate UK Grant of £296,000 to investigate the safety and efficacy of UVC…