From 24-25 August, the School hosted “Membrane Transport 2023: Recent Research into Ion Channels, Transporters and Epithelial Physiology”, a meeting of the Physiological Society. Co-organised by lecturer Dr Morag…
From 23-25 August, Teleflex Medical hosted a three-day EZ-IO Cadaveric Procedural Workshop at the School of Medicine. Course leaders trained 237 medical professionals in the use of the Arrow EZ-IO Intraosseous Vascular…
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…
A new study published in BMJ Open has identified significant shortcomings in the UK’s “declaration of interests” system for health professionals. Led by NHS Research Scotland Fellow Dr Margaret McCartney and…
From 22-23 June, the School of Medicine hosted the successful launch of a new “Regional Anaesthesia: Plan A Blocks” short course. “The course is absolutely top notch,” said a delegate and Member of the European Society…
On 23 June, the Society for Academic Primary Care (SAPC) announced Lecturer in Academic General Practice Dr Sarah Mills as the winner of the prestigious 2023 SAPC Doctoral Prize. The prize is awarded to health service…
The Specific Learning Difficulties Network (SLDN), co-founded by reader in Medicine and head of the Neurogenetics Research Group Dr Silvia Paracchini, held its first public event at the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE)…
The University of St Andrews School of Medicine and Children’s Parliament have been collaborating to understand food and fairness from the perspective of children living in Fife, using a children’s rights approach.…
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 BSc student encouraged to pursue medicine after attending the University’s Sutton Trust Summer School graduated with a BSc (Hons) on Friday, 16 June. It was through this scheme that then-Balwearie High School pupil…