NHS Heroes Art Exhibition
Dr Panna Muqit, Year 1 GCM on the ScotGEM programme at the School of Medicine has been featured in an art exhibition by the artist Sarah Flanaghan entitled ‘Portraits from an Artist in Isolation (Real People, Real…
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Funding Awarded for Research into Widening Access to Medical Schools
The School of Medicine is dedicated to ensuring a diverse and vibrant student community, where students come from a range of backgrounds, and no student with potential is disadvantaged by social or economic barriers.…
Prof Matthew Holden elected to the RSE
Professor Matthew Holden elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) The University of St Andrews’ Matthew Holden, Professor of Pathogen Genomics at the School of Medicine, has been elected as a Fellow to the…
Saints of St Andrews Medicine series kicks off on Instagram
The “Saints of St Andrews Medicine” #saintsofstandmedicine series was launched on the University of St Andrews’ School of Medicine’s Instagram page to an impressive reception from staff and students. Inspired by…
PhD student recognised for research at Explorathon ’21 HerStory Makers
The Explorathon HerStory Makers is a competition for female-identifying researchers to share their inspirational stories in research. The competition comprises researchers across Scotland and Europe and allows them to…
Step Count Challenge
Scotland’s Step Count Challenge competition, run biannually, encourages staff in workplaces across the country to “ditch the desk to walk the walk”. Launched by walking charity, Paths for All, in 2011, the event has…
Move more month
Connecting people with local opportunities to get active through exercise prescription April is “move more” month, an initiative to encourage people to take part in physical activity with the goal of incorporating it…
Arclight Project Educational Videos Release
The Arclight Project using funds from a GCRF grant have recently revamped their website – http://med.st-andrews.ac.uk/arclight/. This has coincided with release of instructional videos on the site as well as the…
St Andrews academic co-opted to support UK Covid-19 response
Dr Muge Cevik from the School of Medicine at the University of St Andrews has been appointed to support the UK Government’s scientific advisory group. She has been co-opted to NERVTAG (New and Emerging Respiratory…
Research identifies how doctor-patient interactions can increase physical activity
Patients are open to have conversations about physical activity programmes in the community to improve their health, if recommended by their doctor, new research led by the University of St Andrews has found. The…