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…
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The World Rural Health Conference 2022 (“Rural Wonca”)
The World Rural Health Conference 2022 (“Rural Wonca”) will be hosted jointly by the University of Limerick, Irish College of General Practice and the Irish Rural, Island and Dispensing Doctors of Ireland from…
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…
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…
Research project using real-time COVID-19 data to track the pandemic in Scotland
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,…
Meet the newest NES GP Fellow: Eilish Hannah
Eilish Hannah, a GP currently practising in Edinburgh, is also joining the St. Andrews School of Medicine as an NES GP Fellow. Eilish is no stranger to St. Andrews as she initially trained at the School of Medicine…
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…
Meet the newest NES GP Fellows: Lloyd Hughes
Lloyd Hughes, a GP working in Arbroath and the Tayside Out of Hours Service, is joining the St. Andrews School of Medicine as one of the newest NES GP Fellows. Lloyd graduated from the University of Dundee and…
Funding to support key research into multimorbidity
Two new major research grants have been won by collaborations involving the School of Medicine to further develop their work in multimorbidity. Multimorbidity, when a person has two or more long term health conditions,…
Research looking at co-creating clear communication to support vulnerable groups in the COVID-19 pandemic
New research looks to understand the barriers that stop people from accessing primary care services. Mara van Beusekom, a research fellow within the School of Medicine, looked at how to co-create appropriate and clear…