RSE Research Award
Dr Silvia Paracchini FRSE, Reader at the School of Medicine, is a recipient of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) Research Awards for the project ‘Specific learning disorders in Scotland’. The new awards programme…
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School of Medicine purchases state of the art ultrasound equipment to enhance clinical skills curriculum
Monroe Maximillian Broad, the son of an Alumnus of the School of Medicine in St Andrews University, kindly bequeathed part of his estate to the Medical School five years ago. This generous donation enabled the purchase…
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…
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…
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…
New collaboration with the University of Bonn
Collaborative research is of growing importance at the University of St Andrews. One such initiative that encourages the development of cross-border conversations and networks is the collaborative research grant…
New School President
Anna Apara, 3rd year medical student at the University, has been appointed School of Medicine President for the academic year 2021/2022. Anna is from Toronto, Canada, although having grown up just outside of London.…
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…
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,…