3rd year BHF-funded PhD student Amy Dorward (Pitt lab) and Dr Gavin Robertson (PDRA; Pitt lab) visited Prof Hiroshi Takeshima’s lab at the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, Kyoto University, Japan between 9th…
The three students who were awarded Dorothy Miller Bursaries this year, Sofia Garcia Agudo, Sarah Alvi and Sarah Eshkour, gave great presentations about their experiences in Malawi this summer to an audience of…
The many threads of the School’s research and teaching activity in Malawi were represented at the Annual Scotland Malawi Partnership Member Awards event, which was held on the 5 September 2019 in Edinburgh’s City…
Funded by the European and Developing countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP), the two-year project brought together four institutions in Tanzania: National Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) through its Mbeya…
On Saturday 28th of September a team of staff from the School of Medicine delivered sessions on breathing, balance, heart and kidney dissections, prosthetic joints and recycling at Explorathon 2019 in Dundee Science…
Early diagnosis key to survival A new institute, created to help improve earlier diagnosis of cancer, cardiovascular disease, mental health and infection, has been launched at the University of St Andrews. Early…
Lung cancer is the most common cause of death from cancer in Scotland, with a quarter of all cancer deaths attributed to lung cancer. The current five-year survival rate is approximately 60% for stage I lung cancer but…
Over the summer, third year medical student Janan Illango took part in the John Bradley Clinical Research Program held in Toronto, Canada. The John Bradley Clinical Research Program has two core components: a) learning…
Health Data Research UK – the national institute for health data science – held its inaugural summer school at the University of St Andrews last week. Research fellows gathered from across the UK to undertake…
The ongoing Ebola outbreak in DR Congo continues to present challenges, not only to those who are directly affected, but to neighbouring countries. Dr Sloan, a Senior Clinical Lecturer in the School of Medicine at the…