Core Outcome Measures in Effectiveness Trials (COMET)
Third year medical student, Hannah Thomas, recently presented two research posters at the annual Core Outcome Measures in Effectiveness Trials (COMET) conference in Amsterdam.
Athena SWAN Lecture
On Friday 18th November, the School hosted Professor Moira Whyte, OBE, MBBS, FMedSci, FRCP, to give their inaugural Athena SWAN lecture.
BHF visit to the School of Medicine
Representatives from the British Heart Foundation were in St Andrews to find out more about the research that they fund.
Presentations at the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness
Sam Watson and Sahib Tuteja, along with their supervisor Dr Andrew Blaikie from the Global Health Implementation team recently presented their 3rd year dissertations at the IAPB 10th General Assembly in Durban, South…
Innovation and Implemenation Seminar
William J Williams founder of Arclight Instruments delivered a seminar on ‘Innovation and Implementation’ to the Global Health MSc students.
Collaboration with University of Virginia
“Here’s How Your Body Transports Zinc to Protect Your Health" relates to the work of Dr Alan Stewart's lab and their collaborative work with Prof. Wladek Minor, Dr Maksymilian Chruszcz and Dr Claudia Blindauer.
CPR training session
Henry Rae along with members of the Heart Start team recently delivered a training session to Secondary School teachers in Fife to become CPR instructors.
EAGLE Study
The EAGLE study investigating a new way of treating angle closure glaucoma, a potentially blinding condition, reports in the Lancet this month.
World Cancer Congress
Dr Gozde Ozakinci will speak at the World Cancer Congress in a session titled “The Cancer Prevention Initiative: A model for increasing capacity in policy translatable behavioral and lifestyle research”.
New trials offer hope for TB treatment
Researchers at the School of Medicine are one step closer to finding a shorter, more effective treatment for TB, according to a new paper published by The Lancet Infectious Diseases.