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 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…
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…
Dr Gozde Ozakinci has been invited to be a member of RSE Young Academy of Scotland. As part of this membership, Dr Ozakinci will work on connecting various disciplines with the aim of facilitating signposting and…
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…
Researchers from the School of Medicine have been awarded funding from the Government’s Chief Scientist Office following their funding call for for Scottish-led rapid research in Covid-19. Dr Ruth Bowness will lead…
The Living Life in Fife: supporting healthy lifestyles in Scotland event was a free event aimed to share knowledge and encourage discussion and collaboration between academics, government and voluntary sector…
Patsy Whelehan, a PhD student with Dr Gozde Ozakinci recently presented a poster and an oral profferred paper at Symposium Mammographicum 2018 in Liverpool
Dr Gozde Ozakinci and Prof David Perrett were at the British Academy summer showcase demonstrating to the schoolchildren and general public about the impact of changing health behaviours on our faces.
Rayna Rogowsky recently presented her work on student perceptions of health care needs and services at the QAA enhancement themes conference.