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Worse survival rates and different care for cancer patients who live further from hospital
Patients who live further away from cancer centres are likely to receive different care and experience worse outcomes than those who live closer according to new research on patients in the north-east of Scotland and the Northern Isles. This is despite patients from further away being referred and diagnosed as...
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ASH Scotland's 50th anniversary celebration with the University of Aberdeen
Today ASH Scotland hosted an event at the Sir Duncan Rice Library to celebrate their 50th anniversary and showcase the health charity’s collaborative work with the University of Aberdeen and in the city’s communities, with Scotland’s Charter for a Tobacco-free Generation supporters and NHS Grampian’s Quit Your Way smoking cessation service,...
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Revisiting Cancer Diagnosis in Scotland:
Further Insights from the Second Scottish National Cancer Diagnosis Audit.
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ACHDS researchers accepted as Associate Fellows (AFHEA) of Advance HE
Congratulations to Bradley Scott, Clarisse de Vries and Kusum Singal who have all been accepted as Associate Fellows (AFHEA) of Advance Higher Education. Well done on all the hard work for your submissions and congratulations again on this recognition of your contribution to teaching and supporting learning in higher education.
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Challenges of the cost-of-living crisis for people with kidney disease in Scotland.
Dr Aravinda Meera Guntupalli and Dr Simon Sawhney were invited by Kidney Care UK and Miles Briggs MSP to attend a Scottish Parliamentary Roundtable with Jenni Minto (Minister for Public Health and Women’s Health), clinicians, researchers, cross-party politicians and most importantly, people living with kidney disease to address the impact...
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Scotland can easily make changes to stop mental health crisis for young people.
Great to see this an article in the P&J from Dr Will Ball which discusses children's mental health and socioeconomic exposures. The article draws on some of the work we did as part of the Networked Data Lab.
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Modelling during the COVID-19 response.
On Wednesday January 31st, Dr Caroline Franco gave a talk on her modelling work during COVID-19, as part of the Interdisciplinary Seminar Series organised by the Department of Physics. The talk kicked off with an overview of the use of modelling during the emergence of COVID-19. Mathematical models became important tools...
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Grampian Data Safe Haven (DaSH) awarded funding to simplify access to data for research.
Research Data Scotland (RDS) has funded a collaborative project across Scotland’s Regional Safe Havens, to support better coordination and consistency in our data systems for research in Scotland. £300,000 has been awarded to the four Regional Safe Havens, Grampian Data Safe Haven (DaSH), the Health Informatics Centre in Dundee, DataLoch in...
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Action needed now to avoid potential harms for future hip fracture patients
New research from the University of Aberdeen forecasts an upsurge in hip fracture patients within the next decade and an NHS shortfall of more than £25 million to meet this demand.
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'Toenail clippings for assessing risk of rare blood cancers' research in the media.
The potential of toenail trace elements for assessing the risk of myeloproliferative neoplasms research, led by Professor Lesley Anderson and funded by local charity Friends of Anchor, has hit the headlines in the last few weeks! The research has been picked up by the following national and local news: BBC News, GrampianOnLine,...