Event Archive

2026

February

• ACWHR Seminar with Dr Rohna Kearney - 'Prolapse, Past Present and Future'

  25 February 2026, 13:00 - 14:00

  Please join the Aberdeen Centre for Women’s Health Research (ACWHR) on the 25th February at 1pm for a seminar with Dr Rohna Kearney on 'Prolapse, Past Present and Future'.  The talk will be held virtually via MS Teams. Please contact Kelly Gray (kelly.gray@abdn.ac.uk) for the link to join.  Professor Rohna Kearney is a...

January

• ACWHR Seminar with Professor Hilary Critchley - 'Abnormal uterine bleeding and related health impacts: still an unmet clinical need'

  28 January 2026, 12:15 - 13:15

  ACWHR Seminar with Professor Hilary Critchley - 'Abnormal uterine bleeding and related health impacts: still an unmet clinical need.' Please join the Aberdeen Centre for Women's Health (ACWHR) on Wednesday 28th January at 12.15 in the MacGillivary Conference room of the Maternity Hospital (or on Teams for those joining remotely!) for a...

2025

November

• ACWHR Seminar with Dr Jackie Maybin - 'Translational science to improve menstrual bleeding'

  26 November 2025, 13:00 - 14:00

  Dr Jackie Maybin is a Reader and Honorary Consultant Gynaecologist at the University of Edinburgh and NHS Lothian. Currently she is the Program Director of the Missed Vital Sign Program at Wellcome Leap, a global advanced research project agency (ARPA) for health.  Jackie’s research aims to develop better preventative and therapeutic...

October

• ACWHR Seminar with Dr. Aniebiet Ekong - 'Supporting Shared Decision-Making About Planned Mode of Birth in Routine Antenatal Care: Development of a Decision Aid Using IPDAS Criteria and a Mixed Methods Design'

  30 October 2025, 12:00 - 13:00

  Join the Aberdeen Centre for Women's Health Research (ACWHR) for a seminar with Dr. Aniebiet Ekong on 'Supporting Shared Decision-Making About Planned Mode of Birth in Routine Antenatal Care: Development of a Decision Aid Using IPDAS Criteria and a Mixed Methods Design'. The meeting is via Teams, please contact acwhr@abdn.ac.uk for...

September

• Aberdeen Centre for Women's Health Research (ACWHR) Seminar with Professor Delanjathan Devakumar - 'Racism, Xenophobia, Discrimination & Health'

  25 September 2025, 12:30 - 13:30

  Please save the date for an upcoming seminar with Professor Delanjathan Devakumar hosted by the Aberdeen Centre for Women’s Health Research (ACWHR) on Thursday 25th September. Delan is a Professor of Global Child Health and an honorary consultant in Public Health. He is director of the UCL Centre for the Health...

May

• ACWHR Seminar - MD/PhD showcase

  16 May 2025, 13:00 - 14:00

  Programme:   1 – 1.20pm              Nanak Bhagat         Field Cycling Imaging (FCI) in ovarian cancer 1.20 – 1.40pm       Stella Mahama        Understanding barriers and facilitators to caesarean uptake in                                                 ...

April

• ACWHR Seminar with Professor Mohamed Abdel-Fattah - 'The FUTURE Study, A Game Changer on Urodynamics Assessment'

  16 April 2025, 13:00 - 14:00

  Join the Aberdeen Centre for Women's Health Research (ACWHR) on Wednesday 16th April for a seminar from Professor Mohamed Abdel-Fattah, ACWHR Director on The FUTURE Study. The seminar will take place virtually via MS Teams at 1pm. Please contact acwhr@abdn.ac.uk for the link to join.

February

• Aberdeen Centre for Womens Health Research (ACWHR) seminar with Dr Andrea Woolner & Dr Natalie Cameron - 'Data saves lives: Aberdeen continues to use Dugald Baird conceived AMND to produce new insights in pregnancy health'

  26 February 2025, 13:00 - 14:00

  Please join the Aberdeen Centre for Women’s Health Research (ACWHR) on Wednesday 26th February at 1-2pm via MS Teams for a talk from Dr Andrea Woolner and Dr Natalie Cameron on ‘Data saves lives: Aberdeen continues to use Dugald Baird conceived AMND to produce new insights in pregnancy health'.  Please...

2024

October

• ACWHR Seminar with Dr Stephanie Hanley - 'MuM-PreDiCT: Defining, understanding and improving care for long-term conditions in pregnancy'

  23 October 2024, 13:00 - 14:00

  Aberdeen Centre for Women's Health Research (ACWHR) Seminar with Dr Stephanie Hanley - 'MuM-PreDiCT: Defining, understanding and improving care for long-term conditions in pregnancy' Dr Stephanie Hanley is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Women's Health at University of Birmingham. Stephanie has spent the last 2.5 years working on the MuM-PreDiCT project...

September

• ACWHR Seminar with Professor Helen Weiss - 'Improving menstrual health in Uganda: MENISCUS - a school-based cluster-randomised trial'

  18 September 2024, 13:00 - 14:00

  Aberdeen Centre for Women's Health Research (ACWHR) Seminar with Professor Helen Weiss - 'Improving menstrual health in Uganda: MENISCUS - a school-based cluster-randomised trial'  Professor Helen Anne Weiss DPhil FMedSci Helen is a Professor of Epidemiology and Director of the MRC International Statistical and Epidemiology Partnership, based at the London School of...