Event Archive

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...

May

• 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'

  29 May 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 Hygiene &...

April

• (ACWHR) ACWHR Seminar with Professor Edwin van Teijlingen - Reflections on the medical/social model of childbirth

  17 April 2024, 13:00 - 14:00

  Join the Aberdeen Centre for Women's Health Research's (ACWHR) virtual seminar with Professor Edwin van Teijlingen on Wednesday the 17th April on 'reflections on the medical/social model of childbirth'. Professor van Teijlingen is trained as a medical sociologist and has an interest in mixed-methods research, qualitative research and evaluation research. A large share of...