Event Archive

 Please join us for the SMMSN Research Seminar Series: The SPARK led by IAHS. "SPARK Seminar: Innovation across Research and Healthcare for Better Outcomes in Cancer" bringing together colleagues from across the School to speak to different parts of the cancer pathway — surgery, radiology, medical physics, primary care, molecular oncology, and implementation...

Join Dr Chantal Den Daas as she discusses the challenges in communicating important health information with the public

Friday 6th March: Save the Date Please save the date for the Aberdeen Centre of Women’s Health Research’s (ACWHR) upcoming annual event which will celebrate International Women’s Day 2026 and the 8th anniversary of the centre. The event will be held on Friday 6th March between 10am-1pm in the Suttie Centre fourth floor conference room (or virtually via MS Teams).  Guest speakers will include Dr...

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...

Three talks and a Q&A about the state of scientific publishing and why meaningful reform is long overdue.

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...

Please join us for our next seminar series. Professor Alan St Clair (Zig) will be giving a presentation on the Regulation of Activity in Health and Disease.  When: Tuesday 27th January, 1pm-2pm Where: IMS Level 7 Conference Room and Microsoft Teams (link below) We hope you can make it.  If you have any questions...

Please join us for a seminar from guest speaker Professor Jugdeep Dhesi, President of the British Geriatrics Society and Dr Judith Partridge, Consultant Geriatrician at Guy's & St. Thomas's NHS Foundation on Monday 26th January at 12:00.   The seminar will be held in the Polwarth Building Auditorium. 

“The Role of RIF1 Splice Variants in DNA Replication Stress and Cancer.” – Emma Parker   “Control of membrane trafficking by the schizophrenia risk factor CUL9” – Paola Muscolino

Speaker: Dr Michelle Sader Talk/Event Title: Co-Production "The Real PPI": Launching The Researcher's Toolkit  Synopsis: Co-production is a collaborative approach to research, where people with both lived and learnt experience work together to conceptualise, conduct and disseminate research. Co-production not only benefits a variety of different communities, but is also increasingly sought after...

Pre-Viva Talk - Anne Anschuetz

Pre-Viva Talk - Rashmi Sivasengh

Anne-Laure Rollet - Sorbonne University, Paris

Pre-Viva Talk - Nadine Sommer

Prof Corrado Santocanale - University of Galway

Professor Adrian Grant was the HSRU Director from 1994 to 2007 and an advocate and visionary within evidence-based health services research. During his 13 years’ tenure, the unit trebled in size, carrying out studies in areas such as incontinence, hernia repair, hip replacement and the role of vitamin D in...

With Bea Dawkins and Fionnuala Cousins of the Health Determinants Research Collaboration Aberdeen (HDRC Aberdeen) IMS Level 7 and Microsoft Teams (link below)

Pre-Viva Talk - Yixin (Katherine) Zhao

Dr Rory Cooper - University of Sheffield

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...

Prof Michael Hill - University of Calgary

Dr Chris MacDonald - University of York

Pre-Viva Talk - Matthew Everest

Prof Anne Kiltie - Rowett Institute

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...

External Event

Scotland’s Health Research and Innovation Conference offers the premier meeting point and knowledge exchange for researchers, scientists, innovators, healthcare staff, policymakers, industry, and the public to come together. Under the theme of ‘Research Enabled Health Innovation’, the conference will spotlight everything from the development and adoption of next generation therapies and...

"Spatial Regulation of TORC1 Signalling" - William Ritchie

Pre-Viva Talk - Brenda Pena Carrillo

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...

Pre-Viva Talk - Bradley Scott

We are excited to invite you to our next seminar in the IAHS seminar series. This month’s seminar is in collaboration with the Biostatistics & Health Data Science group. Ainura Moldokmatova is currently pursuing a DPhil at the University of Oxford. Prior to her doctoral studies, she worked on HIV and tuberculosis programmes...

Pre-Viva Talk - Daniel Muzatko

Daan M. F. van Aalten - Aarhus University

Professor Kouji Hirota - Tokyo Metropolitan Uniersity

Dr Sara Macias Ribela - University of Edinburgh

As part of Explorathon 2025, ACE’s Public Engagement Group aim to recruit members of the public to take part in the ‘Lime or Brine’ trial. They will be telling the new recruits all about the 18th century James Lind study of scurvy treatments and how he saved lives at sea,...

Explore how our everyday lives and the communities in which we live, work and play impact on our health and well-being.

Dr Sarah Jones - Manchester Metropolitan University

Pre-Viva Talk - Masha Burelo Segura

Pre-Viva Talk - Olivia Soper

Prof Ed X Wu. - University of Hong Kong

"Targeting myeloid cell PTP1B to prevent retinopathy in an atherosclerotic background" - Morgan Boyne   "The impact of a synthetic retinoic acid receptor agonist on ALS/FTD disease phenotypes" - Francesca Moramarco

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Prof Tracy Hussell - University of Manchester, President of the British Society of Immunology

Dr James Ross - Institute of Medical Sciences

Prof Patrick Tschopp - University of Basel

Dr Susan Shea - University of Pittsburgh

Dr Paul Meakin, University of Leeds

Pre-Viva Talk - Morgan Boyne

“WNT signalling uncouples early pluripotency in humans” - Connor Ross   “Novel Immune Checkpoint Ligands Linking Cell Cycle Regulation to Cell Killing Decisions” - Martina Mesiarikova  

Prof Andrew MacDonald - University of Edinburgh

Prof Stefan Hoppler - Institute of Medical Sciences

Dr Claire Bourke - University of Glasgow

Pre-Viva Talk - Do Hyeon Gim

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                                                 ...

Dr Sally Peyman (Associate Professor) - Heriot-Watt University

Networking session

This is the next of a series of seminars organised through the cross-IAHS Methodological Innovation Group. The idea behind the seminars is to promote knowledge and understanding of state-of-the-art methods relevant to IAHS research.   This talk will provide a deep dive on the methods of Clinical Prediction Modelling and will be...

Investigating monoclonal antibody 119 as a treatment for Candida infections - Kayleigh Earle

Pre-Viva Talk - Daniel Underwood

Prof Neil Morgan - University of Birmingham

Prof Neil Morgan - University of Birmingham

Pre-Viva Talk - Sreedevi P. Unnikrishnan

Prof Martin Collinson - Institute of Medical Sciences

Dr. Bhuvaneish T Selvaraj - Chancellors' fellow - Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, Emerging leader - UK Dementia Research Institute, University of Edinburgh

Explore the music that emerged in the seventeenth century Scotland in the wake of the Scottish whaling and fishing industries.

Dr Valerie Borde - Curie Institut, Paris

Pre-Viva Talk - Philip Hoffmann

Pre-Viva Talk - Ann-Kristin Kaune

Dr Maria Doitsidou - University of Edinburgh

Pre-Viva Talk - Jodi Stewart

“Location matters: Anatomical site and cancer proximity shapes the influence of adipocytes on breast cancer cells” – Abby Dodson   “Modelling Human Neurogenesis in a Dish: Generation of hiPSC-Derived Hippocampal Organoids” – Olivia Soper

Dr Nimesh Mody - Institute of Medical Sciences

Professor Mary Joan MacLeod will discuss research which seeks to improve the care of stroke patients

“Novel imaging modalities for early detection of specific molecular phenotypes in neurodegenerative disease.” – Holly Spence   “Balancing clot breakdown: Endothelial cells, Inhibitors and Plasmin Generation” – Kieran Pocknell

Join Tom Weber, Jesper Kallestrup and Annelotte Janse from as they discuss disinformation and fake news

Dr Alper Akay - University of East Anglia

Dr Frank Ward - Institute Of Medical Sciences

Dr Brian Hudson - University of Glasgow

Dr Fiona Kerr - Edinburgh Napier University

"Fundamental limits on pattern formation in Turing-like activator-inhibitor systems” – Daniel Muzatko   “Advanced qEEG analysis to discriminate between dementia subtypes” – Masha Burelo Segura

Join us in the stunning King's College Chapel as we pay tribute to our historic origins as an ancient University and celebrate the support of our benefactors over the centuries.

Join Professor Gordon Noble for an update on his ground breaking research on Pictish society in the North East.

Dr Lionel Broche - Institute of Medical Sciences

Aberdeen Centre of Women's Health Research's (ACWHR) are celebrating International Women's Day 2023 and the 5th anniversary of the centre.

This virtual conference explores all aspects of public communication of science and technology; and brings together scientists, researchers and practitioners in the field.

What does 'follow the science' really mean? Listen to this pre-recorded discussion exploring experiences of evidence-based policymaking from the global South and North and on the roles of Universities in supporting new approaches for inclusive, values-based evidence and accountability in public policy.

Bringing the public, researchers and clinicians together

This event was cancelled

Using Health Economics Evidence in Health Care Decision Making This free workshop from HERU and Scottish Health Economics (SHE) provides an introduction to the identification, appraisal and application of economic evaluation for policy-making in healthcare. The workshop is suitable for NHS staff who manage budgets or resources who wish to know more...

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Dr Anju Keetharuth, Health Economics and Decision Science, School of Health and Related Research, University of Sheffield.  Title: The Recovering Quality of Life (ReQoL): can it be the new instrument to generate QALYs in evaluating mental health interventions?  Abstract: This talk will cover the new patient reported outcome measure (PROM) for use...

This event was cancelled

Please note this event has been postponed. Bringing the public, researchers and clinicians together

This internal symposium will bring together speakers from SMMSN and other parts of the University to come together and discuss possible collaboration.

Scotland's Life Sciences sector does not just punch above its weight, it is a world leader.

Bringing the public, researchers and clinicians together

The Rise of the Machines - and How Ready is the Medical Establishment for Technological Transformation in Type 1 Care?

Factors as diverse as technology, demographics, economics and patient expectations are driving changes in medicine and life sciences with significant implications for the research, diagnosis and treatment of modern health epidemics.

“Studying comorbidities in axial spondyloarthritis, using different data sources” The presentation will also include some work about interrogating electronic health records through natural language processing techniques.

Postgraduate Seminar Series Autumn 2019

Discover the concept of prospective memory and the impact that this can have on your everyday life.

This event was fully booked

This popular course covers the theoretical and practical issues of discrete choice experiments (DCEs) in health economics and in 2019 took place over three days from the 13th to the 15th November at the Park Inn Hotel, Aberdeen. The course takes place annually and was fully booked for 2019. Contact Alison Findlay with enquiries about the waiting list...