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Dr Sharon Hanley, Senior Lecturer in Cancer Epidemiology, will deliver a keynote lecture on her groundbreaking research in HPV vaccination and cervical screening, at the upcoming Business Beats Cancer Aberdeen gala on Friday, 23 May, the region’s first Cancer Research UK business fundraising event. Dr Monika Gostic, Teaching Fellow in Medical...

" From Data to Decisions: Critical Considerations in Clinical Prediction Modelling" Fantastic turn out for today's cross-IAHS Methodological Innovation seminar. David McLernon from the Biostatistics and Health Data Science group presented a deep dive on the methods of Clinical Prediction Modelling. Clinical prediction models are algorithms developed using statistical modelling or machine...

A new study will explore chronic pain prescribing in older adults around the UK, with the aim of highlighting the extent of the population impacted and whether current treatments and processes meet their overall needs.

Around 600 delegates from around the world will arrive in Aberdeen this month for the bi-annual Public Communication of Science Conference.

Fantastic to hear from Kelvin Jordan, Professor of Biostatistics in the School of Medicine at Keele University, talking as part of the Aberdeen Curtin Calgary International Alliance Speaker Series. Today’s session was hosted by the Centre for Health Informatics, with the help of the University of Calgary Department of Global...

People did not alter their behaviour to follow enhanced local restrictions during the pandemic and they may have been more effective if based around factors other than just Covid-19 cases according to new research from the University of Aberdeen.

A huge thank you to everyone one in the Institute for all your on going hard work and congratulations to everyone who was nominated and shortlisted for the Principal's Excellence Awards this year.  It is fantastic to be able to announce the winners from our Institute this year:   Excellence in Digital Education - Kirsty...

Fantastic to hear from Prof Bianca Brijnath (EnAble Institute, La Trobe University) this morning, presenting results from Australian focus groups on how to improve ethnic diversity in trials: “We are not invited” and Prof Shaun Treweek (Institute of Applied Health Sciences, University of Aberdeen) who gave the following talk:  “How should...

It was great to hear from the Director of ACWHR,  Professor Mohamed Abdel-Fattah (Professor Mohamed Abdel-Fattah | The University of Aberdeen) and his team, leaders in pelvic floor research in the UK, talk about the FUTURE Study today. You can read more about the FUTURE study here (Uncomfortable bladder tests for...

Dr Aravinda Guntupalli  appeared briefly on the STV 6pm news and in the published news today comparing the Scottish data with global data, highlighting the potential negative impact of ODA and USAID cuts on global vaccination, including the MMR vaccine uptake, impacting the rise in cases of measles. Follow the links...