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Childhood trauma linked to mental health problems and chronic pain in later life
New research from the University of Aberdeen challenges the current view that trauma in childhood increases the risk of all health conditions. The study found instead that some conditions are more affected than others and women are more affected than men.
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Population-level data-linkage study exploring unscheduled hospital readmissions after stroke
Dr Melanie Turner and colleagues have published a population-level data-linkage study exploring unscheduled hospital readmissions after stroke. The paper reports that increased unscheduled hospital readmission time was associated with a number of factors including living alone before stroke, having more comorbidities or higher frailty, and more severe stroke.Read the paper published...
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Weir-Russel funding success
Congratulations to Drs Rute Vieira, Andrea Woolner (ACWHR), Amudha Poobalan and Rodolfo Hernandez who have been awarded the Weir-Russel funding to support a post-doctoral research fellow. They will build on their existing research investigating whether non-invasive prenatal testing should replace traditional fetal chromosomal condition screening in the NHS. Congratulations Andrea...
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A Story of Skin Cancer Across Two Generations
The ASICA (Achieving Self-directed Integrated Cancer Aftercare) project, led by APC's group lead, Professor Peter Murchie and sponsored by Cancer Research UK (CRUK), has been featured in The Telegraph ASICA is a smartphone app designed to make the skin checks adfter melanoma easier and more efficient. In the article, two induviduals...
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The Sage Handbook of Health Psychology Publication Contributions by members of Health Psychology
A new edition of the Sage Handbook of Health Psychology has just been published, and colleagues Chantal Den Daas, Marie Johnston and Diane Dixon from our Health Psychology team have contributed to two chapters. This second edition of the handbook is focused on the foundational contexts, theories, and methods that...
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The elective care waiting list: insights from linked data
We're very happy to present The elective care waiting list: insights from linked data, published this morning on The Health Foundation website. The Networked Data Lab team in Grampian Jessica E Butler, Frank Popham, Corri Black, Raul Berrocal-Martin, Sharon Gordon and Irmina Zborowska, the Grampian Data Safe Haven (DaSH) Team, and...
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Grant funding success - Making pregnancy predictable
NHS Grampian Charity have awarded funding for a project titled "Making pregnancy predictable: exploring the use of prediction models to streamline treatment decisions in infertility". Using data from over 7,000 couples from the Aberdeen Fertility Clinic, the study aims to improve how we understand the chances of having a baby...
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New study investigates miscarriage prevention guidance
Researchers from the Universities of Aberdeen and Edinburgh are looking into the use of progesterone for early pregnancy bleeding in Scotland.
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People in poorer areas face lower stroke survival odds
People who have a stroke are more likely to die within a year if they live in more deprived areas according to new research from the University of Aberdeen.
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PhD candidates presented at the International Society for Critical Health Psychology 2025 Conference
In July 2025, PhD candidates from the University of Aberdeen Health Psychology Group attended the 14th conference of the International Society for Critical Health Psychology (ISCHP), hosted for the first time in Ireland at the University of Galway. With the theme “Contesting Borders,” the conference brought together critical health psychologists...