News in May 2026

On the 26th of May, we held an IAHS seminar in collaboration with enAble Institute at Curtin University in Western Australia. Dr Bryce Brickley (Flinders University, Darwin) and Professor Peter Murchie (University of Aberdeen) gave talks on “Rural Health Equity Perspectives in Scotland and Australia”. Dr Brickley’s research centres on men’s...

A new, user-friendly free IVF prediction tool - powered by national fertility treatment data - has been launched by the University of Aberdeen.

The NHS Scotland's outdoor spaces economic value quantified for the first time.

A major new UK wide initiative to transform how people with arthritis and other musculoskeletal conditions can help shape research has been announced, with the University of Aberdeen leading the programme's work across Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Fantastic to have so many people join The SPARK Seminar today in person and online. Professor Sara MacLennan, co-Director of the Aberdeen Cancer Centre, chaired the seminar. We were delighted the Cancer Centre team had invited Professor Mieke Van Hemelrijck to join us from King’s College London to kick off the seminar...

The group has been recognised for its sustained model of embedding people with lived experience across their musculoskeletal research.