News in March 2023

A long-running prize celebrating new Doric writing is open for entries.

Researchers in England and Scotland have been awarded nearly £250,000 by Wellbeing of Women and the Scottish Government to investigate if a drug called dichloroacetate is an effective treatment for endometriosis  If successful, the drug could be the first ever non-hormonal and non-surgical treatment for endometriosis – and the first new...

A leading entrepreneur has joined the University of Aberdeen as part of a scheme designed to boost industrial links and inspire staff and students to become successful entrepreneurs.

Equipment used to monitor dolphins in the Moray Firth by the University's Cromarty Lighthouse Field Station has been returned to the team after a two year and 300 mile journey.

Ideas from Chinese philosophy will be explored in the 2023 Leverhulme Lectures at the University of Aberdeen.

Dr Diane Skåtun, Senior Research Fellow from the Health Economics Research Unit (HERU) at the University of Aberdeen, has been selected by the Health Foundation to be part of its new REAL Research Units programme.

University of Aberdeen experts across the institutes of Dentistry, Medical Sciences and The School of Geosciences will work together to improve the ability to detect malignant changes in precancerous lesions which can develop into oral cancer in a £250k project.

The University of Aberdeen has joined a major European research and innovation programme to develop next-generation chemical risk assessment, incorporating both human health and the environment in a 'One Health' approach.