Did you miss our Annual Lecture 2021 from Professor Sir Martin Landray, with a showcase of work from the Edinburgh Clinical Trials Unit on 22 November 2021?
The Usher Institute works with people, populations and their data to understand and advance the health of individuals and populations through innovative collaborations in a global community.
It sits within the Edinburgh Medical School in the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine at the University of Edinburgh.
Visit us at the Old Medical School in Teviot Place, or at NINE, Edinburgh BioQuarter.
Miss any? Catch up on our COVID-19 webinar series held through 2020
Latest Usher Institute publications on Edinburgh Research Explorer.
- Annual Recognition Awards
- Vaccines protect against death from COVID-19 though some clinical characteristics can increase vulnerability
- Major NHS digital transformation programme ‘a success’
- New Director of Knowledge Exchange and Research Impact
- QCovid risk assessment tool now factors in vaccination status
- Artificial Intelligence and Multimorbidity - new NIHR Research Collaboration
- COVID-19, not vaccination, presents biggest blood clot risks
- Professor Linda Bauld appointed Interim Chief Social Policy Adviser
- Half of Covid hospital cases suffer complication
- Smoke-free cars can cut child tobacco risk by a third
A selection of upcoming events at the Usher Institute.
We are delighted to share a digest of news from across the Usher Institute via our monthly newsletter, Illuminate.
Taking a world-leading approach to measuring the global burden of disease, prioritising investments in global health, influencing governance structures and processes, and innovating for global health.
Focusing on the interdisciplinary study of designing, developing and using information technology solutions in healthcare.
Drawing together researchers, clinicians and practitioners from public health, primary care, biomedical and social sciences to improve population health.
Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society
Building on a unique history of social studies of science and medicine to scrutinise the complex social, cultural and technological landscape that characterises contemporary biomedicine and health care.
Read more on the Centre for Biomedicine, Self and Society website.
Clinical Trials Unit
Providing an infrastructure to design, plan and deliver clinical research studies across a varied portfolio of clinical specialties and methodologies.
Read more on the ECTU website.
Join our growing team of academics and professional services staff and work in a vibrant, multi-disciplinary environment.