Blog and News

A number of the research fellows from WP4 went to a conference near Venice recently, and we felt compelled to write a short piece on our experience...

In December the ACRC Academy held a residential PhD enrichment weekend at the Burn, a beautiful country house in Aberdeenshire which is run as an academic retreat.

New project seeks to improve pathways for older carers

Are you a care home worker interested in supporting a workshop on care transitions?

New research describes the patterns of COVID-19 outbreaks in Scotland’s care homes, beyond the first wave of infections.

Do you have thoughts on digital inclusion and design ready for feature in a journal?

Hear from Research Fellow Dr Stella Arakelyan, as she takes part in a Scotland-wide meeting of Universities’ departments of General Practice in Carnoustie.

Academy students develop open conference on 15th April

Two members of the ACRC’s Programme Management Office secured awards for outstanding contributions.

Our latest publication finds that widespread and persistent low income in later life in England, is closely related to unstable environments.

ACRC has launched a new local partnership with Midlothian Health and Social Care Partnership.

Find out about a new free fitness programme - Aqua Steps - not run by the ACRC, but may be of interest.

In our latest blog, Anna Crawford talks about a recent PPIE workshop with PhD students.

Find out more about the 2023 cohort for the Academy.

Chris Lochhead, PhD student, is looking for doctors, nurses, care workers, OTs, physios with professional experience of older adults to support his research.

AIM CISC Researchers recently spent some time with researchers from all the various AIM programmes across the UK.

Arlene Casey | Dunhill Medical Trust Research Fellow| Principal NLP Data Scientist DataLoch 

Prof. Tughrul Arslan has spoken at two recent events.

ACRC PhD researcher Dr Clare MacRae has taken her research on the road.

The applications for our 2024 Academy PhD Studentships are now open!

AIM CISC researcher presents to Social Data Science Hub

Hear from researcher Abul Hasan as he attended a three day Science Camp.

Our PDRAs and Students recently came together to discuss a new report on Ageing, and how it applies to their research.

ACRC PhD student David Vaca–Benavides hosted a PPI group call to help him with his wearable design research.

Hear from Research Fellow Jacob Sheahan, as he attends a global conference close to home.

Join us for a panel discussion bringing together women from a wide range of healthcare data science backgrounds to share their experiences and cutting-edge work.

The ACRC forged new links with colleagues across the Atlantic in a series of meetings last week.

ACRC has entered into a new partnership with the University of Copenhagen.

On Thursday 21st September, several posters from the ACRC will be on display at the Usher Showcase event at McEwan Hall.

Cameron tells us about combining computer science and medicine, making friends at the Academy, and choosing a PhD that you're passionate about.

Dr Stella Arakelyan, Research Fellow at the ACRC, shares her reflections and experience of attending the ART of Healthy Ageing Network ECR Workshop in Manchester, 2023

Get to know Emily, an Academy student whose is using her background in health systems and social care to address homelessness and digital exclusion in her PhD.

Find out about a new initiative the ACRC is involved in, NESSIE.

Meet Emilie, a former politician whose passion for public health has led her back to academia.

Dr Stella Arakelyan tells about her experience at the British Geriatric Society Symposium in Edinburgh, earlier this year.

Get to know Vasilis, an Academy student who is combining his background in biological sciences with computational and statistical genetics to research delirium.

In July, a team of Academy students ventured down to London to take part in the Wellcome Data Science Ideathon.

ACRC Academy student Wanok talks about being one of the first locally trained optometrists in Uganda, his experience as part of an interdisciplinary cohort, and his advice for prospective PhD students.

Here are video links to all the various sessions from the ACRC Internal Symposium held in April 2023.

Meet Elisa, an Academy student whose "fragmented" CV proved to be the perfect fit for her interdisciplinary research project on practices of empathy in technology.