Blog and News

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.

ENRICH Scotland (ENabling Research In Care Homes) are proud to present our new short film about research in care homes. Here they tell us all about it.

This Spring, ACRC were delighted to host a panel discussion at the Scottish AI Summit to explore the role and perception of AI in later life with a technology sector audience.

Hear from researcher Imane Guellil about her attendance at HealTac 2023.

In June, we hosted a school pupil as part of her work experience. Here, she tells us about her week with us.

A GP working alongside the ACRC has received a prestigious award for his research.

We are delighted to announce that Jill Manthorpe has been named Deputy Chair of the ACRC Advisory Board.

Academy student Anna tells us about choosing to do a PhD, studying in Scotland, and combining her passions for music and advanced care in her research.

Read about a recent project looking at the relationship between news items and population health.

We are excited to announce we have reached our one-year anniversary of the ACRC PPI Academy and Mentorship Programme. Hear about some of their experiences.

Get to know Chris, an Academy student using machine learning and computer vision to improve the health of adults in later life.

Academy students and staff recently spent a weekend at Firbush, the university’s outdoor activity centre for team-building and leadership.

Senior Research Fellow Sue Lewis tells us about the process of putting lyrics to music.

ACRC Academy student Noah, who is investigating older adult care transitions in remote communities, reports back on his first months living on the island of Islay.

PhD Student with the ACRC Academy, Victoria Barber Fleming describes the use of PPI within her research.

Our AIM-CISC Early Career Researchers participated in the AI for Multiple Long-Term Conditions (AIM) Research Support Facility (RSF) 2023 conferences in Birmingham.

ACRC Researcher Sue Lewis is part of a choir performing songs about later life.

PPI Workshop explores the use of healthcare data in research.

Last month, Multimorbidity PhD student Rose Penfold hosted a PPI group call to help her with her delirium research.

Read our latest blog from WP4 researcher Nichole Fernandez.

ACRC and AIM-CISC researcher Imane Guellil tells us about her recent visit to the University of Barcelona.

Earlier this year, students at the ACRC Academy secured funding to establish their own lecture series.

See our students with their posters from the 2023 Spring Symposium.

Students, researchers and public contributors across the ACRC had the opportunity to share learning and experience with colleagues at the ACRC Spring Symposium earlier this week.