Projects and programmes
Some current projects and programmes; intended to give a flavour of the on-going work at the Usher Institute.
Advanced Care Research Centre (ACRC)
The ACRC is an interdisciplinary research collaboration, combining a complementary programme of research and development to deliver innovation and change to later life care.
Artificial Intelligence and Multimorbidity: Clustering in Individuals, Space and Clinical Context
AIM-CISC is a research programme that aims to produce a detailed picture of multiple long-term health conditions (MLTCs) in the UK, and use the results of this research to inform future strategies in dealing with this issue.
Co-OPT: consortium for the study of pregnancy treatments
A new collaborative consortium for the study of pregnancy treatments.
Covid-19 and Tobacco
Generating evidence to support policy and practice to address tobacco use during and beyond the Covid-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 in Pregnancy in Scotland (COPS)
The COVID-19 in Pregnancy in Scotland (COPS) study aims to find out how COVID-19 infection during pregnancy affects mothers and babies.
DaC-VaP
National Core Studies - Data and Connectivity: COVID-19 Vaccines Pharmacovigilance
The impact of COVID-19 vaccines in pregnancy, children and young people, and vulnerable groups (DaC-VaP-2)
Awarded through a funding call by Health Data Research UK and the Alan Turing Institute, and led by Professor Aziz Sheikh, this project works to use UK-wide data to study the uptake, safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines.
DASHES
Drugs and Alcohol Service users Help to Exit Smoking
Developing and validating a risk prediction model for Long COVID
Developing and validating a risk prediction model for Long COVID using the EAVE II study in Scotland.
EAVE II
Tracking the COVID-19 pandemic as it happens across Scotland.
ELVIS COVID-19
Could a simple salt water solution help to reduce the early symptoms and progression of COVID-19?
ePAMS+
Development and evaluation of a complex ePrescribing-based Antimicrobial Stewardship (ePAMS+) intervention for hospitals.
Global Digital Exemplar (GDE) Programme Evaluation
Formative and summative evaluations of the Global Digital Exemplar (GDE) Programme.
Innovative Healthcare Delivery Programme (IHDP)
IHDP seeks to fundamentally change the way data and analytics are used to drive improvement in health outcomes, by fostering new relationships between the NHS, industry, academia, and the third sector.
PRoGRAM-A
PReventing Gambling RelAted Harm in Adolescents
RESCEU (REspiratory Syncytial virus Consortium in EUrope)
The RESCEU project aims to develop robust evidence on respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) disease burden and economic impact in Europe and provide infrastructure to perform future pivotal clinical trials for RSV vaccines and therapeutics.
NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Respiratory Health (RESPIRE)
Funded by the National Institute for Health Research, RESPIRE is a Global Health Research Unit focusing on respiratory health in Asia.
Rapid Outcomes of COVID therapeutics in Eave II (ROCOVE)
Investigating the uptake, safety, and effectiveness of monoclonal antibody therapy for COVID-19, using EAVE II linked data, working with Public Health Scotland (PHS).
Shaping public health polices to reduce inequalities and harm (SPECTRUM)
We are a multi-university, multi-agency research consortium focused on the commercial determinants of health and health inequalities funded by the UK Prevention Research Partnership.
Tobacco Control Capacity Programme: building capacity for applied research to reduce tobacco-related harm in low and middle income countries
Improving research capacity in Low and Middle Income Countries to conduct high quality studies that will generate evidence on how to reduce morbidity and mortality caused by tobacco use, and to advance key development priorities.