School of Health & Wellbeing

Complex Interventions Framework published

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

A new framework for developing and evaluating complex interventions, which was led by the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit, has been published

Multimorbidity PhD programme for health professionals

Mon, 21 Sep 2020 14:04:00 BST

A new programme, led by General Practice and Primary Care's Prof Frances Mair, aims to create a new generation of innovative world-leading researchers empowered with expertise in multimorbidity, and is currently advertising for applicants

15 minutes on health inequalities podcast

Thu, 28 Jun 2018 18:33:00 BST

The MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit’s first podcast of 2021 features Dr Mirjam Allik and Dr Denise Brown discussing the Children’s Health in Care in Scotland project

Professor Tom McMillan retires

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

March 2021 sees the retirement of Professor Tom McMillan, marking the end of an extraordinary academic career within University of Glasgow

Scottish Learning Disabilities Observatory researchers secure new grants

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

SLDO's Ewelina Rydzewska has received funding to investigate suicide incidence in people with autism while colleague Kirsty Dunn will examine the mental health of father carers

IHW researcher receives MQ fellows award

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

IHW and Mental Health and Wellbeing's Dr Ruchika Gajwani has been awarded one of three prestigious MQ Mental Health Research fellowship awards and will lead a study aimed at improving the diagnosis and treatment of borderline personality disorder in young people

Public Health researcher receives the OBE

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

IHW and Public Health's Dr Beverly Bergman has been awarded the OBE in the 2021 New Years Honours for services to veterans

Alcohol consumption patterns and risk of adverse health outcomes

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 14:17:00 GMT

A study of UK adults led by IHW's Bhautesh Jani and Jim Lewsey has found that different patterns of alcohol consumption could be associated with a lesser risk of alcohol related negative health outcomes

IHW and Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine to train 100 Cameroonian biologists in data analysis

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

A new cross-institute collaboration led by Professor James Lewsey aims to address research challenges in Cameroon by training students and early career researchers (ECRs) to better analyse important data on health, agriculture and environment

New research project to inform Scotland’s drug deaths response

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 21:39:00 GMT

The MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit’s Dr Kathryn Skivington is leading a study aimed at improving understanding of the health and social circumstances surrounding drug-related deaths

Living with long-COVID study funded

Thu, 21 Jan 2021 20:10:00 GMT

IHW researchers have been awarded a £300k CSO grant to investigate the prevalence and nature of long-COVID in Scotland, and its impact on those who live with the condition

COVID-19 online engagement tool

Wed, 20 Jan 2021 22:27:00 GMT

The MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit has created an online tool which aims to start conversations around the wider impacts of the pandemic on health and society, with a focus on inequalities

Lockdown alcohol sales fall by 6% in Scotland

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

New research led by Public Health Scotland and involving staff from IHW shows that alcohol sales in Scotland fell by 6% as a result of COVID lockdown restrictions

COVID research keeps Robertson Centre busy

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

Prof John Cleland reports on the COVID-related work currently being undertaken by Robertson Centre for Biostatistics researchers

WEBINAR Sexuality and Abortion Stigma Study

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 14:17:00 GMT

The Sexuality and Abortion Stigma Study (SASS) team have organised a webinar on Wednesday 03 March 2021 at 3pm to mark the launch of their new project website and research briefings

New podcast series launches

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

The new Systems Science in Public Health Podcast series - a joint venture between the SIPHER Consortium and the SPHSU - hosted by Professor Petra Meier, has launched

Mental health in mothers of people with intellectual disabilities

Thu, 28 Jun 2018 18:33:00 BST

A recently published systematic review by Dr Ewelina Rydzewska reports that mothers of people with intellectual disabilities experience higher rates of common mental disorders and emotional burden than mothers of typically developing people

Major review of C-19 studies in BMC Medicine

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

The proliferation of Covid-19 research in major medical journals has led to a review of these studies, co-authored by Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment (HEHTA) researchers, being published in BMC Medicine

Vaccine hesitancy more likely in young people, women and some ethnic groups

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

A study led by the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit's Vittal Katikireddi found young people, women and some ethnic groups are less likely to take up a COVID-19 vaccine when offered

Green space use in lockdown

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

A new study from the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit has found that inequalities in green space use were sustained, and possibly exacerbated, during movement restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Multimorbidity in Africa: increasing understanding of the patient experience and epidemiology

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

IHW researchers are leading work which will look at multimorbidity and treatment burden in Sub Saharan Africa

CONUNDRUM project

Thu, 28 Jun 2018 18:33:00 BST

A new co-developed and systems-informed study provides insights into the social context shaping use and non-use of condoms and contraception among young people in Scotland

I’m a public health researcher…

Thu, 28 Jun 2018 18:33:00 BST

The MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit has created a new resource for children and young people with short profiles of eight Unit researchers, chosen to demonstrate their wide-ranging backgrounds and research interests

Universal Credit and mental wellbeing study

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

A new study led by the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit will be the first to comprehensively evaluate the impacts and costs of Universal Credit (UC) on mental health and health inequalities

Return to work guidelines launched

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

The Healthy Working Lives Group (HWLG) and Society of Occupational Medicine have launched COVID-19 return-to-work guidelines which, for the first time, take account of community prevalence, vaccination status and previous COVID-19 infection in the risk assessment

GPs at the Deep End spreads nationally and internationally

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

The Scottish Deep End Project, coordinated by general practice colleagues at the University of Glasgow, began in 2009 and has now spread internationally with similar projects in Ireland, Yorkshire, Greater Manchester, Canberra, Plymouth, North East and North Cumbria, Nottinghamshire and North West London, all with variants of the Scottish logo

New film on reducing avoidable deaths in children and young people with learning disabilities

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

A new film from the Scottish Learning Disabilities Observatory highlights research findings about mortality rates for children and young people with learning/intellectual disabilities

Remembering Shahid Latif

Mon, 05 Apr 2021 14:17:00 BST

Following the sad death in March 2021 of Shahid Latif, a key member over many years of the Electrocardiology Group based in the Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, Professor Peter Macfarlane pays tribute to a valued colleague and friend

Where art meets science

Wed, 21 Apr 2021 09:49:00 BST

Members of IHW recently teamed up with the Institute of Cancer Sciences to advise product design students from the Glasgow School of Art on their final-year projects for their exhibition "The future of cancer and collective intelligence in the post-COVID world"

Wellcome Trust award for public engagement programme in Malawi

Tue, 27 Apr 2021 14:24:00 BST

IHW's Professor Mia Crampin has been awarded £246k by the Wellcome Trust for a 5-year public engagement programme associated with "Healthy Lives Malawi: Intergenerational Cohort of Chronic Conditions"

New comic book – how your body tells time

Thu, 28 Jun 2018 18:33:00 BST

The Sleep, Circadian Rhythms and Mental Health in Schools project (SCRAMS) has created a comic book to coincide with the UNESCO International Day of Light

"When it is Darkest"

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

Rory O’Connor’s book "When it is Darkest. Why People Die By Suicide and What We Can Do To Prevent It" was published on 06 May 2021, drawing on people stories, including his own, and the research evidence to better understand the pathways to suicide

Use of green spaces during lockdown

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 14:17:00 GMT

A new article on green space use during lockdown by the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit's Hannah Burnett, Dr Jon Olsen and Prof Rich Mitchell has been published in "The Conversation"

COVID-19 vaccine deployment for marginalised groups in Scotland

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

General Practice and Primary Care's David Blane summarises the latest "GPs at the Deep End" report, which considers how issues with vaccine confidence and uptake might be addressed

RECOVER-LV

Mon, 24 May 2021 14:51:00 BST

The results of a clinical trial supported by Robertson Centre for Biostatistics' Bethany Stanley and Alex McConnachie have recently been published, following their presentation at the Heart Failure Society of America's Annual Scientific Meeting

Home carers' mental health worsened during lockdown

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

A new study led by the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit's Dr Elise Whitley found that individuals providing care for a member of their household had poorer mental health than non-carers prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and that this worsened during lockdown

International academic primary care awards for IHW staff

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

In August 2021, General Practice and Primary Care's Peter Hanlon and BSc Global Health Primary Care graduate Iona Bryson will receive awards for their respective work on frailty and remote self-management for type 2 diabetes at the annual meeting of the Australasian Association for Academic Primary Care

How best to enable access to rehabilitation for people with heart failure and their families in these challenging times?

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit's Professor Rod Taylor explains how the REACH-HF (Rehabilitation EnAblement in CHronic Heart Failure) research programme has enabled access to rehabilitation for people with heart failure in from own homes in spite of the challenges COVID-19

New trial explores options for women with fibroids

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 14:17:00 GMT

Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment's Dikshyanta Rana and Olivia Wu have conducted an economic evaluation of the NIHR-funded FEMME trial FEMME trial, which looks at options for women with fibroids who are hoping to avoid a hysterectomy

Leading roles for IHW staff in Scottish primary care research network

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

General Practice and Primary Care's Prof Frances Mair and Dr Bhautesh Jani have been appointed co-leads for the NRS Primary Care Network in Scotland, which aims to increase the amount of research relevant to patient care undertaken in a primary care setting

New rehab programme for people with multiple long-term conditions

Thu, 28 Jun 2018 18:33:00 BST

Researchers from IHW are involved in the development of a new programme to provide exercise-based rehabilitation to people living with multiple long-term health conditions

IHW wellbeing of older workers (WOW) toolkit launches

Wed, 02 May 2018 17:15:00 BST

August 2021 saw the launch of our eagerly-awaited older workers toolkit, aimed at helping colleagues aged 50+ to make the most of working life and manage the challenges that can sometimes arise for this group of staff

Research features in House of Commons briefing

Thu, 28 Jun 2018 18:33:00 BST

Research from the MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit features in a recent House of Commons briefing on the current advertising regulatory system in the UK, with specific reference to advertising to children

Success for IHW in UofG professional services awards

Tue, 03 Aug 2021 13:54:00 BST

Four individuals and two teams from IHW received awards in the UofG professional service excellence awards 2021

New study aims to provide unique insights into the complexity of healthcare of people with intellectual disabilities

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

Newly-funded research led by Laura Hughes-McCormack of the Scottish Learning Disabilities Observatory will investigate deaths in people with intellectual disabilities and explore the influence of potentially modifiable primary care quality and access factors

UofG excellence award for teaching team

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 14:17:00 GMT

IHW's Global Mental Health Team has received one of UofG's teaching excellence awards for 2021, for teaching and contribution to learning of a particularly high standard

IHW welcomes new deputy director

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

IHW warmly welcomes Prof Cindy Gray to the role of Deputy Director in IHW – Cindy is based in our Social Scientists in Health group in the College of Social Sciences and takes over from Prof Sally Wyke, who has held this position since the institute was formed back in 2011

Can a well-established weight management programme help people with long COVID and overweight/obesity?

Mon, 21 Sep 2020 11:01:00 BST

General Practice and Primary Care's Dr David Blane and School of Medicine colleague Prof Emilie Combet have been awarded £1 million by the National Institute for Health Research to lead the Remote Diet IntervenTion to REduce long Covid symptoms (ReDIRECT) study

HEHTA academic appointed to prestigious role

Mon, 21 Sep 2020 14:04:00 BST

Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment's Professor Olivia Wu has recently been announced as the new chair of the NIHR Health Technology Clinical Evaluation and Trials (CET) Committee

Cancer Research UK report on unhealthy food marketing

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 15:28:00 BST

The MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit has co-authored a report with Cancer Research UK, "One year on...building on bold policy ambitions: Stakeholder views on HFSS marketing restrictions and the next steps to tackle obesity"

Briefing – multiple exclusions and health

Tue, 17 Aug 2021 15:31:00 BST

The MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit has published a new briefing: "Review of published evidence about the health of people experiencing co-occurring homelessness, imprisonment, substance use, sex work and/or severe mental illness"

New "model" better at predicting premature birth

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

Research on a new testing method which could more accurately identify women at risk of preterm birth and potentially improve healthcare outcomes for mums and babies in the future has been published, with Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment's Kathleen Boyd and Robert Heggie among the authors

Measuring and lessening treatment burden after a stroke

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

General Practice and Primary Care's Dr Katie Gallacher and Prof Frances Mair have been awarded a CSO grant to develop and validate a new patient-reported measure of treatment burden in stroke

Preventing gender-based violence in schools

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

The MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit developed Equally Safe at School (ESAS) in partnership with Rape Crisis Scotland, an innovative whole school approach to preventing gender-based violence

COVID-19 and social relationships

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

The MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit has published a new briefing, "The impact of COVID-19 on social relationships and health"

Inequalities in use of green space

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 14:17:00 GMT

The MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit has published the third Social Systems Recovery Report (SSR), "Environment and Spaces Group Report"

Clinical case complexity in occupational health

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

The Healthy Working Lives Group (HWLG) has published the first paper on understanding clinical case complexity in occupational health (OH)

Responses to the inverse care law in Scotland

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 16:05:00 BST

General Practice and Primary Care’s David Blane has been awarded a grant from the Health Foundation to investigate responses to the inverse care law in Scotland over the last 20 years

10 years of Athena Swan in IHW: what difference have we made?

Tue, 19 Oct 2021 20:15:00 BST

AS champion Breda Cullen reflects on a decade of activity and achievement in the realm of equality, diversity and inclusion, and the ways in which we hope we have changed working and studying in IHW for the better

New study to assess how adults with learning disabilities can lead healthier lives

Thu, 28 Jun 2018 18:33:00 BST

IHW colleagues and collaborators have published a protocol for a new study which will look at the effectiveness and underlying mechanisms of lifestyle modification interventions for adults with learning disabilities

West of Scotland (WoS) Safe Haven workshop

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

Professor Jill Pell reports back on a recent workshop aimed at encouraging colleagues to make use of data held within the WoS Safe Haven to understand and improve the health of people in Glasgow and beyond

SPHSU at COP26

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

The MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit's Jon Olsen, Anne Martin and Petra Meier each contributed to COP26, the UN Climate Change Conference, in October/November 2021

New Creative Insights website

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

The new Creative Insights website, film and zine, featuring creative content developed by young people from Glasgow and Leeds, launched in November 2021.  

History of significant head injury in women prisoners linked with disability and past abuse

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

New research has found that 78% of women prisoners in Scotland have a history of significant head injury, most of which arose out of domestic abuse over several years