Holistic Needs Assessment in Cancer Care Jan 1, 2016 - Jul 31, 2023
People living with and beyond cancer are vulnerable to a number of physical, functional and psychological issues. Undertaking a holistic needs assessment (HNA) is one way to support a structured discussion of patients’ needs within a clinical consult... Read More about Holistic Needs Assessment in Cancer Care.

Diabetes Education Programme Study Jul 31, 2012 - Dec 31, 2015
Since October 2008 the EI has delivered a Graduate Certificate of Management Practice programme designed in conjunction with SELECT (the Electrical Contractors' Association for Scotland).The programme consists of three modules delivered by way of 9 w... Read More about Diabetes Education Programme Study.

FI STAR Apr 1, 2013 - Nov 15, 2015
New ideas are on the way to make healthcare more accurate, more affordable and matching the needs of our changing societies. Demographic changes, progress in technology and in medicine offer options to caregivers and patients, which were unthinkable... Read More about FI STAR.

Midwifery Transitional Funding - Studentship May 1, 2013 - Jul 31, 2017
Midwifery Transitional Funding - Studentships to fund nurses to study for PhD's

Development of a patient Concern Inventory in Brain Cancer Patients for outpatient consultation Sep 1, 2013 - Dec 31, 2015
This research project will undertake focus groups with glioma patients to explore the concerns they would like to discuss in outpatient neuro-oncology medical consultations. It will aim to identify concerns, explore what times in a treatment trajecto... Read More about Development of a patient Concern Inventory in Brain Cancer Patients for outpatient consultation.

The impact of welfare reform in Scotland Jul 1, 2013 - Jul 31, 2016
The Impacts of Welfare Reform in Scotland Funding: Scottish Government
Duration: 2013-2016
Research Team: Dr Helen Graham, Dr Valerie Egdell, Professor Robert Raeside and Professor Ronald McQuaid (University of Stirling)
Description:?The ai... Read More about The impact of welfare reform in Scotland.

Is the patient dying? Ensuring safe, effective and person-centred care Sep 1, 2013 - Mar 31, 2016
Two year research and development project to investigate and develop reliable systems and processes for patient flow and care management. This will be investigated within the Scottish patient safety Programme.

Improving the operational skills of the health personel working in the emergency dept Dec 1, 2013 - Dec 31, 2015
Research in the Countries, involved in the project, on the level of implementation of EU policies related to patients' safety, with a particular focus on emergency departments, actuality and future perspectives (existing laws, rules, guidelines, best... Read More about Improving the operational skills of the health personel working in the emergency dept.

An investigation of commonly used IBD drugs on autophagy pathway activity and potential therapeutic benefit for the treatment of paediatric IBD Sep 1, 2014 - Aug 31, 2017
Recent genetic discoveries, principally identification of NOD2 and ATG16L1 as susceptibility loci, strongly implicate a dysregulated host response to enteric bacteria and the autophagy pathway in the pathogenesis of Crohn’s disease (CD). Several micr... Read More about An investigation of commonly used IBD drugs on autophagy pathway activity and potential therapeutic benefit for the treatment of paediatric IBD.

Development of Safer Communities Evidence Matrix Scotland Jul 1, 2014 - Aug 1, 2015
The aim of the project was to provide seedcorn funding to expand the Scottish Local Policing Evidence Database (SLoPED) into a larger project, the Safer Communities Evidence Matrix Scotland (SCEMS).

Young people with Learning disabilites & ethnic minority views about the HPV vaccine Nov 1, 2014 - Feb 25, 2016
In the United Kingdom (UK), cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women under 35 years. Human papillomavirus (HPV) types 16 and 18 are sexually transmitted viruses which may contribute towards over 70% of cervical cancer cases. Since 20... Read More about Young people with Learning disabilites & ethnic minority views about the HPV vaccine.

Destination Organisations in Scotland: types, issues and characteristics Jul 1, 2014 - Dec 31, 2015
The aim of this project is to carry out a comparative study of the adaptation of destination organisations to their policy and operating environment in Scotland and Denmark with the view of identifying best practice. Following a systematic review of... Read More about Destination Organisations in Scotland: types, issues and characteristics.

Cross cultural end-of-life clincial decision making Sep 1, 2014 - Oct 31, 2019
A comparison of views and experiences of physicians in the referrals of end-stage organ failure patients for palliative care between HK and Scotland, UK

CIVITAS CAPITAL Sep 1, 2013 - Oct 31, 2016
The mission of CIVITAS CAPITAL is to contribute significantly to the goals of the EU's Transport White Paper by capitalising systematically on the results of CIVITAS and creating an effective "value chain" for urban mobility innovation. CAPITAL will... Read More about CIVITAS CAPITAL.

Medical Research Scotland - PhD studentship Sep 1, 2015 - Aug 31, 2019
MS is a prevalent disease in Scotland with some 10000 sufferers, but treatment options are limited and often only partially effective (Gourraud et al., 2012). MS is known to influence quality of life, but little has been reported in the scientific l... Read More about Medical Research Scotland - PhD studentship.

Nursing education: what can perspectives from the social sciences contribute Jan 1, 2015 - Apr 30, 2016
Nursing students care for people from very different backgrounds to their own both in placements during undergraduate training and throughout their careers. Caring for patients requires empathy: seeing the world from others? perspectives. The social... Read More about Nursing education: what can perspectives from the social sciences contribute.

Exploring the patterns of decision-making that influence self-management Dec 1, 2014 - Dec 31, 2015
Exploring the presentation, experiences and patterns of decision making that influence self-management following attendance at an Unscheduled Care consultation.

Nanomaterials and wastewater treatment Jan 26, 2015 - Jan 31, 2016
In an attempt to better understand the impact of nanomaterials on waste water treatment, the University will undertake a purposeful environmental hazard assessment, whereby the focus will be to assess pristine nanoparticles, nano-silver, to assess th... Read More about Nanomaterials and wastewater treatment.

Analysis Database - Lundbeck Apr 1, 2015 - Jan 31, 2016
Research study entitled ' Evolution of drinking patterns 2-3 years in ill, heavy drinkers, with or without treatment'.

Beverage purchasing & Pricing - ARUK Jan 1, 2015 - Mar 31, 2016
To record beverage choice, place of purchase and price paid by ill drinkers seen at alcohol problems services in Edinburgh and Glasgow Hospital (general and psychiatric) over a three year period in order to monitor any impact on this group of the int... Read More about Beverage purchasing & Pricing - ARUK.