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The Provocateurs! Fringe Preview (2025)
Exhibition / Performance
Varghese, R., Rae, A., & Uegaki, W. The Provocateurs! Fringe Preview. 16 July 2025 - 16 July 2025

Take top academics, some thought-provoking ideas, add one comedian…

New for 2025, The Provocateurs promise to blend humour with ground breaking research. Join us for a spirited debate with some of Scotland’s sharpest intellects.

With host comed... Read More about The Provocateurs! Fringe Preview.

Human rights and psychiatric practice in relation to involuntary treatment of young people in Europe (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stavert, J., Malmendier-Muehlschegel, A., & Schulze, U. (2025, June). Human rights and psychiatric practice in relation to involuntary treatment of young people in Europe. Presented at ESCAP 2025: 21st International Congress of the European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Strasbourg

Aims: International human rights treaties emphasize autonomy and reducing or eliminating psychiatric coercion making which can conflict with involuntary psychiatric treatment. The aim of our workshop is to facilitate a discussion between mental healt... Read More about Human rights and psychiatric practice in relation to involuntary treatment of young people in Europe.

Challenges Psoriasis and Its Impact on Quality of Life: Challenges in Treatment and Management (2025)
Journal Article
Ponikowska, M., Vellone, E., Czapla, M., & Uchmanowicz, I. (2025). Challenges Psoriasis and Its Impact on Quality of Life: Challenges in Treatment and Management. Psoriasis: Targets and Therapy, 15, 175-183. https://doi.org/10.2147/ptt.s519420

Psoriasis, a chronic inflammatory disease affecting approximately 3% of the global population, presents complex challenges that extend beyond its physical manifestations. This comprehensive review examines the multidimensional impact of psoriasis on... Read More about Challenges Psoriasis and Its Impact on Quality of Life: Challenges in Treatment and Management.

Exploring barriers to accessing person-centred care for men who have sex with men and living with HIV. (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Abboah-Offei, M. (2025, May). Exploring barriers to accessing person-centred care for men who have sex with men and living with HIV. Poster presented at 19th World Congress of the European Association for Palliative Care, Helsinki, Finland

Background: Achieving the United Nations global HIV targets requires a more person-centred approach, socially inclusive and stigma-free care services that positively impact the overall quality of life for men who have sex with men (MSM) and living wi... Read More about Exploring barriers to accessing person-centred care for men who have sex with men and living with HIV..

A two‐phase approach to identifying HFpEF in heart failure patients: Risk score evaluation and decision tree development (2025)
Journal Article
Uchmanowicz, I., Lisiak, M., Ponikowski, P., Jankowska, E. A., Mysiak, A., & Wleklik, M. (online). A two‐phase approach to identifying HFpEF in heart failure patients: Risk score evaluation and decision tree development. ESC Heart Failure, https://doi.org/10.1002/ehf2.15333

Aims: Heart failure (HF) with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) poses significant diagnostic challenges due to its complex aetiology and overlapping symptoms with other HF types. The heterogeneity of HFpEF, compounded by frequent comorbidities, com... Read More about A two‐phase approach to identifying HFpEF in heart failure patients: Risk score evaluation and decision tree development.

COVID-19 Public Inquiry: Research Report for Portfolio 3: The Provision of Health and Social Care: Social Care for Children (2025)
Report
McKay, C., Stavert, J., Breen, C., McKay, E., Spassiani, N., Rose, S., Petropoulou, E., Davey, J., Sterman, J., Thompson, K., Higgins, A., Woodrow, A., & King, M. COVID-19 Public Inquiry: Research Report for Portfolio 3: The Provision of Health and Social Care: Social Care for Children. Scottish COVID-19 Public Inquiry

This report reviews available evidence regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on social care for children in Scotland, focusing on the strategic response of the Scottish Government. It was commissioned by the Scottish COVID-19 Public Inquiry,... Read More about COVID-19 Public Inquiry: Research Report for Portfolio 3: The Provision of Health and Social Care: Social Care for Children.

Co-Creation of a Continuing Professional Development Toolkit focused on self-management of respiratory health issues in people with learning disabilities (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
O'Leary, L., Dicksit, D., Ring, N., Roberts, N., Dunham, M., Devitt, J., Taylor, J., Mcglade, I., & Theurer, M. (2025, May). Co-Creation of a Continuing Professional Development Toolkit focused on self-management of respiratory health issues in people with learning disabilities. Presented at ENclusion Conference: Connecting EDI Research and Action at and by ENU, Edinburgh Napier University

Introduction

Individuals with ID (intellectual Disabilities) need self-management support from nurses (all fields) to avoid risk of hospital admissions due to respiratory illness. We aimed to co-design a CPD toolkit focused on providing nurses wit... Read More about Co-Creation of a Continuing Professional Development Toolkit focused on self-management of respiratory health issues in people with learning disabilities.

ExtraCECI: a community-based person-centred-enhanced care intervention to improve the quality of life and person-centred outcomes for people living with HIV/AIDS in Ghana—protocol for cluster randomised controlled trial (2025)
Journal Article
Abboah-Offei, M., Elsey, H., Nkhoma, K. B., Abboah-Offei, S., Keding, A., Fenty, J., Yakimova, A., Hewitt, C., Dzansi, G., Senoo-Dogbey, V. E., Ayisi Addo, S., Akazili, J., Ayim, A., & Harding, R. (2025). ExtraCECI: a community-based person-centred-enhanced care intervention to improve the quality of life and person-centred outcomes for people living with HIV/AIDS in Ghana—protocol for cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ Open, 15(5), Article e102692. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-102692

Introduction - People living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) have complex physical, psychological, social and spiritual needs following diagnosis and poorer health-related quality of life than the general population. Holistic assessment and care delivery incor... Read More about ExtraCECI: a community-based person-centred-enhanced care intervention to improve the quality of life and person-centred outcomes for people living with HIV/AIDS in Ghana—protocol for cluster randomised controlled trial.

The fallacy of pre-submission commentary in university assessment: Let’s move to encouraging independence among our students (2025)
Digital Artefact
Atherton, I., Mahoney, C., Graham, C., & Samuriwo, R. (2025). The fallacy of pre-submission commentary in university assessment: Let’s move to encouraging independence among our students. [Blog post]

Do you find yourself commenting on students’ work and providing feedback individually? Do you see a role for feeding back on individual work, whether formative or summative? If so, do the ideas in this blog challenge your approach? We’d love to hear... Read More about The fallacy of pre-submission commentary in university assessment: Let’s move to encouraging independence among our students.

Skin Tears in People with Different Skin Tones (2025)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Samuriwo, R. (2025, May). Skin Tears in People with Different Skin Tones. Presented at Nurses Specialized in Wound, Ostomy and Continence Canada (NSWOCC) 44th National Conference, Montréal, Canada

Research indicates that there are disparities and unnecessary variations in skin health and wound healing related care that people with different skin tones receive that are harmful and contribute to increased morbidity and mortality especially for t... Read More about Skin Tears in People with Different Skin Tones.