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.

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.

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).

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

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.

Cathelicidins as novel therapeutic antiviral agents in Rhinovirus infection May 1, 2015 - Jun 30, 2017
We have identified the human cathelicidn LL-37 as having potent direct antiviral activity against human rhinovirus (HRV), together with the capacity to alter death pathways in HRV-infected cells, as a potential host defence mechanism. We propose to c... Read More about Cathelicidins as novel therapeutic antiviral agents in Rhinovirus infection.

PCOS and Thyroid dysfunction Jun 1, 2015 - Aug 1, 2015
Undergraduate vacation scholarship application to study the legacy of prenatal programming of polycystic ovary syndrome on postnatal throid function

Transitions between services in people with Intellectual Difficulties Aug 27, 2015 - Dec 31, 2019
The project focuses on person centred care for people with learning disabilities at the point of transition from child to adult health services. The project will include multiple nursing perspectives and is based on an innovative initiative involving... Read More about Transitions between services in people with Intellectual Difficulties.

Rethinking Health: Community Public Health Demonstration Project Apr 1, 2015 - Mar 31, 2021