Coronavirus Research Fundraising Campaign
We remain on the front line in the fight against the ongoing and long term effects of Covid-19. Your donation, whatever its size, will help.
Your donations have enabled four vital research projects to proceed
Two new research projects which hope to unlock the secrets of Covid-19 have received funding, thanks to a significant donation from a private individual and ongoing fundraising by the University of Dundee.
Dr Amelia Shoemark, from the University's School of Medicine, was one of the successful recipients. Her project will focus on how Covid-19 can cause long-term damage to a person's airways that can expose the lungs to re-infection. She hopes her research will help identify who is at increased risk of airway damage and which treatments will reduce this risk.
Dr Alistair Geddes and Jaqueline Malcolm from the School of Geography and DJCAD were also successful. Together, they will lead a multidisciplinary project using health and socio-economic data to investigate how Covid-19 has affected health and inequalities in the Dundee area.
In 2021, Professor James Chalmers and Dr Charis Marwick received funding to help them react quickly to emerging concepts in the early stages of Coronavirus research.
Professor James Chalmers received funding to advance his research towards developing a simple blood test that could identify patients at increased risk of death from Covid-19. His study found that the immune system responds differently to Covid-19 than other types of infection. He and his team also developed blood tests that could identify patients at higher risk of developing complications or who might respond to different kinds of treatment.
Dr Charis Marwick, an expert in infectious diseases at the University’s School of Medicine, was awarded funding to examine the disproportionate impact the virus had on care homes. She is now using newly available data showing Covid-19 infection rates in communities surrounding care homes to analyse the risk of an outbreak within the care home.
The Coronavirus Research Fundraising Campaign was established early in the pandemic to assist the scientific community with its research into the disease. The fund was set up to give researchers access to fast funding to be able to react quickly in a rapidly changing environment.
Our scientists and researchers are working hard to understand the immediate and long-term impact of Covid-19. Our work has been recognised as excellent and has attracted funding from the Chief Scientist’s Office, the Wellcome Trust and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, amongst other key research funding institutes.
We greatly appreciate the help received from funders. Your donations allow our brightest minds to analyse the virus and its impact in greater detail, which will help ensure we never have to endure the painful separation from loved ones and sacrifice our day-to-day lives again.
We must continue their work if we are to understand the consequences of Covid-19 and prevent future viral pandemics. Your donation, whatever its size, will help vital research - the results of which will have a long-lasting impact on society.
Thank you
The Trustees, Northwood Charitable Trust, the associated charity of the Thomson family
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Health complications brought about by the pandemic have helped to make the public aware of the importance of respiratory health, a University of Dundee expert has said.
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Scottish patients diagnosed with one of the least survivable cancers were 13% less likely to receive potentially curative treatment in the post-lockdown period, according to new University of Dundee research.
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Learning more about the legacies of Covid infection is “critical” if society is to successfully adapt to living with the virus, a University of Dundee expert has warned.
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Long-Covid patients show limited recovery one year after being discharged from hospital, according to the latest results of the UK-wide PHOSP-COVID study.
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Researchers from the Universities of Dundee and Oxford have made a discovery that helps explain why variations in the virus that causes Covid-19 spread so rapidly.
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Less than one in 12 Covid-19 vaccine recipients reported significant side effects in the week following their jab, a major University of Dundee study has found.
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A University of Dundee researcher currently leading a major UK-wide study monitoring all Covid-19 vaccines approved for use in the country has received a prestigious award in recognition of his stellar academic career.
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A University of Dundee postgrad is in the running to be crowned PhD Student of the Year following a dramatic 12 months that have seen her work on potential treatments for Covid-19 as well as being named as one of the best young scientists in her field.
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A research project at the University of Dundee investigating how Covid-19 damages blood vessels has received funding of £133,000 from national charity Heart Research UK.
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Learning lessons from the pandemic could help protect care home residents from future infection outbreaks, a University of Dundee expert has said.
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Seriously ill Covid-19 patients continued to experience negative impacts on their physical and mental health several months after discharge from hospital, according to a major UK study into the long-term impacts of the disease.
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A simple test to identify patients at increased risk of death from Covid-19 could be a step closer thanks to a funding grant made by the University of Dundee.
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More than 10,000 volunteers have signed up for a new UK-wide study run by the University of Dundee which is monitoring all Covid-19 vaccines approved for use in the country.
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An international panel, led by the University of Dundee’s Professor James Chalmers, has recommended a combination of two drugs that can reduce the complications of Covid-19 by up to 40%.
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The University of Dundee has joined a cross-Scotland collaborative study that will investigate emerging models of rehabilitation for people suffering from long-Covid and recommend how to best maximise recovery and quality of life for patients.
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An international consortium, led by scientists in Scotland, have devised a Coronavirus Toolkit which gives researchers from across the world open access to a wide range of materials to further Covid-19 research.
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A PhD student from the University of Dundee, who has spent the past year working on potential treatments for COVID-19, has been named as one of the best young scientists in her field.
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The University of Dundee is seeking thousands of volunteers for a new study assessing the effectiveness and safety of COVID-19 vaccines as they are rolled out to the public.
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Researchers leading a trial of a Covid-19 vaccine have thanked the people of Tayside and Fife for their overwhelming response to a call for volunteers.
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Hundreds of people from across Tayside and Fife are being sought to participate in a Covid-19 vaccine trial to be led by the University of Dundee and NHS Tayside.
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A new multi-million pound research project will help scientists across the UK access the data they need more easily to help develop potential therapies and treatments for COVID-19.
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More than 2000 Tayside healthcare staff took part in a ground-breaking study looking at the prevalence of Covid-19 antibodies in healthcare workers in Scotland.
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Lessons learned from the streets of Brazil could help tackle a surge in Scottish youth homelessness caused by Covid-19, according to a University of Dundee expert.
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Scientists from the University of Dundee have announced key findings from two separate studies they believe could unlock the development of a new type of treatment for lung conditions, including Covid-19.
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The Universities of Dundee and Edinburgh are playing key roles in a €77.7 million pan-European consortium seeking to accelerate the development of therapies for Covid-19 and future coronaviruses.
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The University of Dundee’s Professor James Chalmers is the Scottish lead of a major UK research study into the long-term health impacts of Covid-19 on hospitalised patients launched today.
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A University of Dundee campaign to fund research into coronaviruses has received a significant donation from a Scottish charitable trust.
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The University of Dundee has launched a major fundraising campaign to support research into coronaviruses.
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The University of Dundee is leading the clinical trial of a new anti-inflammatory drug it is hoped may reduce instances of severe lung damage and death in Covid-19 patients.
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The University of Dundee’s Drug Discovery Unit (DDU) has received €5 million of funding to develop antiviral treatments for Covid-19 and future coronaviruses.
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To facilitate vital research on SARS-CoV-2, Wellcome and UKRI have brought together a consortium of leading centres of protein engineering and production, including the University of Dundee, to launch the COVID-19 Protein Portal
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University of Dundee projects to help the country in the fight against Covid-19 have been awarded nearly £500,000 in funding.
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University of Dundee researchers are to test new diagnostic technologies they hope may help tackle the dual risks posed by Covid-19 and antimicrobial resistance.
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The Universities of Glasgow and Dundee have been awarded £225,000 to rapidly screen for potential COVID-19 treatments.
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The University of Dundee is leading a major new clinical trial of a drug it is hoped may help to prevent the worst ravages of COVID-19
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The University of Dundee is working with partners around the world to rapidly repurpose existing drugs against Covid-19.