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Stories in School of Medicine
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The University of Dundee has been named Scotland’s top university at The Herald Higher Education Awards.
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New University of Dundee research may explain why childhood exposure to adversity, including neglect, can increase chronic pain and harmful effects of powerful opioid pain killers.
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Researchers at the University of Dundee are to undertake two major studies into a form of chronic pain that affects up to 10% of the population.
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Five University of Dundee academics are among the newest Fellows elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE).
![Professor Iain Gillespie and Professor Kamilla Mahrlamova standing side by side smiling in an office holding a brinze medal and a ornate box decorated with a traditional Ukrainian flower design](/sites/default/files/styles/card/public/2023-03/Image%202.png?h=790be497&itok=k4nTrc9U)
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The University of Dundee has been commended for its support of medical students displaced by the war in Ukraine
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The University of Dundee has welcomed two students from Ukraine’s Dnipro State Medical University, who have travelled to Scotland to train at Dundee's School of Medicine
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University of Dundee-led research has shown that medical students who declare a disability are just as likely to complete the course successfully as those who do not.
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A simple blood test developed by researchers from the University of Dundee could help doctors spot deadly damage to the aorta, the body’s largest blood vessel.
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According to Malaysian medical student Wan Nee Shue, studying to become a doctor is a lot like climbing a mountain
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Fourth-year medical student Sandhya Prem, who is from Malaysia, shares what she loves about studying Medicine in Dundee
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For Wan Nee Shue, being a medical student is a lot like climbing a mountain.