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Press release
The University of Dundee has been named Scotland’s top university at The Herald Higher Education Awards.
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Press release
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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The occurrence of chronic pain is highly comorbid, presenting alongside other long-term conditions, including depression, heart disease and diabetes, negatively impacting the quality of life of those affected.
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The CO-CONNECT project team has been recognised for their work in making COVID-19 response data FAIR: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable or Reusable
Press release
The University of Dundee is to play a leading role in a Europe-wide project exploring whether artificial intelligence can improve outcomes for patients with high blood pressure.
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Press release
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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Press release
Five University of Dundee academics are among the newest Fellows elected to the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE).
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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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Press release
A University of Dundee project could transform how sensitive research data is stored following a major funding award
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To mark Data Protection Day (28 January), we explore how Data Safe Havens prioritise and maintain personal data protection and privacy when it comes to public health data.
News
CO-CONNECT project has been recognised in the HDR UK annual awards and MRC Impact Prize 2022
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The Health Informatics Centre’s Trusted Research Environment (TRE) is one of five projects to receive funding of £177,840 from Research Data Scotland (RDS).
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The Dundee-led Alleviate – the APDP Pain Research Data Hub (link) – project announces new leadership roles.
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When it comes to healthcare innovation, the longitudinal data contained in Data Safe Havens such as Dundee's Health Informatics Centre provides professionals with an abundance of opportunities for research on projects considered to be of public benefit.
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How the use of ‘Big Data’ can make top-grade, innovative healthcare more accessible and cost-effective.
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Press release
Researchers from the University of Dundee have developed a machine learning system for classifying endocrine hypertension subtypes using multi-omics data from project known by ‘ENS@T-HT’
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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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Press release
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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Emily Jefferson, from the University of Dundee, covers the importance of timely, good quality data for both research and public health.