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The Institute for Health and Welfare Research is our overarching

structure to conduct and deliver world class, multidisciplinary

programmes of research, drawing on the research skills of academic

staff in four schools and three research centres:

Applied Social Studies

Health Sciences

Nursing and Midwifery

Pharmacy and Life Sciences

Centre for Obesity Research and Epidemiology (CORE)

Aberdeen Centre for Trauma Research (ACTR)

Alliance for Self Care Research (ASCR)

The Institute is structured to harness this wide range of research

strengths to undertake studies into the detection, prevention

and treatment of diseases and promoting the care and welfare of

patients in key priority health areas:

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Cardiovascular & Metabolic Disease

Neurological & Mental Health

Environmental & Occupational Health

The Institute for Health and Welfare Research provides a dynamic

and multi-disciplinary research environment that is constructed to

motivate and facilitate:

EXCELLENCE through the conduction of internationally recognised

research in areas of unmet clinical need

COLLABORATION with academic researchers and external

stakeholders, including the NHS, business, industry, professional

practitioners and voluntary organisations

TRANSLATION of our research findings into clinical policy and

practice and the creation of novel pharmaceutical technologies

We therefore welcome the opportunity to develop external

collaborations that address the needs of the patient – from the

bench to the bedside.

Professor Cherry L Wainwright

Director

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OUR DISCIPLINE EXPERTISE

Analytical, Medicinal & Synthetic Chemistry

Biomedical Sciences

Clinical Biochemistry

Drug Formulation & Delivery

Nursing & Midwifery

Nutrition & Dietetics

Pharmacy Practice

Physiotherapy

Psychology

Radiography

Sociology

Sport & Exercise Physiology

OUR RESEARCH THEMES

Cardiovascular & Metabolic Disease (CVMD)Neurological & Mental Health (NMH)Environmental & Occupational Health (EOH)

NMH

Post-traumatic Stress

Forensic Nursing

Bereavement

Ante-natal Health

Ethnic Minorities

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Chronic

Disorders

Ageing

CVMD

Diabetes & CV Disease

Ischaemic Heart Disease

Cystinosis

Obesity

Graduate School

Knowledge Exchange Activities

Research CentresCORE

ACTR

ASCR

EOH

Infection

Medical Evacuation

Biomechanics

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OUR RESEARCH CENTRES

Centre for Obesity Research & Epidemiology (CORE)

Aberdeen Centre for Trauma Research (ACTR)

Alliance for Self Care Research (ASCR)

Drug

Discovery

RESEARCH ROADMAP

CARDIOVASCULAR & METABOLIC DISEASE

Research within this theme focuses on enhancing the understanding of the pathology of cardiovascular

and metabolic diseases at the cellular level and on developing new diagnostic and therapeutic approaches that

can be translated into clinical practice. The cross disciplinary nature of the group spans the areas of basic science, clinical and practice based research, where outcomes inform, and are readily transferable into treatment and prevention strategies at patient level. The group include researchers with a widespread background and expertise spanning immunology, molecular biology, nutrition, organic and medicinal chemistry, pharmacology, physiology, clinical biochemistry , and pharmacy practice.

Theme Leader: Dr Giovanna Bermano

NEUROLOGICAL & MENTAL HEALTH

The foci of the Neurological and Mental Health (NMH) theme research strategy are dedicated to the enhancement

of lifelong mental health and wellbeing from a multidisciplinary perspective. They embrace an evidence-based approach to informing policy initiatives, clinical practice, and the education and training of healthcare professionals. In targeting applied outcomes, the underlying rationale for the NMH research strategy is to develop established research credibility, foster multidisciplinary and cross-disciplinary collaboration, and support priorities for action in respect of national NMH policies and research funding initiatives. NMH members comprise a multidisciplinary group of researchers with a wide range of research skills and interests, including epidemiology, qualitative and quantitative analysis, motion analysis, systematic reviews, policy evaluation, clinical trial development and evaluation.

Theme Leader: Dr Susan Klein

ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

The theme focuses on clinical and basic science research into environmental health, physical

and mental wellbeing within the workplace. Comprising a broad subject base, the research embraces the disciplines of microbiology, pharmaceutical technology, physiotherapy, biomechanics and occupational medicine.

Theme Leader: Prof Cherry Wainwright

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SOME OF OUR COLLABORATORS

Department of HealthForensic Network ScotlandHostage UKKing’s Centre for Military Health ResearchMinistry of Defence National Centre for Social ResearchNational Forensic Nurses’ Research & Development GroupNational Physiotherapy Research NetworkNATONHS Education Scotland (NES)NHS GrampianNurse Education ScotlandOpen University (Birth & Death Research Group)Pain Association ScotlandRoyal College of PsychiatristsSCOTSScottish Institute for Policing ResearchScottish Mental Health Research NetworkScottish Police Training College & Police ServiceSickle Cell SocietyUK Association of Forensic NursesUK Thalassaemia Society

UK Universities: Aberdeen, Bradford, Cardiff, Dundee, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Napier, Glasgow Caledonian, Hertfordshire, King’s College London, Liverpool John Moores, Manchester Metropolitan, Newcastle, Queen’s University Belfast, Salford, St Andrews, Southampton, Strathclyde, Stirling, Wolverhampton, UHI Millennium Institute.

Overseas Universities: Bohn (Germany), University College Dublin (Ireland), Montpellier (France), Porto (Portugal), Recife (Brazil). Duquesne (USA), Curtin (Australia), Monash (Australia), University of South Australia (Australia), Aukland University of Technology (New Zealand) National Institute of Science and Technology (Pakistan), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (New Delhi), Ankara University (Turkey).

Industrial Collaborations: Novabiotics Ltd, LighterLife Ltd, Astra Zeneca (Sweden)

SOME OF OUR CURRENT AND RECENT FUNDERS

Asthma UKBack CareBreast Cancer CampaignBritish AcademyBritish CouncilBritish Heart FoundationBurdett Trust for NursingCarnegie Trust for the Universities of ScotlandChief Scientist OfficeCoronary Thrombosis TrustCunningham TrustCystinosis Foundations (UK Ireland, and USA)Department of HealthEPSRCESRCFulbright CommissionHeadley Court TrustNHS Education for ScotlandNHS Grampian Endowment TrustPharmacy Practice Research TrustPhysiotherapy Research FoundationQueen’s Nursing Institute for ScotlandRoyal Society of ChemistryRoyal Society of EdinburghScottish Funding CouncilScottish GovernmentScottish Institute for Policing ResearchStroke AssociationTenovus ScotlandWellcome Trust Health: From Bench to Bedside