Are you someone living with or beyond cancer? Researchers at the University of Aberdeen are inviting you to participate in a questionnaire about taking care of your health. More info and questionnaire here: iahs.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

📢 New #publication from our own Prof Peter Murchie, Dr Natália Calanzani and Dr Shahana Naqvi alongside colleagues at University of Lincoln.

A global bibliometric analysis of rural #cancer research.

Read the paper here👇
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

📢 New publication from Hana Tomoi, a PhD student at @lshtm.bsky.social and Nagasaki University, supervised by our own Dr Sharon Hanley.
This scoping review explores the contextual, social, and adolescent-specific factors influencing #HPV vaccination decision‑making in Japan.
Read the paper here 👇

📢Exciting new #publication in @bmj.com from our very own Dr Rosalind Adam, making the case for managing #cancer as a chronic disease in #primarycare and integrating cancer reviews alongside existing chronic disease management.
Read the paper below 👇

The team had a great time at #NADEGS 2026 last week in Edinburgh!
We heard inspiring keynote talks on primary care challenges in Scotland from health #inequalities to AI.
The team presented work on remote monitoring, #cancer care, #HPV self‑sampling, and #rural health equity.

📢 New publication from the team!

Geographic variation in experiences of cancer care in Scotland: Insights and policy implications from the Scottish Cancer Patient Experience Survey

📰 Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...

Yesterday, the School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition came together for the first Thanksgiving event to celebrate the many successes across our school!
A huge thank you to everyone who makes our school such a special place, and well done to the organisers!

Are you someone living with or beyond cancer? Researchers at the University of Aberdeen are inviting you to participate in a questionnaire about taking care of your health. More info and questionnaire here: iahs.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

💪 Our amazing Clinical Research Fellow, Dr Leia Kane, is gearing up for the Ironman World Championships in Hawaii next month! 🏊‍♀️🚴‍♀️🏃‍♀️

She chats about clinical work 🏥, research 📊, triathlon life 🚴‍♀️, and recovery after serious injury.

🎥 Check it out: www.youtube.com/watch?si=IL1...

🎙️ A new episode of PAINCAST is out!
In this episode, a panel of experts answer questions about pain research.
Our very own Dr Kathryn Martin & Dr Katie Allan are involved with work package 2 of the PAINSTORM project.

👉 Have a listen here: www.painstorm.co.uk/paincast#col...

📣 PhD Opportunity!
We're advertising a 4-year fully-funded PhD project involving a process evaluation of the AYEScreen study looking at how to best offer HPV self-sampling in Scotland.
Deadline: 21st September 2025
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Over the summer, the BRUCES team has been connecting with patients, providers, researchers & decision makers 🤝

Our goal? To improve health equity in remote & rural areas by investigating inequalities in care, access & outcomes 🌍

#BRUCES @johnwhandal.bsky.social

The paper reports that increased unscheduled hospital readmission time was associated with a number of factors including living alone before stroke, having more comorbidities or higher frailty, and more severe stroke.

📢New publication!
Dr Melanie Turner and colleagues have published a population-level data-linkage study exploring unscheduled hospital readmissions after stroke🏥 Read the paper published in International Journal of Stroke here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

📢 Research in the news!
The ASICA project, led by Prof Peter Murchie and funded by @cancerresearchuk.org, has been featured in the @telegraphnews.bsky.social. ASICA is a smartphone app 📱 designed to make skin checks after #melanoma easier and more efficient. www.telegraph.co.uk/science/canc...

📢New publication in Artificial Intelligence in Medicine!
Our PhD student, Summer, alongside others @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social have published a #scopingreview on the role of natural language processing in #cancer care. Read the paper here: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New research from UoA including Dr Melanie Turner of APC shows stroke patients living in #deprived areas are more likely to die within a year.

📢 @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social press release: www.abdn.ac.uk/news/24532/

📄 Full #paper in Cerebrovascular Diseases:
karger.com/ced/article/...

🚀 Excited to kick off the Programme & Policy Advisory Group for our #BRUCES project on #rural #HealthInequalities in #Scotland!
👉
Led by Dr Rosemary Hollick & Prof Peter Murchie, we’re tackling what drives rural-urban health gaps & how to address them 🏔️🌆
🔗 www.abdn.ac.uk/iahs/academi...

Hello Bluesky! 👋 We’re the Academic Primary Care group @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social and we are new here!
We conduct primary care research on #cancer, #rurality, women's health, symptom management & more. We will be sharing lots of updates here 📢
Let us know who to follow and follow us for updates!