A rise in negative health behaviours – such as lack of sleep, exercise and an unhealthy diet – is linked to poorer mental health during the tightest restrictions of Scotland’s…
Read More Lockdown lifestyle linked to poor mental health in Scotland
Published 11/11/2020 by km1
Published 13/05/2025 by km1
Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) researchers will play a key role in a new £1.1 million study investigating the impact recent changes in bars and nightclub opening hours has on Scotland’s…
Published 13/05/2025 by km1
Potentially policy changing research, led by GCU’s SHLS Associate Dean Research Professor Kay Currie, which looked into the barriers and enablers of effective antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) within hospitals, has been…
Read More GCU-led antimicrobial stewardship research has global impact
Published 13/05/2025 by km1
Research carried out by GCU’s world-renowned exercise experts has helped form the first international 24-hour movement guidelines for adults which have just been launched in Canada. Professor of Health Behaviour…
Read More GCU researchers are behind world’s first 24-hour movement guidelines launched in Canada
Published 13/05/2025 by km1
An international team of experts, led by Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU), has found no evidence that expensive biofeedback devices used in the treatment of urinary incontinence in women make any…
Read More NHS urged not to spend money on expensive incontinence devices
Published 13/05/2025 by km1
GCU blood cancer scientist Dr Mark Williams has been awarded this year’s British Society for Haematology (BSH) Visiting Fellow Grant of £17,997 to continue his potentially lifesaving research into Acute…
Read More GCU cancer researcher wins prestigious grant for lifesaving work
Published 13/05/2025 by km1
Five top researchers from the School of Health and Life Sciences have been invited onto the newly formed Scottish Government’s National Advisory Committee for Stroke (NACS) Rehabilitation Subgroup. Professor in Neurological Rehabilitation Frederike van…
Read More Five SHLS researchers join new Scottish Government stroke advisory committee
Published 10/05/2020 by km1
The innovative HEADS: UP (Helping Ease Anxiety and Depression after Stroke) research team is launching a feasibility study to find out how best to run the project completely online for…
Read More Research study using mindfulness to help stroke survivors moves online
Published 10/05/2020 by km1
GCU’s Professor of Health Behaviour Dynamics Sebastien Chastin has played a key role in a groundbreaking report showing that derelict land is a wasted resource that should help to deliver…
Read More Professor plays key role in report aimed at saving Scotland’s derelict land
Published 10/05/2020 by km1
COVID-19 has put the role of the district nurse at the forefront of community care, triggering a huge rise in the number of applicants to GCU’s renowned advancing practice programme.…
Read More COVID-19 spotlight on district nursing triggers surge in bids for future leaders programme