Safeguarding Health through Infection Prevention (SHIP)
Stemming the tide of infection through applied infection prevention research at Glasgow Caledonian University
Interviewed by Dr Desy Nuryunarsih Professor Lesley Price is the lead of the Scottish arm of SIREN (SARS-CoV-2 immunity and reinfection evaluation). SIREN is the UK-wide prospective longitudinal cohort study investigating the impact of detectable anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody on the incidence of COVID-19 in healthcare workers. I am delighted to have had the chance to conduct…
By Alexander Olaoye, PhD student, School of Computing, Engineering & Built Environment, Glasgow Caledonian University SIREN is an acronym for ‘SARS-COV-2 Immunity & Reinfection Evaluation’. The SIREN Study, a unique UK-wide, large-scale study of NHS healthcare workers, is led by the United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA), providing an agile response to an evolving pandemic…
By Desmond Areghan I have “sailed” with the Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) SIREN Team on a boat where one of the world’s leading research studies on COVID-19 is being conducted. In order to understand the dynamic nature of COVID -19 pandemic that broke out in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 (Torales et al., 2020), the…
By Dr Desy Nuryunarsih on behalf of the SIREN Scotland Research Team* The rapid speed and dissemination of information circulated online nowadays has led to numerous forms of conflicting and confusing information about world affairs. One aspect of this has been a fake news epidemic circulating around Covid-19 immunity and vaccine effectiveness. Health misinformation can pose…
By Desy Nuryunarsih and SIREN Scotland Research Team* Our own experience of recent events tells us that the pandemic changed the way we work, live and interact with our friends, family and colleagues. The social distancing guidelines led to a more virtual existence, both personally and professionally. It was thought that people who had been…
By Annelysse Jorgenson and Sally Stewart After a total of 22 weeks, recruitment for the SIREN study in Scotland has come to a close and the final numbers are in! Thank you to the 6277* participants in Scotland who volunteered! Recruitment for any research study always has its trials and tribulations but the hard work…
By Annelysse Jorgenson and Sally Stewart Last week was a huge week for SIREN participant recruitment in Scotland, with a number of the participating NHS health boards reaching new heights. As recruitment is coming to an end on the 31st March, all the SIREN sites have been making extra efforts to grow their recruitment before…
By Lynne Haahr Members of the SHIP research group are excited to be working on COVID-19 research by partnering with Public Health Scotland to carry out the SIREN (Sarscov2 Immunity & REinfection EvaluatioN) study in Scotland. GCU is working with NHS hospitals in Scotland to recruit patient facing healthcare workers to have regular COVID-19-tests and…
