Stemming the tide of infection through applied infection prevention research at Glasgow Caledonian University
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…
Our first blog of 2021 is by Nkwan Jacob Gobte, of Cameroon Baptist Convention Health Services. Jacob is the Research Coordinator of a hand hygiene study being led by the SHIP team in Cameroon. Since the 18th century, hand hygiene has been widely accepted as the main strategy to prevent infections in healthcare facilities. Hand…
By Janice Burns (originally published on the GCU website) GCU’s Safeguarding Health through Infection Prevention (SHIP) research group has risen to the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic by finding new and inventive ways to reach out to our communities. To mark World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW) from November 18-24, the researchers have been blogging and…
By Lucyna Gozdzielewska Every year from 18-24 November we celebrate the World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (WAAW). This initiative began in 2015, after the World Health Organization recognised the problem of antimicrobial resistance as a priority and subsequently identified it as an urgent global health threat. That same year the WHO endorsed a global action plan…
In this blog we share tips from Alicia Ware (SHIP PhD Student) on how to carry out public engagement activities to communicate research. We also showcase some of the SHIP team’s past public engagement activities. Public engagement can seem like a daunting thing for many. How do you get up in front of school children,…
In this week’s piece Andrew Kalule, a final year PhD student in the SHIP team, shares his experiences coping with the COVID-19 pandemic while carrying out his PhD research. Andrew is supervised by Professor Lesley Price and Professor Kay Currie. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an enormous change to everyone from impacting on economies of…
In a recently published systematic review by SHIP team PhD Student, Ayodeji Matuluko, interventions to improve the review of antibiotic therapy in acute care hospitals have been found to have positive clinical impact in the short to medium term, although there is insufficient evidence of their sustainability in the long-term. The timely review of antibiotic…
In celebration of International Microorganism Day, the 17th of September, Dr Ryan Kean a Lecturer in Biological and Biomedical Sciences and a member of the SHIP team, shares this interesting piece on his favourite bug Candida auris. My interests in Candida auris began in the summer of 2016 whilst doing my Ph.D. and involved a…
This year the Glasgow Science Festival (GSF) is back and taking place ‘on the sofa’. The digital programme commenced on the 9th of September 2020 and is available until the 9th of November 2020, while live events were broadcasted in the past week. The SHIP team has contributed to this year’s programme by delivering an…
This week’s piece provides insights into students’ experiences of a Masters module led by researchers from the SHIP team. The Infection Prevention and Control in a Global Context (IPCGC) module is offered to students in Trimester B of the Masters of Public Health (MPH) programme at Glasgow Caledonian University. Students are given the choice of…