There has been a Dental School & Hospital in Glasgow since 1879. Today, the School has an annual intake of approximately 90 undergraduate students and offers a taught postgraduate programme, the MSc (Dent Sci) in Primary Dental Care as well as MPhil programmes in Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, and Restorative Dentistry.Make a Donation

 In a recent Times Online Good University Guide, Glasgow was ranked second in the UK Dental School League Table.

 The School pursues a research agenda which is focused on three areas, Biotechnology & Craniofacial Sciences, Community Oral Health and Infection & Immunity, all of which have significant public health relevance and map onto priorities for the Scottish Government and the Scottish public. Major national policies linked to issues such as prevention of oral disease in childhood and infection control measures in dentistry have been heavily influenced by recent research in Glasgow.

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 Diabetes is a major cause of heart disease, kidney failure and blindness in the UK. 

Rising obesity levels – the major health issue of our time - are fuelling rising diabetes levels everywhere, including more cases in children and adolescence. Three million people in the UK live with diabetes.

‎Your support will help our researchers carry out important research and potentially find a cure. A gift to the Medical Fund to further research into diabetes will help us to understand how the disease works, how it can be avoided, and what better treatment options are possible.

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Neurological disorders affect many millions of people of all ages, in all nations, in all walks of life.Make a Donation

 In the young, a wide range of illnesses including genetic disorders, brain tumours, meningitis, epilepsies, cerebral palsies and autism take their toll, often leaving lifelong disability. Middle age sees the peak occurrence of devastating disorders such as multiple sclerosis, head injuries, motor neurone disease and stroke. Advancing years see the destructive effects of neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.

As the population expands and ages through improvement in health care, the pressure mounts further to understand these disorders. The vast complexity of the brain makes this a difficult but exciting area for research. The University of Glasgow has therefore amassed a large and dynamic group of researchers to take on the challenge of these disorders, in causation, diagnostics and new therapies, with a wide range of research activities from fundamental genetic studies to brain imaging and clinical trials. Support of the Medical Fund will contribute to this effort, and help to alleviate the burden of diseases of the nervous system.

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The General Medical Fund supports research and education within the College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences by providing funding for Fellowships, equipment, and helping to raise much-needed funds to support the current capital projects.

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Heart disease and strokes are the biggest killers in the UK and an estimated total of 2.6 million live with the ravaging effects of heart and circulatory disease.Make a Donation

 Glasgow is a strategically important centre for research into heart disease and stroke. The University's research programme is based at the BHF Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre.

Glasgow's College of Medicine, Veterinary and Life Sciences has an excellent reputation in cardiovascular medicine, with strengths in:

• understanding the mechanisms responsible for chronic heart failure including heart muscle damage and heart rhythm disorders
• the role of oxidant stress with regard to arterial disease
• unravelling the processes responsible for high blood pressure and its relationship with obesity and Type II diabetes
• understanding the relationships between genetics and high blood pressure and arterial disease
• internationally renowned clinical trials which have contributed to significant advances in the control of high blood pressure and high blood cholesterol
• production of treatments to improve the outcome of patients with heart failure

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Problems with immune and inflammatory cells are at the heart of many common diseases including cancer. The University is world renowned for its pioneering research into asthma and arthritis, and has an extensive portfolio that covers many other immune and inflammatory diseases from multiple sclerosis to diabetes, psoriasis to AIDS.Make a Donation

Understanding the basic mechanism of these diseases is crucial in order to produce effective treatments and develop potential cures.

• Over eight million people in theUKhave long-term health problems due to arthritis or a related condition
• Over 200 types of the arthritis exist, affecting many parts of the body
• One child in every thousand has arthritis, it affects old and young alike

30% of the population will develop asthma and this disease which is increasing rapidly can affect anyone, at any age.

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Support for Medical Education will go towards providing the best equipment for the Wolfson Medical School Building and helping medical students reach their full potential.Make a Donation

 There has been a great deal of support for medical education, especially by our medical alumni. ‎ The Medical Fund has been able to send fourth year students to the Scottish Simulation Centre, provide equipment for the Clinical Skills Suite, buy prosthetics for students’ self study and help students attend conferences to present their posters.

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At the University of Glasgow we aim to improve treatment and support for people with mental health needs or learning disabilities, and their families.Make a Donation

 To achieve this goal we undertake research, from the molecular level to human behaviour, which is of international quality and a high ethical standard. We work in partnership with people with mental health needs, learning disabilities, the NHS, support providers, charities, and other Universities.‎ 

Donations for this Fund have been used to support a number of researchers. Projects they have been working on include exploring the psychological and neurocognitive characteristics of depression in patients who also suffer from rheumatoid arthritis and psoriasis and genetics of major psychiatric disorders.

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Nursing and Health Care prepares the nurses of the future, not only to provide high quality care but to play a key role with other disciplines in ensuring health care continues to develop to meet the changing needs of society.Make a donation

The University’s graduates are highly valued locally and nationally, partly because the degree offers a sound science base, integrated closely with essential caring skills and nursing theory, which produces confident and competent registered nurses.

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Help us develop research into the health problems that affect women and children world-wide. Child health is the foundation of adult health. The origins of many chronic diseases (e.g. obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer) lie in early life.Make a Donation

  Over half of all women in the UK will experience a reproductive health problem in their lifetime.

The University of Glasgow is committed to transforming these women’s lives by supporting and developing research into the health problems that affect women. Their work encompasses the whole spectrum of disease that women may encounter across their lifespan, from difficulties conceiving, pregnancy complications, and menstrual problems and in later life menopausal symptoms, cardiovascular disease and cancer.

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The Paediatrics and Maternal Health Fund has been accumulating in order to provide support for the new paediatrics Professor and will support research projects and equipment within this field.

Support for the Medical Fund will help researchers to continue their vital work into the diseases and illnesses affecting mothers and their children.

Global increases in the prevalence and spread of infectious disease have demonstrated the role of the environment in driving epidemics in human and animal populations.

Make a DonationThe increasing incidence of antibiotic resistance and the emergence of new disease-causing agents means that infectious diseases are still a major cause of death and disability in both the UK and the developing world.

In addition, global increases in the prevalence and spread of infectious disease have demonstrated the role of the environment in driving epidemics in human and animal populations. 

‎Impoverished tropical areas in particular continue to suffer substantial human and animal losses from infectious diseases such as malaria, rabies, sleeping sickness, and other parasitic infections, as well as viral infections such as polio, that have long been eradicated from developed countries. 

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Health care in the west of Scotland is dominated by the high occurrence of deprivation and disease.  Through our research, education and information we are addressing inequalities in health, helping to prevent diseases and their complications and improve the health of Scotland’s population.Make a Donation

By bringing together staff from a range of disciplines across the University and through research trends in health and wellbeing we aim to improve these factors by implementing new health and social practices.  We also evaluate the effectiveness of the current policies put in place to support the population.  The effectiveness of our research is being assessed and we encourage knowledge gained to be transferred throughout Scotland and beyond.

Find out more about recent work in Public Health and Wellbeing at the University of Glasgow