Global Health and Biodiversity

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 Donation

The 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.

‎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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Heart Disease

An estimated total of 2.6 million live with the ravaging effects of heart and circulatory disease.  Glasgow is a strategically important centre for research into heart disease and stroke.Make a Donation

 The Heart Disease fund is large and has over 200 donors. ‎This means that we have been able to support both small and large research projects over the last 5 years.  The most recent project that the fund has supported focused on the effect of exercise-training on the function of the heart but we have also been able to help support studies into stem cell research, clinical fellows and post-graduate researchers and provide essential equipment such as MRI Scanners and ECG machines.

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Medical Education

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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Child and Maternal Health

Help us develop research into the health problems that affect women and children world-wide.Make a Donation

 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.

Many researchers, based at the Royal Hospital for Sick Children at Yorkhill, the Princess Royal Maternity Hospital and within the University of Glasgow, are engaged in trying to understand the genetic-environmental interactions which underpin the physiology of normal and disordered growth and development, how they impact on health in infancy, childhood, pregnancy and adulthood, and to apply this knowledge to prevent, detect, and treat disease.

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: difficulties conceiving, pregnancy complications, menstrual problems, and in later life menopausal symptoms, cardiovascular disease and cancer.

Previous support:
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.

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Geriatric Medicine

Due to the UK’s ageing population and articles in the media about care provision for older people, geriatric medicine has seen its profile grow in recent years.Make a Donation

 Support for Geriatric Medicine will go towards important research into maintaining health and improving quality of life in old age.

The main areas of interest at the University include the following:‎ 

• The care of disabled elderly people including optimising rehabilitation to minimise and prevent disability after stroke.
• Systematic reviews including the interpretation and implementation of research findings into clinical practice (focusing particularly on rehabilitation after stroke and other disabling conditions in older age).
• Prediction and prevention of disability and cognitive decline (including dementia) in elderly people.

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Cancer

Glasgow is an international hub for the study and treatment of cancer.

You can support further cancer research at the University helping us to understand the building blocks of the disease alongside the causes of its development.Make a Donation

One in three individuals will develop the disease and more than 150,000 die from cancer in the UK every year.

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 The Beatson Pebble Appeal is a £10 million campaign to build The Beatson Translational Research Centre (TRC). Specialising in the common tumours and those that cause the most deaths in Scotland, the Beatson TRC will convert basic research into real improvements in patients’ lives.

The Paul O'Gorman Leukaemia Research Centre.
Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, the University of Glasgow' s world-class leukaemia researchers are now based in a purpose-built laboratory, the Paul O'Gorman Leukaemia Research Centre, at Gartnavel hospital. You can continue to support the Centre to help us provide the best equipment and attract and retain the scientists who lead the field in this vital area of medicine.

Think Pink Scotland fundraising for breast cancer research.
The University, working with the National Health Service and cancer charities already funds key senior scientists and doctors fighting this disease. Your support for Think Pink Scotland helps us to understand the causes of breast cancer, improve on available treatments, and ensure the rapid conversion of science into benefits for patients.

Diabetes

Help us to understand how the disease works, how it can be avoided, and what better treatment options are possible.Make a Donation

 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. Support for the Fund helps our researchers carry out important research and potentially find a cure.

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Mental Health

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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Immune and Inflammatory Disease

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 the UK have 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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The Small Animal Hospital Fund

The Hospital Fund enables our donors to support the work of the Small Animal Hospital at the University of Glasgow.  Caring for animals has always been at the core of the work of the Vet School.Make a Donation

Your gift to our Hospital Fund will help us continue to provide outstanding care and treatment to your pets by ensuring we can purchase the most advanced equipment meaning better and more advanced treatment.  You gift will also support us in attracting the best staff and the brightest and best students, our vets of tomorrow, who will be training in the most advanced surroundings with access to some of the best specialist vets in their field.

Gifts to the Fund of £250 (£5.21 per month for four years) and over are recognised with a naming opportunity through our Gifted Scheme.

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James Herriot Scholarship Fund

Gifts will enable us to award scholarships to excellent undergraduate and postgraduate veterinary students who, through financial constraints, may otherwise not be able to study at Glasgow.  These scholarships will be crucial in providing opportunity to the most promising individuals from home and around the world, helping us to develop the academic leaders of the future and to train a new generation equipped to tackle future global challenges in animal health and welfare.Make a Donation

Gifts to the Fund of £250 (£5.21 per month for four years) and over are recognised with a naming opportunity through our Gifted Scheme.

Full scholarships are particularly prized, helping to bring the very best and brightest to Glasgow. Please contact us if you would like to fund and name a full scholarship.

Weipers Centre For Equine Welfare

The Equine Fund enables our donors to support the work of the Weiper's Centre for Equine Welfare at the University of Glasgow. The Weiper's Centre offers the highest standards of veterinary care through the expertise of their internationally recognised staff and the most advanced diagnostic, therapeutic and surgical techniques for horses and ponies.Make a Donation

Your gift to our Weiper's Equine Fund will help purchase up to date equipment allowing us to provide the best possible care and treatment for the horses, ponies and donkeys that come to us for help. Your gift will also help us support our staff and our students through our commitment to excellence and innovation in equine education.

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The William Cullen Postgraduate Scholarship Fund in Medicine

Gifts to the Willam Cullen Postgraduate Scholarship fund will enable us to support excellence in postgraduate research.Make a Donation

Your gift will help to develop knowledge in key areas of medical science, attract and offer opportunity to the best students from around the world and develop academic leadership. 

Gifts to the Fund of £250 (£5.21 per month for four years) and over are recognised with a naming opportunity through our Gifted Scheme.

Full scholarships are particularly prized, helping to bring the very best and brightest to Glasgow. Please contact us if you would like to fund and name a full scholarship.

Postgraduate Scholarships in Life Sciences

Gifts to the Postgraduate Scholarship Fund in Life Sciences will enable us to support excellence in postgraduate research.Make a Donation

Your gift will help to develop knowledge in key areas of life sciences, attract and offer opportunity to the best students from around the world and develop academic leadership in the field. 

Gifts to the Fund of £250 (£5.21 per month for four years) and over are recognised with a naming opportunity through our Gifted Scheme.

Full scholarships are particularly prized, helping to bring the very best and brightest to Glasgow. Please contact us if you would like to fund and name a full scholarship.