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Welcome to the Nov/Dec 2019 edition of HAWKEYE,
IHW's monthly newsletter

Banner for IHW newsletter HAWKEYE with tagline and logos

Welcome to the Nov/Dec 2019 edition of HAWKEYE,
IHW's monthly newsletter

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Photo of University of Glasgow main building in snow

Season's greetings to all staff, students, and HAWKEYE readers!

Wed, 05 Dec 2018 14:58:00 GMT

With very best wishes for the festive season to IHW students and staff, and all who support and contribute to our work

Headlines

Construction starts on IHW new building November 2019
Construction starts on IHW new building November 2019

Building work starts on IHW's new home!

Wed, 20 Nov 2019 14:48:00 GMT

Construction has started on the Clarice Pears Building, the £50 million facility that will be Institute of Health and Wellbeing's new home

Rory O'Connor and colleagues at Mind Media Awards 2019
Rory O'Connor and colleagues at Mind Media Awards 2019

Mind Media Award for Professor Rory O'Connor

Tue, 19 Nov 2019 15:34:00 GMT

Congratulations to Professor Rory O’Connor on winning a Mind Media Award for Best Podcast, bringing together suicide research and lived experience

Cycle Nation Project event
Cycle Nation Project event

Cycle Nation Research Presented at Velodrome

Tue, 19 Nov 2019 15:47:00 GMT

Emma McIntosh, Jason Gill, Cindy Gray, Greig Logan and Hayley Connell presented their Cycle Nation research at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome on Friday 08 November 2019

Scottish Health Awards 2019
Scottish Health Awards 2019

Distress Brief Intervention programme wins prestigious Scottish Health Award

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

A unique mental health programme set up to help those in distress, which was developed through work led by IHW's Rory O’Connor and Jack Melson, has won a prestigious Scottish Health Award

Female hiker on mountain
Female hiker on mountain

Deep End GP Pioneer Scheme shortlisted as finalist in 2019 Herald Society Awards

Wed, 20 Nov 2019 16:16:00 GMT

Congratulations to GPPC's David Blane and colleagues on being finalists in 2 Herald Society Awards

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Photo of University of Glasgow cloisters, quadrangle and trees

Making neurodiversity work: reporting back from ‘Supporting Neurodiversity in the Workplace’ event

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

Athena SWAN Self Assessment Team member Ewelina Rydzewska reports back on this recent event, and signposts ways forward for IHW in supporting neurodiverse staff and students

Athena SWAN Gold plaque
Athena SWAN Gold plaque

IHW funded to undertake equality, diversity and inclusion initiatives

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

In November 2019, IHW successfully bid for funding to support 3 equality, diversity and inclusion initiatives

Photo of University of Glasgow main building against blue sky
Photo of University of Glasgow main building against blue sky

Complex interventions NIHR education programme podcast launched

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 14:17:00 GMT

A National Institute for Health Research’s education programme podcast on the theme of complex interventions to improve health features IHW's Prof Sally Wyke

Photo of IHW staff at funding board workshop 2019
Photo of IHW staff at funding board workshop 2019

Report on IHW funding boards workshop

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

On 28 October 2019, Professors Emma McIntosh, Alastair Leyland, and Sharon Simpson delivered a 90-minute workshop to share their experiences of funding boards with an attentive audience of 40 IHW researchers

Photo of University of Glasgow cloisters
Photo of University of Glasgow cloisters

Success for SPHSU children’s physical activity project

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

On 06 November 2019, the Children Create project team launched their educational toolkit for teachers "Schools on the move" at the Scottish Physical Activity Research Conference, where PI Paul McCrorie was awarded best oral presentation

Quote of the month

"People of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things." Leonardo Da Vinci

"People of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things." Leonardo Da Vinci

People and projects

IHW's Professor Frances Mair on whirlwind tour!

Wed, 02 May 2018 17:15:00 BST

Frances Mair from GPPC has been on a whirlwind tour giving multimorbidity keynotes across the globe!

WHO global alcohol strategy consultation response

Fri, 01 Nov 2019 18:33:00 GMT

The SPHSU has responded to a WHO consultation on the implementation of the global strategy to reduce the harmful use of alcohol since its endorsement, and the way forward

HEHTA to lead economic evaluation of NIHR funded study

Thu, 05 Dec 2019 08:57:00 GMT

Clinical and cost-effectiveness of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy (DDP) compared to services-as-usual

Welcome to new colleagues

Tue, 15 May 2018 15:06:00 BST

A warm welcome to all who have recently joined IHW!

Congratulations to...

Thu, 28 Jun 2018 18:33:00 BST

Celebrating the recent achievements of Institute of Health and Wellbeing staff and students

Knowledge exchange and public engagement

School students from all over Glasgow meet IHW researchers at Curiosity Live

Thu, 28 Jun 2018 18:33:00 BST

School students visited the Glasgow Science Centre and discussed treatment burden and healthy choices with IHW researchers as part of Curiosity Live in November 2019.

Glasgow Research Involvement Newsletter (GRIN): contribute or join the mailing list

Tue, 19 Nov 2019 15:36:00 GMT

The MVLS Public and Patient Involvement & Engagement (PPIe) team delivers PPIe activities to enable patients and the public to have their voices heard, and has now launched a quarterly newsletter.

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Tell us about your activities and achievements

Wed, 02 May 2018 17:27:00 BST

HAWKEYE is your opportunity to promote your research, teaching, awards, and other achievements, and publicise your events. Submissions are welcome from all IHW staff and students. HAWKEYE takes a break in December, so the deadline for publication in the next edition is Monday 20 January 2020.