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Welcome to the October 2020 edition of HAWKEYE,
IHW's monthly newsletter

Banner for IHW newsletter HAWKEYE with tagline and logos

Welcome to the October 2020 edition of HAWKEYE,
IHW's monthly newsletter

Headlines

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Photo of GP consulting room

Research paper wins "Paper of the Year" award

Mon, 26 Oct 2020 15:33:00 GMT

A paper by General Practice and Primary Care's Ross McQueenie and Andrea Williamson, Robertson Centre's Alex McConnachie, and colleagues from Aberdeen and Bath has won Royal College of General Practitioners Paper of the Year 2020

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Photo of person standing on scales

DiRECT Informs Government Weight-Loss Strategy

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

HEHTA (Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment) is part of the Diabetes UK Diabetes Remission Clinical Trial (DiRECT) which is underpinning the UK government's weight-loss plan for people living with Type 2 diabetes

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Photo of primary school children in a classroom

Neurodevelopmental multimorbidity and educational outcomes of Scottish schoolchildren

Thu, 28 Jun 2018 18:33:00 BST

Public Health's Dr Michael Fleming describes the findings of a study investigating prevalence of neurodevelopmental multimorbidity in Scottish schoolchildren and their educational outcomes compared to peers, published this month in PLOS Medicine

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Banner from BMJ awards 2020

Cardiac rehab programme wins prestigious award

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

REACH-HF co-led by Social and Public Health Sciences Unit's Professor Rod Taylor has won a British Medical Journal award

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Photo of research meeting in Malawi

Robertson Centre for Biostatistics/Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 16:03:00 BST

University of Glasgow/Robertson Centre for Biostatistics has formed a new partnership with Malawi Epidemiology and Intervention Research Unit (MEIRU)

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Photo of wine bottles in offlicence

Alcohol use increased during lockdown, but smoking declined

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

A new study by Dr Claire Niedzwiedz, Dr Michael Green, Professor Vittal Katikireddi and SPHSU colleague shows an increase in alcohol consumption and psychological distress during lockdown

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Photo of park

Change in use of green and open space during lockdown

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 09:22:00 BST

The MRC/CSO Social and Public Health Sciences Unit's Dr Jon Olsen and Prof. Rich Mitchell (on behalf of the Social & Systems Recovery - Environment and Spaces Group hosted by Public Health Scotland) have published a report "Change in use of green and open space following COVID-19 lockdown ‘stay at home’ phase and initial easing of lockdown"

IHW voices: staff and students reflect

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Photo of Audrey Dickie

"5 minutes with..." Audrey Dickie (IHW Admin)

Wed, 14 Mar 2018 13:54:00 GMT

First to take centre stage in our new feature is Audrey Dickie, telling us about the highs and (very occasional!) lows of working in our institute, a "secret" skill, and her mantra for a happy life

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Photo of pile of journals

Unpopular science: You can’t please all of the people all of time

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 09:04:00 BST

Public Health’s Claire Hastie reflects on the response to a recent publication and what other early career researchers might learn from her experience

Invisible disabilities poster on the theme of type 1 diabetes
Invisible disabilities poster on the theme of type 1 diabetes

What's it like to live and work with an invisible disability? Our poster campaign revisited

Tue, 20 Oct 2020 15:42:00 BST

To mark Invisible Disabilities Week, which falls in October, we revisit IHW's March 2020 poster campaign, which saw staff and students talk about the experience of managing an unseen condition or disability alongside working life

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Photo of 1 Lilybank Gardens with flowers and blue sky

Be an "IHW voice"!

Wed, 23 Sep 2020 16:31:00 BST

Is there something you'd like to share about your experience of working or studying in Institute of Health and Wellbeing that colleagues might find interesting or helpful, would relate to or feel empathy with? If so, we are looking for contributors...

Quote of the month

"Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back - a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country." Anais Nin

"Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back - a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country." Anais Nin

Athena SWAN, equality, diversity and inclusion

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Photo of person's hands working at laptop

"‘I’m doing as well as can be expected….." Qualitative findings from the recent IHW Athena Swan survey on working from home

Wed, 02 May 2018 17:15:00 BST

What did IHW staff tell us about the benefits and challenges of remote working, and what actions have we taken in response?

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Researcher with notebook and coffee

Experiences of P&DR and career development: IHW staff consultation findings

Wed, 02 May 2018 17:15:00 BST

Reporting back on our recent staff consultation exercise, aimed at gaining a better understanding of the experiences of the Performance and Development Review and career development processes

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Photo of Athena SWAN plaque with Gold logo next to it

Athena SWAN monthly digest

Tue, 01 May 2018 18:11:00 BST

What's been happening to promote equality and diversity in IHW this month? Our Deputy AS Champion Dr Breda Cullen provides a quick overview.

ECR corner *NEW*

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working from home on laptop with coffee

Introducing the Athena Swan gender sensitive early career researcher (ECR) issues, aspirations and development working group

Mon, 21 Sep 2020 11:01:00 BST

Find out more about the Athena SWAN group that monitors and addresses issues relating to early career researchers within IHW

People and projects

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

Current funding opportunities

Tue, 15 May 2018 15:06:00 BST

Access our Research Management Team's webpage for information about current funding opportunities

How can we do better?

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Photo of suggestions box

IHW suggestions box

Wed, 16 May 2018 12:18:00 BST

Is there an event or activity you'd like us to organise? A change to a process, practice, or to the IHW culture? Something we could be doing better or differently? Add something to our e-suggestions box (anonymously if you wish) and let us know your thoughts and ideas.

Submit a story

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Photo of hawk

Tell us about you and your work

Wed, 02 May 2018 17:27:00 BST

HAWKEYE is an opportunity to share with colleagues your research, teaching and other activities, reflect on work-related experiences, and publicise your events. Submissions are welcome from all IHW staff and students. The deadline for publication in the next edition is Monday 23 November 2020.