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Highlights include:

• Health Minister reveals how the ‘Power of Partnership’ brings real benefits for patients and public
• New MS Doctoral Training Centre launches at Glasgow Caledonian
• CAHPR Scotland - GCU ReaCH Fellowship 2024 winners announced
• Scotland’s first network is launched to improve mental health of LGBTQIA+ community
• Researchers win funding to improve lives of people with heart disease
• Star patient and public involvement representative wins top impact award
• Researchers investigate if stress hormone metabolism can be used to help heal foot ulcers
• Ballerina turns researcher to help improve the lives of people with MS
• PhD studentship launched to investigate what germs are lurking in our washing machines
• Researcher is helping heart disease patients get the treatment they need
• Innovative research project shortlisted for the Converge Challenge
• Better care integration needed for parents in substance use services
• Researcher behind heart study wins Three Minute Thesis final
• Recent and forthcoming conferences and events
• Selected publications, blogs and podcasts

To find out more, download the ReaCH Newsletter June 2024

Highlights include:

- ReaCH 'Power of Partnership' event will showcase research into action
- New research opportunities for practising AHPs in Scotland
- Sexual health and HIV expert gives evidence to the Scottish Parliament
- First step in tackling foot ulcers and amputation in areas of multiple depravation in Scotland
- Work begins on developing the world’s first e-PrEP clinic for people with HIV in Scotland
- WHO Rehabilitation Packages for Stroke and Parkinson’s Disease informed by University researchers
- Bioscientist scoops second award for bacterial vaginosis research
- GCU to host largest science, exercise and nutrition conference in the world
- Spotlight on Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) at GCU
- ReaCH Crucible: Research Leaders of the Future
- PhD viva success
- Recent and forthcoming conferences and events
- Selected publications, blogs and podcasts

To find out more, download the ReaCH Newsletter March 2024

Highlights include:

- GCU London designated WHO Collaborating Centre for Sustainable Child and Adolescent Health and Wellbeing
- MSK team wins GREAT Foundations Award for podiatric research in foot health
- GCU is improving brain health as part of new £2.4m boost for collaborative research
- SHIP team supports WHO work on modelling the cost effectiveness of Infection Prevention and Control interventions
- Thousands of women could benefit from new research into the self-management of pelvic organ prolapse
- Funding success for Early Career Researcher
- University experts help shape new European public health guidance
- Liver disease expert wins Medical Research Foundation Emerging Leaders First Prize
- OT researchers on mission to improve services for patients and families across the UK
- Ground-breaking analytic method developed at Glasgow Caledonian boosts heart health findings
- EU Horizon-funded DIALECT Autumn School and project mid-term meeting
- MSK Health Research Group partnership with NHS Lanarkshire Podiatry
- New study will assess the use of telerehabilitation to support stroke survivors
- University status for Lanarkshire's Health and Social Care Partnerships
- Glasgow Caledonian welcomes health minister Jenny Minto MSP
- Professor shares falls prevention expertise with the Scottish Parliament
- Hepatitis C expert informs Scottish Parliament on elimination progress
- Award-winning HIV expert shares expertise on global stage
- Glasgow Caledonian 'honoured' to be part of Scottish Health Awards
- Diagnosis Zombie project wins top e-Learning Excellence Award
- Professor of Occupational Therapy receives highest honour in the profession
- Leading health expert is on top of the world for fourth year running
- Child Health Award for psychology lecturer
- Top SHLS team win Interprofessional Global Award
- Welcome to Professor Gordon Ramage
- MSK Health Research Group under new leadership
- Spotlight on Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) at GCU
- Support the Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences fitness fundraiser
- ReaCH Crucible: Research Leaders of the Future
- PhD viva success
- Recent and forthcoming conferences and events
- Selected publications, blogs and podcasts

To find out more, download the ReaCH Newsletter December 2023

Highlights include:

- GCU leads the way in health and social care research
- People with a hepatitis C cure still face substantial risk of death
- New research project to help LGBTQ+ women challenge drinking social norms
- New research prescribes 25 minutes of slow walking for older patients in hospital
- Drugs-related deaths trebled over 10 years among people with opioid dependence in Scotland
- Can light therapy and specialised glasses curb short-sightedness in Scottish children?
- Uni bio waste clicks with Glasgow community gallery
- Ghana to provide remote rehabilitation to patients with neurological conditions
- GCU Professor joins mission to free Scotland from stigma of mental illness
- 'Chemo brain' course to be rolled out by cancer charity following GCU research
- Glasgow Caledonian scoops Research Project of the Year Award
- Health psychology Professor clinches top RSE Award
- Bioscientist wins Scottish early career researcher award
- CATs got the cream after winning The Robin Tavistock Award
- Professor of Infection Prevention recognised in NHS 75th anniversary celebration
- Nursing and Community Health marks two major milestones on 75th anniversary of the NHS
- Evaluating Scotland's first heroin assisted treatment service
- Health Professors recognised with honours
- Professor in Nursing retires as COVID-19 study comes to an end
- PhD viva success
- Recent and forthcoming conferences and events
- Selected publications, blogs and podcasts

To find out more, download the ReaCH Newsletter September 2023

Highlights include:

- Glasgow Caledonian cancer research receives £1 million cash injection
- New trial hopes to improve the lives of patients using catheters
- The invisible story of intimate partner violence against gay and bisexual men in Scotland
- Drunk witness research reveals potential benefits of delayed policy follow-up interviews
- Double Springboard Award success for bioscientists
- GCU health researchers behind new stroke guidelines
- New study explores surgical treatment options for women with prolapse
- Blue space experts give local communities a voice and call for action
- Research shows infection-prevention evidence is lacking in low-income countries
- GCU research aims to reduce pharmaceutical pollution in Scotland through 'blue-green prescriptions'
- ReaCH scientists share their research with nursing students
- GCU shortlisted for three Herald Higher Education Awards
- Prestigious UN/WHO appointment for Emeritus Professor Kofi Aidoo
- PhD viva success
- Fitting retirement farewell for two top SHLS Professors
- GCU SHLS Honorary Fellow receives Merit Award
- Chronic pain poster wins top prize leads to international recognition
- Professor receives international recognition
- Three Minute Thesis (3MT)
- Podcast explores COVID-19 impact on PhD nursing students action
- Common Good Podcasts
- Blogs and latest news
- Recent and forthcoming events
- Latest publications

To find out more, download the ReaCH Newsletter June 2023

Highlights include:

- Food scientists shortlisted in Scottish Knowledge Exchange Awards
- Lecturer to help create new guidelines for congenital heart disease patients
- GCU researchers to help people with chronic pain be at work
- Research launched into foot care provision for people with dementia
- Call for more firms to join project to get workers moving more
- Health professors recognised with New Year's Honours
- Honour for services to healthcare and public health
- Professor of Occupational Therapy receives profession's highest honour
- PhD viva success
- Blood cancer researcher wins best poster prize
- Research funding success
- Research study to explore the needs of adults with learning disabilities and incontinence
- International observership with SHIP team
- Spotlight on the APPLE study
- PPI support scheme for PhD students
- Four pillars podcast series launched for AHPs
- Common Good Podcasts
- Nursing during difficult times
- Blogs and latest news
- Recent and forthcoming events
- Latest publications

To find out more, download the ReaCH Newsletter March 2023

Highlights include:

- Three Professors take the reins of world-leading research
- GCU launches £2.5m research programme to combat HIV and Hepatitis C for the Common Good
- First results from largescale long-COVID study
- GCU Professor behind new World Falls Guidelines
- Scientists reveal new contact tracing method for sex partners of people with chlamydia
- Stigma is causing people with mental illness to hold back in life
- Findings highlighted in the Scottish Parliament
- ReaCH researchers investigate how alcohol is marketed to LGBTQ+ community
- GCU Vision Sciences behind new eye image bank 
- GCU lecturer first MSK physio in Scotland to clinch NHS research fellowship
- GCU food scientists drink in success
- Living near a blue space can reduce mental health conditions
- Psychology lecturer in 'Healing Hearts and Minds' with her new book
- Engineers help Giraffe extend its reach
- Improving work outcomes among individuals with chronic pain
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Foot Disease Activity Index
- GCU hep c expert headhunted for top Lancet commission
- Two bioscientists join RSE Young Academy of Scotland
- Vision Sciences trio awarded rare accreditation
- GCU researchers shortlisted for THE International Collaboration of the Year 2022 Award 
- Double award win for proplapse researchers
- HIV and hep C research success goes global in Real Impact Awards Showcase Book
- Global health scientist clinches highly cited award for third year running
- Big Apple trip takes blood cancer research to next level 
- Ageing expert takes new falls guidelines to Iceland 
- Blogs
- Recent and forthcoming events
- Latest publications

To find out more, download the ReaCH Newsletter December 2022

Highlights include:

- Research helps GPs get vital treatment to hep C patients faster
- GCU and Sport Aberdeen launch ProActive Minds programme
- Osteoporosis patients should not be afraid to exercise regularly
- Nurses considered leaving NHS after COVID-19 first wave
- Nine MSPs back GCU report calling for better alcohol services support for LGBTQ+ community
- Researchers plan to reduce sedentary behaviour in the workplace
- A new measure of psychological safety for patients
- GCU collaboration identifies a new genetic risk factor for liver cancer
- Call for end to student placement crisis
- GCU plays key role in Scotland's Radiology Recovery Plan
- Research Mobility Grant
- IBioIC Award
- Rising Star
- High Commendation Award
- Ageing Well expert hits the airwaves
- Wound healing
- Blogs
- Recent and forthcoming events
- Latest publications

To find out more, download the ‌ReaCH Newsletter September 2022.

Highlights include:

- Glasgow Caledonian University delivers world-leading health research with outstanding impact
- World-leading blood-borne virus research team clinch the international Real Impact Award
- LGBTQ+ community experience alcohol-related inequalities in Scotland
- COVID-19 immunity study reinforces the need for booster jabs
- Call for urgent action to tackle the mental health crisis among gay and bisexual men
- Make Movement Your Mission COVID-19 success story 
- NMAHP-RU newsletter
- TREADON
- Scottish Parliament debates GCU study on alcohol problems in LGBTQ+ community 
- Stroke researchers help to map progressive pathways for survivors
- Congenital heart disease research marks Patient Experience Week 
- Research highlights respiratory education for nursing students
- GCU Water Wall in Motion winners
- GCU welcomes four new bioscientists
- Spotlight on CHAMP-UK trial
- Sport and exercise technology trainee launches new network
- Masterclass and Professorial Lecture
- Patient and Public Involvement/Engagement (PPIE) Group
- World Health Day
- SHIP Ahoy for World Hand Hygiene Day at GCU 
- Forthcoming events
- Latest publications

To find out more, download the ReaCH Newsletter May 2022.

Highlights include:

- Police commit to national roll-out of life-saving treatment
- Cancer expert clinches £133,000 for leukaemia research
- World-renowned hepatitis C expert behind landmark report on liver disease in Europe
- Study explores self-management treatment for pelvic organ prolapse
- Research exposes dramatic drop in HIV and hepatitis C testing for people who inject drugs during COVID-19 first wave
- Living near a canal cuts chronic liver diseases
- Ageing expert helps physios target loss of muscle mass in older people
- Study reveals best dose of speech therapy to maximise recovery for stroke patients
- Researchers run pelvic floor dysfunction workshops for women in the Pacific Islands
- FLEXI study goes live
- HIV experts hits the BBC Scotland airwaves
- Highly cited award for second year running
- Experts warns festive drinks promotions target women despite rise in alcohol-related deaths
- GREAT wins best poster
- How the spin-off benefits of climate action will improve life for everyone
- Health benefits of blue spaces article to feature in new book 
- Mental illness stigma article
- Sign of the Times for sexual health expert
- NMAHP-RU newsletter
- Common Good Podcasts
- Stroke researchers celebrate record year of success at conference
- Sport and exercise psychology starts take international conference by storm
- Patient and Public Involvement/Engagement (PPIE) Group
- Forthcoming events
- Latest publications

To find out more, download the ReaCH Newsletter March 2022.

Highlights include:

- GCU at forefront of mental health stigma research
- Pandemic impact on senior charge nurses and midwives explored
- GCU global health expert briefed COP26 delegates of co-benefits of climate action
- COP 26 'Canals Do Net Zero' event
- GCU SafePod for researchers now open on campus
- Impact and knowledge exchange
- Patient and Public Involvement/Engagement Group
- GCU Skin Tissue Bank supporting research into skin health and disease
- DPsych trainee receives research and applied practice recognition
- Mental health of respiratory nurses working during the COVID-19 crisis
- Seasonal depression: why it happens - and how to manage the symptoms
- World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021
- Occupational therapy blog
- NMAHP-RU newsletter
- What does the future of MSc dissertations in nursing look like?
- SHAAP seminar
- The liver is a window on 21st century health of the European population
- Falls prevention
- Sex, Drugs and Scotland's Health
- Forthcoming events
- Latest publications

To find out more, download the ReaCH Newsletter December 2021.

Highlights include:

- Glasgow Science Festival
- Research reveals the impact of the first lockdown on mental health
- Coaches, parents and peers play a key role in motivating athletes
- Researchers helping people with leg pain
- Blood cancer expert puts GCU on the world map for cancer research
- Stroke research showcased on the international stage
- Generation X are heavy, risk drinkers.  Will anything persuade us to stop?
- Standing on one leg is a good sign of good health
- Could pigs really be superheroes?
- INSHU conference
- Best clinical abstract award
- Common Good Podcast
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Forthcoming events
- Latest publications

To find out more, download the ReaCH Newsletter October 2021

Highlights include:

- Scientists reveal blueprint for getting hepatitis C treatment to people who inject drugs
- Ageing expert behind new data predicting falls rise in older people as result of COVID-19 lockdown
- New SafePod arrives at GCU
- Best clinical abstract award for Prolong20+ study
- Why Scotland need mandatory health warnings on alcohol products
- Major international accolade for sexual health and blood borne viruses PhD student
- GCU Honorary Professor Nicola Steedman clinches top government health job
- Falls Prevention - evidence into practice with the FLEXI Implementation Study
- LUSTRUM
- Health Services Research UK
- Conferences and public engagement
- NMAHP-RU Newsletter
- Recent publications
- Small answers to big problems?
- ReaCH seminar series
- Latest vacancies

To find out more, download the ReaCH Newsletter August 2021

Highlights include:

- Hospital infections costs NHS Scotland £46million each year
- Researchers call for mandatory health warnings on alcohol labels
- Research exposes gaps in mental health support for frontline nurses during pandemic
- Microbiologist wins funding to help find new treatment for bacterial vaginosis
- Understanding the behaviour of nurse independent practitioners
- PhD student launches Anger in Sports study
- Respiratory health of adults with learning difficulties
- Blood cancer research reaches milestone
- Social work scientists look to the future
- How alcohol companies are using International Women's Day to sell more drinks to women
- Happy? Sad? Stressed? How drinking became the answer to everything
- Game of Stones
- Cochrane review on sedentary behaviour
- How can we provide hepatitis c treatment in primary care
- The Sport Psych Show
- New research posts

To find out more, download the ReaCH Newsletter July 2021

Highlights include:

- Perfect cocktail for a longer life
- New research shows that anxiety makes Parkinson’s disease symptoms worse
- Nurses feel pressure from patients to prescribe antibiotics
- Health scientists turn GCU into top read institution
- Let’s evidence co-creation for future public health
- 3 minute thesis
- Latest funding opportunities

To find out more, download the ReaCH Newsletter June 2021

Highlights include:

- Research Celebration
- Is social media use a potentially addictive behaviour?
- Regular physical activity could cut COVID-19 death risk by one third
- Men, Women and Alcohol: from Gin Lane to Pink Gin
- Research shows that even older stroke survivors can improve speech given the right support
- Latest blog from PIONEER
- World Hand Hygiene Day
- Ageing Well with Stroke in the era of COVID-19 eConference

To find out more, download the ReaCH Newsletter May 2021

Highlights include:

- Launch of new centre
- Health CASCADE
- PhD fellowships
- New PrEP guidance
- Honorary professor
- Scottish SIR-EN study recruitment going well
- Research to help new dads reduce alcohol consumption
- World Economic Forum recognises GCU Forth and Clyde Canal study
- COP26 Climate Data Challenge Hackathon
- GCU-led international stroke research network awarded new funding
- Transatlantic lecture for sports psychology student
- Researchers clinch top awards
- Students working with Cricket Scotland's stars of the future
- Shortlisted for the prestigious award
- Ageing Well with Stroke in the era of the COVID-19 conference
- Research excellence shared with new nursing students

To find out more, download the ReaCH Newsletter April 2021