Institute of Health Research and Innovation

Projects

Projects per year 2011 2018 2019 2020 2021 2027

• 15 Active
• 19 Not started
• 110 Finished

Projects per year

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• Use of lung ascites to diagnose mesothelioma by detecting genetic changes to BAP1

  Pritchard, A.

  1/01/22 → 31/12/22

  Project: Research

• Investigation of gut bacteria in schizophrenia

  Wei, J.

  1/04/18 → 31/12/22

  Project: Other

• UKRI Scale up health inequality prevention

  Munoz, S.

  24/01/22 → 23/01/23

  Project: Research

• COVID -19 Dementia Education for Care Homes (CODECH) – Phase 3

  Macaden, L.

  28/01/22 → 27/01/23

  Project: Research

  • COVID-19 100%
  • Dementia 100%

• Systematic review and integrated report on the quantitative and qualitative evidence base for behaviOur change interventions to promote Physical acTivity in people with InterMittent clAudication (OPTIMA)

  Gorely, T.

  1/08/21 → 31/01/23

  Project: Research

• Co-production of a self-management intervention to improve the health and wellbeing and quality of life of people with a parastomal hernia

  Hubbard, G.

  1/09/21 → 28/02/23

  Project: Research

• Manufacturing the future: Manufacture of Shaped MOF-Polymer Products for Healthcare

  Megson, I.

  15/03/21 → 15/03/23

  Project: Research

  • Polymer 100%

• Improving mental well being of LGBTIQ+ people through sport and physical activity

  MacGilleEathain, R.

  1/10/21 → 31/03/23

  Project: Research

• MANUP: Exploring Male Attitudes towards Nursing as a Profession

  Cameron, M. & Thomas, S.

  18/04/22 → 17/04/23

  Project: Research

  • Nursing 100%
  • Occupation (Patient Social Context) 100%
  • Male 100%

• Exploring malnutrition in later life in the Western Isles of Scotland

  Crabtree, D. R., Carolan, C. & Johnstone, A. M.

  1/02/23 → 30/04/23

  Project: Other

  • Malnutrition 100%
  • Aging 100%
  • Life 100%
  • Older Adult 50%
  • Age 50%

• MRes project: The science of shinty: a needs analysis and training considerations

  McKernie, J., Crabtree, D. R., Gorely, T. & Kavaliauskas, M.

  1/10/21 → 1/10/23

  Project: Research

  • Sport 100%
  • Project 100%
  • Training 100%
  • Analysis 100%
  • Fitness 100%

• Social Prescribing for Remote and Rural Scotland: A Mixed Methods Evaluation of Link Workers

  Munoz, S.

  1/04/21 → 31/03/24

  Project: Research

• Schizophrenia diagnostic tool (PHASE 2 linked to 728JW)

  Wei, J.

  1/08/20 → 31/07/24

  Project: Research

• Nanomaterials and photonic solutions: Novel ‘at source’ approaches to stop hospital-derived priority substances reaching the sewer network

  Valdivia, M., Kean, A. & Megson, I.

  1/10/20 → 30/09/24

  Project: Other

  • Solution and Solubility 100%
  • Nanomaterial 50%

• MRes project: Evaluating the impact of the sportscotland Highlands & Islands Performance Development Programme using survey-based research and interviews.

  Crabtree, D. R., Gorely, T. & Pitkethly, A.

  1/10/22 → 1/10/24

  Project: Research

  • Performance 100%
  • Development Programmes 100%
  • Islands 100%
  • Mountains 100%
  • Project 100%

• 1048IM: Inverness and Highland City-Region Deal

  Megson, I., Giangreco, A. & MacRury, S.

  1/01/17 → 31/07/27

  Project: Other

  • Patient 100%
  • Health 100%
  • Evaluation Study 100%
  • Life 50%
  • Cardiac Dysrhythmia 50%

• The Impacts of Distance Befriending

  Munoz, S.

  Project: Consultancy

  • Data Analysis 100%
  • Analysis 100%
  • Volunteer 66%
  • Telephone 50%
  • Innovations 50%

• Training of Trainers (TOT) Programme: COVID -19 Dementia Education for Care Homes (CODECH

  Macaden, L.

  Project: Other

• MyMelanoma

  Pritchard, A.

  1/01/22 → …

  Project: Research

  • Patient 100%
  • Nodular Melanoma 71%
  • Melanoma 71%
  • Drug 28%
  • Chemotherapeutic Agent 28%

• Listen Well - A pilot study to explore the application an innovative Digital Narrative Approach to help participants 'Listen Well' in therapeutic contexts, at School, Home and in the Community.

  Grindle, M. & Zubala, A.

  10/10/18 → …

  Project: Research

• Skip It! Promoting smoking cessation during pregnancy: a combined feasibility and pilot trial of a theory-based intervention using narrative, images and embedded behaviour change techniques, delivered via text-messaging.

  Grindle, M.

  Project: Research

• A novel natural antibody-based therapy for liver cancers

  Wei, J.

  Project: Consultancy

  • Antibody 100%
  • Liver Cancer 100%
  • Cancer Antibody 50%
  • Neoplasm 33%
  • Malignant Neoplasm 33%

• Genomic changes in melanomas

  Pritchard, A.

  1/08/17 → …

  Project: Research

  • Nodular Melanoma 100%
  • Mutation 49%
  • Neoplasm 36%
  • Diseases 31%
  • Uveal Melanoma 30%

• Identification of genetic predisposition to familial melanoma and related cancers

  Pritchard, A., Mustard, C. & Hutchison, S.

  1/08/17 → …

  Project: Research

  • Family 100%
  • Nodular Melanoma 91%
  • Nested Gene 77%
  • Germline 62%
  • Cutaneous Melanoma 62%

• The B cell immune response to melanoma

  Pritchard, A.

  1/01/20 → …

  Project: Research

  • B Cell 100%
  • Antibodies 100%
  • Antigens 100%
  • Immune Response 100%
  • Antibody 100%

• The T-cell immune response to melanoma

  Pritchard, A., Hutchison, S. & Mustard, C.

  Ride to Conquer Cancer, Australian Skin and Skin Cancer (ASSC) Centre

  1/08/17 → …

  Project: Research

  • T Cell 100%
  • Patient 80%
  • Immunotherapy 76%
  • Nodular Melanoma 76%
  • Neoantigen 71%

• Care Home COVID Experience (SFC Research Uplift)

  Macaden, L., Beattie, M. & Carolan, C.

  Project: Research

• Wildlife - A pilot study exploring the application of an innovative Digital Narrative Approach to engage and support adolescents with mental health in remote areas of three developing nations internationally

  Grindle, M., Zubala, A. & Munoz, S.

  Project: Research

• ODESNE: Co-production of an Online Dignity Engagement Space for Nurse Education

  Mantle, R., Macaden, L., Munoz, S., Webster, E., MacMillan, J., Angus, N. J., Hudson, L. & Ellis, L.

  Project: Research

• Person and Relationship Centered CogniCare within the Dementia Care Triad

  Macaden, L., Melchiore, G., Muirhead, K., Mantle, R., Ditta, G. & Smith, A.

  Project: Consultancy

• COVID-19 in Scotland: a mathematical modelling approach to help understand the determining factors for case and mortality rates in a diverse population

  Megson, I. & Husi, H.

  Project: Research

  • Mathematical Modeling 100%
  • Modeling Approach 100%
  • Mortality Rate 100%

• Online virtual consultation platform for rural communities with 3D modelling interactive features

  Clark, M. J., Munoz, S. & Logie, D.

  Project: Research

  • Interactive 100%
  • 3-D modeling 100%
  • Online 100%
  • Virtual 100%
  • Virtual Consultation 100%

• Home Technology for Health and Wellbeing

  Munoz, S., Narzisi, K. & Hall, J.

  Project: Research

  • Technology 100%
  • Health 100%
  • Research Worker 100%
  • Retrofit 100%
  • Housing 100%

• Does polyphenol supplementation suppress the increase in oxidative stress and inflammation caused by reduced physical activity?

  Crabtree, D. R., Megson, I., Hickson, K., Cobley, J., Goszcz, K., Muggeridge, D. & Gorely, T.

  24/04/18 → …

  Project: Research

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  • Polyphenol 100%
  • Nutrient 50%
  • Diet 25%
  • Vegetable 25%
  • Fruit 25%

• The effect of physical activity on appetite control and free-living energy intake in older adults: A pilot study.

  Crabtree, D. R., Hickson, K., Cobley, J., Husi, H., Stalmach, A. & Holliday, A.

  12/09/22 → …

  Project: Research

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  • Appetite 100%
  • Physical Activity 100%
  • Body Weight 14%

• Percutaneous coronary intervention monitoring to facilitate accelerated patient discharge

  Leslie, S. J. & Leslie, S.

  Project: Consultancy

  • Patient 100%
  • Percutaneous Coronary Intervention 100%
  • Hospital Discharge 100%
  • Monitoring 100%
  • Hospital 50%

• Validating decontamination systems to help reduce hospital-acquired infection

  Whitfield, P. D.

  Project: Consultancy

  • Hospital Infection 100%
  • Decontamination 100%
  • Patient 75%
  • Health Care Cost 75%
  • Researcher 25%

• Promoting physical activity in the management of type 2 diabetes: a pilot study to explore tools for the delivery and outcomes of diabetes-specific education.

  MacRury, S. & Crabtree, D. R.

  1/01/19 → …

  Project: Research

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  • Non Insulin Dependent Diabetes Mellitus 100%
  • Pilot Study 100%
  • Diabetes Mellitus 100%
  • Personal Trainer 66%
  • Health Practitioner 33%

• Communities in History: Harnessing the Creative Power of People to Improve Health and Wellbeing

  Munoz, S., Williams, G., Elliot, E., Saltus, R., Fazil, Q., Barker, C. & Seaman, P.

  Project: Research

  • Communities 100%
  • History 100%
  • Health 100%
  • Wellbeing 100%
  • Priming 100%

• The Virtual Hospice

  Munoz, S.

  Project: Research

  • Hospice 100%

• User-led design of a digital health technology for improving dementia care

  Macaden, L.

  Project: Consultancy

  • Dementia 100%
  • Patient 42%
  • Electric Potential 14%
  • Self Care 14%
  • Nurse Consultant 14%

• SIPA2: Improving the Pharmaceutical Care of Older People with Sensory Impairment

  Smith, A. & Macaden, L.

  Project: Research

  • Older People 100%
  • Pharmaceutical Care 100%

• Understanding the experience of the covid-19 pandemic for residents with LTCs, their families, carers and community support organisations in remote and rural areas of the Highlands and Islands (UHI COVID – 19 Call)

  Munoz, S., Smith, A., Carolan, C. & Macaden, L.

  Project: Research

• Evaluation of a chronic obstructive pulmonary disease self-management tool for NHS Highland

  Megson, I., Sage, D. B. & Giangreco, A.

  Project: Consultancy

  • Self Care 100%
  • Evaluation Study 100%
  • Obstructive Lung Disease 87%
  • Inpatient 69%
  • Rural Population 66%