Institute of Health Research and Innovation

Projects

Projects per year 2011 2018 2019 2020 2021 2027

• 10 Active
• 19 Not started
• 115 Finished

Projects per year

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  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

  • Body Mass 100%
  • Community Program 100%
  • Loss of Appetite 100%
  • Prevalence 100%
  • UK 100%

• 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

  • Development Planning 100%
  • Highlands and Islands 100%
  • Personnel 16%
  • Inclusivity 16%
  • Know How 16%

• MANUP: Exploring Male Attitudes towards Nursing as a Profession

  Cameron, M. & Thomas, S.

  18/04/22 → 17/04/23

  Project: Research

  • Occupation (Patient Social Context) 100%

• 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%

• UKRI Scale up health inequality prevention

  Munoz, S.

  24/01/22 → 23/01/23

  Project: Research

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

  Pritchard, A.

  1/01/22 → 31/12/22

  Project: Research

• Does exercise intensity and experience differ between online home-based exercise classes and face-to-face exercise classes? A randomised, crossover study.

  Fraser, M. J., Crabtree, D. R., Gorely, T. & Muggeridge, D.

  21/12/21 → 30/06/22

  Project: Research

  • Wearables 100%
  • Wearable Device 100%

• Exploring young people’s understandings of relationships and sexual health in rural island communities

  MacGilleEathain, R.

  25/10/21 → 24/10/22

  Project: Research

• 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

  • Tuition Fee 100%
  • Staff Development 100%
  • UK 100%

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

  MacGilleEathain, R.

  1/10/21 → 31/03/23

  Project: Research

• What works with existing peer research examining support and strength-based pro-social modelling around non medicalised interventions for positive perinatal and infant mental health.

  Clark, M. J., Munoz, S., Morrison, M. & Tweedlie, H.

  23/09/21 → 23/09/22

  Project: Research

  • Mental Health 100%
  • Psychoses 100%
  • Best Practice 100%
  • Rural Areas 100%
  • Domestic Abuse 100%

• North Lands Creative Young People and Fire

  Zubala, A.

  1/09/21 → 1/09/21

  Project: Research

• Glasgow ocular oncology endowment fund

  Pritchard, A.

  1/09/21 → 31/08/22

  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

• The impact of glucose and fructose on endothelial bioenergetics and function: a proteomic approach

  Stalmach, A.

  1/09/21 → 31/08/22

  Project: Research

• 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

• Additional funding for staff to develop simulated clinical placements within universities (COVID Funding)

  Smith, A.

  1/08/21 → 1/08/22

  Project: Other

• An active nano-surface for the detection of airborne hospital pathogens by optical spectroscopy (NAPOS)

  Megson, I.

  25/06/21 → 24/12/21

  Project: Research

• Is there a correlation between self-reported fatigue and biomarkers for fatigue in low risk breast cancer?

  Megson, I.

  1/06/21 → 30/11/21

  Project: Research

• S-nitrosated Jellyfish Collagen

  Megson, I.

  17/05/21 → 31/01/22

  Project: Research

  • Consultancy 100%

• Assessing the usability and adherence to wearable technology and the RADAR-base platform in online home-based exercise (pilot study)

  Crabtree, D. R., Fraser, M. J., Muggeridge, D., Gorely, T., Hickson, K., Megson, I. & Giggins, O.

  12/04/21 → 30/09/21

  Project: Research

  • Wearable Technology 100%
  • Observed Difference 100%
  • Health Condition 100%
  • Digital Platform 100%
  • Base 100%

• An evaluation of Psychological First Aid for improved psychological outcomes among care home sector nursing teams during the COVID-19 pandemic

  Beattie, M.

  1/04/21 → 1/02/22

  Project: Research

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

  Munoz, S.

  1/04/21 → 31/03/24

  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%

• Can we diagnose cancer of the lung lining (mesothelioma) by testing cancerous fluid for a gene called BAP1?

  Pritchard, A.

  1/03/21 → 28/02/22

  Project: Research

• Choice, Voice and Change

  Ellis, L.

  1/03/21 → 28/02/22

  Project: Other

• NHS Western Isles

  Zubala, A.

  1/02/21 → 31/03/22

  Project: Consultancy

• Festival 2022

  Munoz, S.

  9/12/20 → 31/03/21

  Project: Consultancy

• Does Reverse Electron Transfer play a role in heart formation?

  Cobley, J.

  2/11/20 → 2/11/21

  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%

• RSNO consultancy - Evaluation of Accessing Lives programme

  Zubala, A.

  1/09/20 → 20/11/20

  Project: Other

• CHC: Connecting Health Care: Satellite Enabled Primary Care, Diabetes & Mental Health Services and Clinical Education

  Heaton, J.

  1/09/20 → 28/02/22

  Project: Research

• Creating Compassionate Rural Communities to support Palliative End of Life Care needs in the Highlands

  Macaden, L.

  1/09/20 → 30/04/21

  Project: Research

• Optometry - FODO

  MacPherson, A.

  3/08/20 → 3/08/21

  Project: Other

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

  Wei, J.

  1/08/20 → 31/07/24

  Project: Research

• A Pilot study comparing a homemade VLCD to achieve prevention or remission of type 2 diabetes through weight reduction

  MacRury, S.

  1/08/20 → 31/01/22

  Project: Research

  • Body Weight Loss 100%
  • Spontaneous Remission 100%
  • Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young 100%

• Carnegie Trust Undergraduate Vacation Scholarship 2020: Investigating LGBT+ knowledge, attitudes and experience of students and staff in a Nursing degree programme

  MacGilleEathain, R.

  15/06/20 → 31/08/20

  Project: Other

• APPetite: Validation of an app-based method for the remote measure of free-living subjective appetite.

  Holliday, A. & Crabtree, D. R.

  1/06/20 → 31/01/21

  Project: Research

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  • Eating Behavior 100%
  • Dietary Habit 100%

• Stakeholder-engaged and digital approaches to coping with the impacts of COVID-19

  De Kock, H.

  1/06/20 → 30/11/20

  Project: Research

  • Health 100%
  • Wellbeing 91%
  • Mental Health 80%
  • Anxiety 64%
  • Groups 58%

• Using participatory digital platforms to enhance resilience and mental health of Scottish frontline health and care staff during COVID-19

  De Kock, H., Munoz, S., Leslie, S., Grindle, M. & Hines, F.

  1/06/20 → 30/11/20

  Project: Research

• Gastrointestinal symptoms experienced by rugby players and the associated risk factors

  Jones, B., Chantler, S., Davison, G., Holliday, A. & Crabtree, D. R.

  1/06/20 → 2/09/21

  Project: Research

  • Gut 100%
  • Gastrointestinal Distress 100%
  • Cell Damage 25%
  • Athletes 25%
  • Loss of Appetite 12%

• Protecting population physical & mental health during the coronavirus pandemic: A representative national weekly survey to understand changes

  Hubbard, G.

  1/05/20 → 31/10/20

  Project: Research

• Towards an online art therapy service for children with long-term medical conditions: Understanding art therapists' perspective

  Zubala, A.

  5/04/20 → 7/02/21

  Project: Research

• HALT! Hernia Active Living Trial - a feasibility study of a physical activity intervention to improve quality of life in people with a bulge/parastomal hernia

  Hubbard, G. (PI)

  1/03/20 → 30/06/21

  Project: Research

• SafePod

  MacRury, S.

  3/02/20 → 30/10/20

  Project: Other

• Fitness test, Body comp assessment, or diet assessment and analysis

  Crabtree, D. R.

  1/02/20 → 1/02/21

  Project: Consultancy

  • Service 100%
  • Diet 100%

• PHASE II: Decision-making by GPs about the Palliative Care Register

  Hubbard, G.

  1/02/20 → 1/02/20

  Project: Research

• NPA external expert

  Munoz, S.

  21/01/20 → 28/05/20

  Project: Consultancy

• Identification of tumour reactive T cells in peripheral blood

  Pritchard, A. & Hutchison, S.

  20/01/20 → 31/12/21

  Project: Research

• Drug screen to identify therapeutic targets for acral lentiginous melanoma

  Pritchard, A., Broit, N., Hayward, N. K. & Boyle, G.

  Therapeutic Innovation Australia

  8/01/20 → 10/01/22

  Project: Research

  • Acral Lentiginous Melanoma 100%
  • Melanoma 100%
  • Finger Nail 33%