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"I'm not insane, my mother had me tested." The risks and benefits of being labelled 'at-risk' for psychosis.

Journal Article
Welsh, P., & Brown, S. (2013)
"I'm not insane, my mother had me tested." The risks and benefits of being labelled 'at-risk' for psychosis. Health, Risk and Society, 15, 648-662. https://doi.org/10.1080/13698575.2013.848846
In this article we examine the identification of young people deemed to be at an elevated risk of developing psychosis (often referred to as an At-Risk Mental State for psycho...

Risk, resistance and the neoliberal agenda: young people, health and well-being in the UK, Canada and Australia

Journal Article
Brown, S., Shoveller, J., Chabot, C., & LaMontagne, A. D. (2013)
Risk, resistance and the neoliberal agenda: young people, health and well-being in the UK, Canada and Australia. Health, Risk and Society, 15, 333-346. https://doi.org/10.1080/13698575.2013.796346
In this article we describe how concepts of risk are both generated by and used to reinforce a neoliberal agenda in relation to the health and well-being of young people. We e...

Practical Indicators for Risk of Airborne Transmission in Shared Indoor Environments and Their Application to COVID-19 Outbreaks

Journal Article
Peng, Z., Rojas, A. P., Kropff, E., Bahnfleth, W., Buonanno, G., Dancer, S., …Jimenez, J. (2022)
Practical Indicators for Risk of Airborne Transmission in Shared Indoor Environments and Their Application to COVID-19 Outbreaks. Environmental Science and Technology, 56(2), 1125-1137. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.1c06531
Some infectious diseases, including COVID-19, can undergo airborne transmission. This may happen at close proximity, but as time indoors increases, infections can occur in sha...

Are risk factors for drug use and offending similar during the teenage years?

Journal Article
Aston, E. V. (2015)
Are risk factors for drug use and offending similar during the teenage years?. International Journal of Drug Policy, 26(4), 396-403. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2014.11.002
Background This paper explores whether at different stages of the developmental cycle of adolescence, drug use and offending are associated with a similar set of risk factors ...

What is the risk of acquiring SARS-CoV-2 from the use of public toilets?

Journal Article
Dancer, S. J., Li, Y., Hart, A., Tang, J. W., & Jones, D. L. (2021)
What is the risk of acquiring SARS-CoV-2 from the use of public toilets?. Science of the Total Environment, 792, 148341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148341
Public toilets and bathrooms may act as a contact hub point where community transmission of SARS-CoV-2 occurs between users. The mechanism of spread would arise through three ...

Does the UK Local Finance Improvement Trust (LIFT) initiative improve risk management in public-private procurement?

Journal Article
Fitzsimmons, D., Brown, S., & Beck, M. (2008)
Does the UK Local Finance Improvement Trust (LIFT) initiative improve risk management in public-private procurement?. Journal of risk and governance, 1, 137-156
The UK government introduced the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and, latterly, the Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT) in an attempt to improve public service provision. ...

Extended induction tutorials for ‘at risk’ students

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Huxham, M. (2005)
Extended induction tutorials for ‘at risk’ students. Ulster: The STAR (Student Transition and Retention) Project
Biology students at risk are identified through the completion of a diagnostic test, which is based on the characteristics of early leavers. Those students identified as bei...

Invasiveness risks of naked goby, Gobiosoma bosc, to North Sea transitional waters

Journal Article
Dodd, J. A., Copp, G. H., Tidbury, H. J., Leuven, R. S., Feunteun, E., Olsson, K. H., …Verreycken, H. (2022)
Invasiveness risks of naked goby, Gobiosoma bosc, to North Sea transitional waters. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 181, Article 113763. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113763
In recent decades, gobies have dispersed or introduced from the Ponto-Caspian region of eastern Europe in a westerly direction to North American and western European waters. B...

"There's no place like home": the public/private distinction in children's theorising of risk and safety.

Journal Article
Harden, J. (2000)
"There's no place like home": the public/private distinction in children's theorising of risk and safety. Childhood, 7, 43-59. https://doi.org/10.1177/0907568200007001005
This article explores children's theorizing around risk and safety in relation to the public/private distinction. While there has been considerable debate within sociology ove...

Scary faces, scary places: children's perceptions of risk and safety.

Journal Article
Harden, J., Backett-Milburn, K., Scott, S., & Jackson, S. (2000)
Scary faces, scary places: children's perceptions of risk and safety. Health Education Journal, 59, 12-22. https://doi.org/10.1177/001789690005900103
Risks to children have been defined from an adult perspective with little or no space given to hearing from children themselves. In this paper we discuss children's perception...

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Novel insights, tools and measures to mitigate emerging risks by yeasts in the food chain

2017 - 2018
The main goal of this project is to understand the mechanisms responsible for the virulence of food-related yeasts on humans, and to provide tools and recommendations to prevent the release of yeasts ...
Funder: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas | Value: £8,646

The prevalence, sources and diversity of antibiotic resistant E. coli in Scottish surface waters: a baseline for risk assessment and intervention targets.

2022 - 2026
The alarming rise in resistance to antibiotics is now widely accepted as being one of the most serious public health crises we face today. The use and overuse of antibiotics in human and animal medici...
Funder: Medical Research Scotland | Value: £71,650

Part 2 Novel insights, tools and measures to mitigate emerging risks by yeasts in the food chain II

2018 - 2020
This project is to understand the mechanisms responsible for the virulence of food-related yeasts on humans, and to provide tools and recommendations to prevent the release of yeast strains that pose ...
Funder: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas | Value: £6,390

Mitigation and Risk in Restorative Justice

2021 - 2022
Mitigation and Risk in Restorative Justice (RJ) 1. To consider and draw together a schema of the risks involved to facilitators and individual participants in RJ in individual cases, including both f...
Funder: Scottish Government

Can exposure to excess androgen during fetal life increase risk of hepatic disease in male offspring?

2019 - 2019
Background Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is a common condition. Hyperandrogenaemia characterises PCOS, and is considered an ‘in utero environmental programmer’ of PCOS in female offspring. Male o...
Funder: Society for Reproduction and Fertility | Value: £3,000

Biomaterial Risk Management

2017 - 2022
Development of a reliable methodology for better risk management of engineered biomaterials in Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products and/or Medical Devices. BIORIMA stands for Biomaterial Risk Manageme...
Funder: European Commission | Value: £158,070

Raptor Persecution in Scotland

2023 - 2024
Drs Soliman and Wooff are designing a project examining raptor persecution in Scotland. One of the six UK wildlife crime priority areas, the illegal killing of birds of prey is primarily associated wi...
Funder: Scottish Institute for Policing Research | Value: £2,000

Investigating new therapies for osteoarthritis: a collaboration between ENU and Guangzhou Medical University, China

2018 - 2022
Investigating new therapies for osteoarthritis: a collaboration between ENU and Guangzhou Medical University, China Osteoarthritis is the most important ageing-related disease, estimated to affect 13...
Funder: ENU Development Trust | Value: £30,000

Exploring the causes of Red Vent Syndrome in wild Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) from coastal waters around Scotland

2016 - 2017
This research will make direct comparisons of δ13C and δ15N isotope values from muscle tissue between populations of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) returning to the North, East and West coasts of Scotl...
Funder: Natural Environment Research Council

Sex-specific disease aetiology from developmental steroid insults: mechanistic understanding and biomarker development towards disease prevention

2017 - 2021
Risks of developing many adult illnesses are set down as we develop in the womb, hence the environment we experience during fetal life needs to be ‘just right’. Understanding how the fetal environmen...
Funder: Medical Research Council | Value: £636,509
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PhD Quantifying antibiotic resistance and antibiotic resistance selective chemicals in the River Almond Catchment Area - a baseline for risk assessment and intervention

2023 - date
Fern Fairgrieve | Director of Studies: Dr Donald Morrison

Sources and survival of listeria monocytogenes on fresh, leafy produce

2016 - 2020
Listeria monocytogenes is a ubiquitous environmental bacterium which has the potential to cause serious illness and even death aft...
Alva Smith | Director of Studies: Prof Ian Singleton | Second Supervisor: Dr Clare Taylor

Quantifying antibiotic resistance and antibiotic resistance selective chemicals in the River Almond Catchment Area - a baseline for risk assessment and intervention

2021 - date
Arina Apriyana | Director of Studies: Dr Donald Morrison

The influence of age, aerobic fitness, cardiovascular risk factors and cytomegalovirus on angiogenic T cells and endothelial progenitor cells

2011 - 2016
Dr Mark Ross | Director of Studies: Prof G Florida-James | Second Supervisor: Dr Eva Malone

Developmental Dyslexia in primary school children - an investigation of the effectiveness of teacher's risk judgements

2021 - date
Fiona Thomson | Director of Studies: Dr Barbara Piotrowska | Second Supervisor: Dr Lindsey Carruthers

Investigating the performance and underlying mechanisms of a novel screening measure for developmental dyslexia: implications for early identification

2013 - 2018
This PhD focuses on the sensorimotor theory of dev...
Dr Barbara Piotrowska | Director of Studies: Dr Jennifer Murray | Second Supervisor: Dr Rory MacLean

Player load monitoring and injury risk in elite Scottish Rugby Union

2017 - 2022
Cameron Paul | Director of Studies: Dr Tom Campbell | Second Supervisor: Dr Debbie Palmer