Safeguarding Health through Infection Prevention (SHIP)
Stemming the tide of infection through applied infection prevention research at Glasgow Caledonian University
By Alexander Olaoye, PhD student, School of Computing, Engineering & Built Environment, Glasgow Caledonian University SIREN is an acronym for ‘SARS-COV-2 Immunity & Reinfection Evaluation’. The SIREN Study, a unique UK-wide, large-scale study of NHS healthcare workers, is led by the United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA), providing an agile response to an evolving pandemic…
By Desmond Areghan I have “sailed” with the Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) SIREN Team on a boat where one of the world’s leading research studies on COVID-19 is being conducted. In order to understand the dynamic nature of COVID -19 pandemic that broke out in Wuhan, China, in December 2019 (Torales et al., 2020), the…
By Dr Desy Nuryunarsih on behalf of the SIREN Scotland Research Team* The rapid speed and dissemination of information circulated online nowadays has led to numerous forms of conflicting and confusing information about world affairs. One aspect of this has been a fake news epidemic circulating around Covid-19 immunity and vaccine effectiveness. Health misinformation can pose…
By Deepti KC and Ayodeji Matuluko On September 15, 2022, the School of Health and Life Sciences (SHLS) of Glasgow Caledonian University (GCU) held its inaugural Postgraduate Researcher (PGR) Conference. This event was targeted at PhD students within the School. As a first-of-its kind event within SHLS, it was organised to provide an opportunity…