Category: Impact
Research at St Andrews often leads to changes or improvements in non-academic impact areas such as public debate and understanding, technology, culture, policy and laws, health and welfare, the economy, and the environment among others. Find out more about how some of our research has led to measurable impact.
Arclight in Rwanda
The Global Health Team from the School of Medicine recently completed a national eye care training and distribution exercise in Rwanda utilizing the Arclight solar powered ophthalmoscope. The team, led by Dr Andrew Blaikie (Senior Lecturer and Consultant Ophthalmologist), delivered …
September 12, 2018 | Impact
NMR management
NOMAD (NMR Online Management and Datastore) Dr Tomas Lebl & Shyam Reyal School of Chemistry & School of Computer Science NMR (nuclear magnetic resonance) spectroscopy is most frequently used by chemists and biochemists to investigate the properties of organic molecules. …
December 2, 2016 | Impact
Setting Penalties for Competition Policy
Most countries have competition authorities that enforce competition policy by identifying, stopping and penalising what are regarded as anti-competitive practices.
February 20, 2015 | Economics and Finance
Psychological intervention to alleviate heightened fears of recurrence of cancer patients
Fear of recurrence is a major concern for many cancer patients, as highlighted in a major review by Professor Gerald Humphris and Dr Gozde Ozakinci of the School of Medicine.
February 20, 2015 | Impact
Changing the governance of the credit union sector in Ireland
Conceptual Impact Professor John Wilson’s (School of Management) research has increased understanding of how credit unions have developed in different countries. Such work is especially important in the aftermath of the financial crisis in 2008, as many countries seek to …
December 12, 2014 | Impact
Marine Mammal Conservation: from policy change to bycatch reduction
The research undertaken from 1996 to 2013 by researchers of the Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) of the School of Biology focused on the accurate measurement of marine mammal populations and distributions in UK and EU waters. As a result …
August 5, 2014 | Impact
Blueprint for enhanced longitudinal studies
Longitudinal studies, mostly based on surveys relying on re-interviewing of individuals, have a long history in the UK.
May 1, 2014 | Impact
“Sticking plaster” treatment for skin cancer and acne
A wearable light source that can treat many skin cancers and acne has been invented by Professor Ifor Samuel (School of Physics and Astronomy) working with Professor James Ferguson (Ninewells Hospital, Dundee) in light-emitting-polymers.
March 19, 2014 | Impact
Animal-borne telemetry tags for conservation and weather forecasting
The Sea Mammal Research Unit (SMRU) Instrumentation Group, of the School of Biology, has designed, built and supplied about 400 telemetry tags per year since 2008, resulting in economic benefit to companies in the UK and abroad of over £7M, …
March 10, 2014 | Biology