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Human rights and psychiatric practice in relation to involuntary treatment of young people in Europe

Presentation / Conference Contribution
Stavert, J., Malmendier-Muehlschegel, A., & Schulze, U. (2025, June)
Human rights and psychiatric practice in relation to involuntary treatment of young people in Europe. Presented at ESCAP 2025: 21st International Congress of the European Society for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Strasbourg
Aims: International human rights treaties emphasize autonomy and reducing or eliminating psychiatric coercion making which can conflict with involuntary psychiatric treatment....

Co-Creation of a Continuing Professional Development Toolkit focused on self-management of respiratory health issues in people with intellectual disabilities

Presentation / Conference Contribution
O'Leary, L., Dicksit, D., Ring, N., Roberts, N., Dunham, M., Devitt, J., Taylor, J., Mcglade, I., & Theurer, M. (2025, September)
Co-Creation of a Continuing Professional Development Toolkit focused on self-management of respiratory health issues in people with intellectual disabilities. Presented at European Respiratory Society Congress, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Relative age effect at Concacaf championships: Influence of sex, age, nationality, playing position, and playing status

Journal Article
Andrew, M., Barraclough, S., Dugdale, J. H., Reeves, M. J., Triggs, A. O., & Kelly, A. L. (in press)
Relative age effect at Concacaf championships: Influence of sex, age, nationality, playing position, and playing status. PLOS ONE, 20(6), Article e0321245. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0321245
Relative age effects in soccer are typified by an overrepresentation of players born earlier in the selection year. Examinations of relative age effects remain limited in fema...

Stethoscope 2.0: How Everyday Devices Could Help Doctors Listen Differently

Report
McGregor, I. (2025)
Stethoscope 2.0: How Everyday Devices Could Help Doctors Listen Differently
Traditional diagnostic tools like the stethoscope have long helped clinicians detect signs of illness through direct contact and active listening. In an era of ubiquitous sens...

Stabilising Sound: A Perceptual Audio Framework for Balance Support Inspired by Vestibular Stimulation

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McGregor, I. (2025)
Stabilising Sound: A Perceptual Audio Framework for Balance Support Inspired by Vestibular Stimulation. Edinburgh Napier University
This note outlines a proposal for a perceptual audio system that may help stabilise balance and reduce fall risk using low-frequency sound cues delivered through everyday list...

Effects of hearing intervention on falls in older adults: Findings from a secondary analysis of the ACHIEVE randomized controlled trial

Journal Article
Goman, A. M., Tan, N., Pike, J., Bessen, S. Y., Chen, Z. (., Huang, A. R., Arnold, M. L., Burgard, S., Chisolm, T. H., Couper, D., Deal, J. A., Glynn, N. W., Gmelin, T., Gravens-Mueller, L., Hayden, K. M., Martinez-Amezcua, P., Mitchell, C. M., Pankow, J. S., Reed, N. S., Sanchez, V. A., …Lin, F. R. (2025)
Effects of hearing intervention on falls in older adults: Findings from a secondary analysis of the ACHIEVE randomized controlled trial. The Lancet Public Health, 10(6), e492-e502. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-2667%2825%2900088-X
Background Hearing loss is highly prevalent among older adults and has been associated with an increased likelihood of falling. We aimed to examine the effect of a hearing int...

COVID-19 Public Inquiry: Research Report for Portfolio 3: The Provision of Health and Social Care: Social Care for Children

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McKay, C., Stavert, J., Breen, C., McKay, E., Spassiani, N., Rose, S., Petropoulou, E., Davey, J., Sterman, J., Thompson, K., Higgins, A., Woodrow, A., & King, M. COVID-19 Public Inquiry: Research Report for Portfolio 3: The Provision of Health and Social Care: Social Care for Children. Scottish COVID-19 Public Inquiry

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McKay, C., Stavert, J., Breen, C., McKay, E., Spassiani, N., Rose, S., Petropoulou, E., Davey, J., Sterman, J., Thompson, K., Higgins, A., Woodrow, A., & King, M. COVID-19 Public Inquiry: Research Report for Portfolio 3: The Provision of Health and Social Care: Social Care for Children. Scottish COVID-19 Public Inquiry
This report reviews available evidence regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on social care for children in Scotland, focusing on the strategic response of the Scottis...

Co-Creation of a Continuing Professional Development Toolkit focused on self-management of respiratory health issues in people with learning disabilities

Presentation / Conference Contribution
O'Leary, L., Dicksit, D., Ring, N., Roberts, N., Dunham, M., Devitt, J., Taylor, J., Mcglade, I., & Theurer, M. (2025, May)
Co-Creation of a Continuing Professional Development Toolkit focused on self-management of respiratory health issues in people with learning disabilities. Presented at ENclusion Conference: Connecting EDI Research and Action at and by ENU, Edinburgh Napier University
Introduction Individuals with ID (intellectual Disabilities) need self-management support from nurses (all fields) to avoid risk of hospital admissions due to respiratory ill...

Unified Mental Health and Capacity Law: Creating Parity and Non-Discrimination?

Journal Article
Stavert, J., & McKay, C. (2025)
Unified Mental Health and Capacity Law: Creating Parity and Non-Discrimination?  . International Journal of Law and Psychiatry, 101, Article 102108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijlp.2025.102108
It has been argued that a fusion of mental health and capacity law creates parity and respects non-discrimination. This approach has been adopted in the Mental Capacity Act (N...

A Perceptual Approach to HRTF Personalisation: From Localisation to Spatial Literacy

Report
Mcgregor, I. (2025)
A Perceptual Approach to HRTF Personalisation: From Localisation to Spatial Literacy
Efforts to personalise Head-Related Transfer Functions (HRTFs) have traditionally focused on anatomical accuracy, modelling the head, ears and torso to predict how sound shoul...
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ENUclusion Conference: Connecting EDI Research and Action at and by ENU

2026 - 2029
This conference aims to connect and advance EDI research and action at ENU from all disciplines, students, staff, alumni, and our communities of research users. While showcasing and advancing research...
Funder: Fees (CPD courses and Conference Delegate)

Device-based e-Assistant for People (DeAP)

2025 - 2025
This project will deliver a novel, integrated assistive technology: a mobile application platform interfacing with a physiological sensing device (DeAP). Together, they form a multimodal system that d...
Funder: Scottish Funding Council | Value: £7,500

Co-design and adaptation of the Swallowing, Oral Health and Nutrition Knowledge and Skills (SONKS) training programme for carers who support people with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) who have eating...

2025 - 2026
Management of safe swallowing for people with intellectual disabilities (ID) is critical in reducing aspiration (swallowing) pneumonia, a leading cause of death. People with ID often depend on carers ...
Funder: The Baily Thomas Charitable Trust | Value: £89,970

The use of AI agents for lifestyle behaviour change in individuals with coronary heart disease (CHD)

2025 - 2025
Heart disease is a major health issue in the UK and worldwide. Coronary heart disease (CHD), caused by cholesterol buildup in the arteries, is one of the leading causes of death. Many people in the UK...
Funder: Burdett Trust for Nursing | Value: £19,283

ICURe - AudEvo: Intelligent Auditory Assessment for Precision Hearing Evaluation

2025 - 2025
This Innovate UK ICURe Discover is a 10-week, part-time online market discovery programme designed to support researchers and technicians in exploring their potential market. The programme aims to en...
Funder: Innovate UK | Value: £2,500

Developing Effective Talent Pathways Using a TDEQ Framework

2025 - 2028
Background It is well known that parents play an important role in the process of athlete development, often acting as critical stakeholders in facilitating the success or derailment of an athlete. Ho...
Funder: Sportscotland | Value: £15,225

A Critical Evaluation of the efficiency and potential of Artificial Intelligence in personalising Exercise Prescription for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation in Cardiovascular Disease Patie...

2025 - 2026
Artificial intelligence (AI) driven digital solutions can support the shift of exercise-based cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation (CVPR) from clinical services to patients’ home by enabling i...
Funder: Digital Health Institute | Value: £7,775

Fleming Fund mentorship

2025 - 2026
Mentorship of Fleming fund fellows from Malawi and Kenya
Funder: The University of Edinburgh | Value: £2,400

Diversity in research on the skin microbiome’s role in healthy ageing: An exploratory study

2025 - 2025
Harmful disparities exist in skin health and wound healing care which increase morbidity and mortality for people especially those with dark skin tones. This harmful care is largely caused by the gaps...
Funder: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council | Value: £1,621

A Mixed-Method National Survey of Occupational Therapy Practice in Substance Use Services in the UK

2025 - 2027
This study aims to conduct the first comprehensive national survey of occupational therapy practices in substance use disorder (SUD) services across the UK. Using a mixed-methods approach, the resear...
Value: £14,987
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Assessing the early impact of data skills training initiatives

2024 - date
Mr Fredrick Mbuya | Director of Studies: Dr Khristin Fabian | Second Supervisor: Prof Sally Smith

A clinical decision-making support system (CDSS) application for guiding staff to employ evidence-based approaches to prevent, assess, and manage delirium in ICU: Co-design methodology

2024 - date
Ms Devi Kandel | Director of Studies: Prof Cathal Breen | Second Supervisor: Dr Amani Al Bayrakdar

An exploration of first year student mental health nurses’ experiences of informal learning about sexual health.

2021 - 2026
Mrs Avril Montgomery | Director of Studies: Dr Janette Pow | Second Supervisor: Prof Inga Heyman

Establishing the effectiveness of screening and prehabilitation methods utilised by soccer clubs to identify and reduce lower limb indirect injuries; and the perceptions of these by soccer players, coaches and medical science staff

2020 - 2025
Mr. Colin McLelland | Director of Studies: Dr Susan Brown | Second Supervisor: Dr Alan McCall

Illuminating the importance of craftsmanship in compassionate caring and facilitating its development in student nurses

2020 - 2021
This thesis provides a critical reflection on my original contributions to knowle...
Dr Liz Adamson | Director of Studies: Prof Kay Sambell | Second Supervisor: Dr Brian Williams

All-out sprinting: reliability and sensitivity of testing, and the effects of work-to-rest ratio and exercise modality

2020 - 2022
Dr Mykolas Kavaliauskas | Director of Studies: Prof G Florida-James | Second Supervisor: Dr Lesley Ingram-Sills

Assessing the Impact of Interventions in two naturally ventilated primary schools, on Indoor Parameters and on the Health, Comfort and Well-being of Teachers

2019 - date
Natalie Bain-Reguis | Director of Studies: Dr Andrew Smith | Second Supervisor: Prof Caroline Hollins-Martin

Beyond numbers and tasks: a longitudinal ethnographic study exploring the role and work of district nursing teams

2019 - date
Bruce Harper-McDonald | Director of Studies: Dr Janet Hanley | Second Supervisor: Dr Carol Gray Brunton

Scoping views on a research project exploring attitudes, acceptance, and construction of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine among Scottish men

2017 - date
Mr Lewis Clarke | Director of Studies: Dr Carol Gray Brunton | Second Supervisor: Dr Brian Williams

The influence of perceived levels of physical activity on engagement with cardiac rehabilitation after acute coronary syndrome

2017 - 2022
Dr Sheona Mchale | Director of Studies: Prof Lis Neubeck | Second Supervisor: Dr Coral Hanson
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The Global Research Institute in Health and Care Technologies Showcase

5 June 2025
A first-of-its-kind research collaboration between Edinburgh Napier University and Heriot-Watt University is bringing together engineering and nursing students to develop cutting-edge health technolog...

Global Research Institute in Health and Care Technologies Showcase Event

5 June 2025
On behalf of Heriot-Watt University's Global Research Institute in Health and Care Technologies, I am delighted to invite you to our official Showcase Event, taking place on Thursday 5th June 2025 at...

Shaping public health: How immunisation research is addressing communication for Scotland’s HPV vaccine

16 May 2025
Interviewed for Scotsman advertorial on HPV vaccine and communication

3MT Competition is Open!

7 May 2025
3MT Competition is open for submissions! Can you convince non-specialist audiences that your research is really as important as you believe it is? Here’s your chance to find out!

Video Launch of Robotics and Dementia - co-creating the future!

28 March 2025
This is a video file hosted on YouTube to launch the start of our collaborative project funded by the Royal College of Occupational Therapists.

Retiring Police Scotland Assistant Chief Constable ‘humbled’ to be named Visiting Professor

5 March 2025
Police Scotland Assistant Chief Constable (ACC) Gary Ritchie has been appointed as a Visiting Professor at Edinburgh Napier University (ENU), ahead of his retirement from policing this month.

Digital Health and Care Scotland 2025

19 February 2025
Holyrood’s flagship Digital Health and Care conference returns to Dynamic Earth on 18 and 19 February 2025 Digital technology continues to be at the heart of efforts to support the recovery of our h...

Educational Visit to a Retrofit Project and Offsite Manufacturing Facility

18 February 2025
Students from Edinburgh Napier University (ENU) have been learning first hand from the deep retrofit of Built Environment – Smarter Transformation (BE-ST)’s National Retrofit Centre. The agenda includ...

Pioneering conference highlights neurodiversity and policing

11 February 2025
A pioneering conference - offering a unique platform for learning, exploring, and challenging how neurodiversity impacts Police Scotland officers and staff as well as the public they serve – is taking...

Pioneering conference highlights neurodiversity and policing

11 February 2025
A pioneering conference - offering a unique platform for learning, exploring, and challenging how neurodiversity impacts Police Scotland officers and staff as well as the public they serve - took plac...
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Emergency Management of Severe Burns (EMSB) Course

Simulation and Clinical Skills Centre Edinburgh Napier University
27 November 2025

ExtraCECI Project Theory of Change Workshop with stakeholders to refine the ExtraCECI intervention

Accra, Ghana
21 January 2025

ExtraCECI Project Launch

Accra, Ghana
20 January 2025

Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in Research inception meeting for the ExtraCECI Project

This engagement was initially organised virtually pending and an in-person engagement planned for January 2025
4 October 2024

'Looking for Nurses and Midwives in your Family' event at National Library of Scotland

National Library of Scotland, George 4th Bridge, Edinburgh
5 June 2024

Gender and Sexuality Research at Edinburgh Napier University

Merchiston Campus, room: MER_H11
6 March 2024

Domestic Abuse: the interface between the criminal and civil courts in contact proceedings

11 Chapel Law, Glasgow
19 January 2024

Domestic Abuse and Child Contact

Edinburgh
8 September 2023

Dr Kulpa talks about friendship, social policy, and social resilience at the Centre for Child & Family Law & Policy

7 December 2022

Research Talk by Dr Arianna Introna, ‘Crip Enchantments: Autonomist Narratives of Disability in Scottish Writing and Culture’

Merchiston Campus E14
12 October 2022