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CIRG Edinburgh @cirgedinburgh.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

New results from the SNAP trial! Researchers have identified the optimal antibiotics for staph blood infection, a serious global health issue. A thread 🧵👇

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Edinburgh Critical Care Research Group @edcritcare.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Support Red4Research Day 2026 Friday 19th June Wear something red 🟥 Support research going on in our hospitals for our communities and future patients #ResearchRocks #CriticalResearch #Red4Research

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CIRG Edinburgh @cirgedinburgh.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

This week Louise and Susie, two of our Senior Research Nurses, attended the RCN International Nursing Research Conference in Exeter. They had a great couple of days listening to the wide range of talks and viewing all the amazing posters. #RCNresearch25

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@nhslothianresearch @nhslothianresearch.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

We have a variety of careers in Clinical Research here is one of senior research nurses and clinical research assistants from our Infectious Diseases dept. Follow us to see when we are hiring. #Red4Rsearch #clinicaltrials #nhsscotland #nhslothiancareers

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CIRG Edinburgh @cirgedinburgh.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

📋GET INVOLVED IN RESEARCH📋 We are always welcoming new volunteers to be part of our registry who are willing to be contacted about opportunities to participate in trials! #volunteerforresearch #GetInvolved

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CIRG Edinburgh @cirgedinburgh.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Last week a few of the CIRG team ventured down to Sheffield for the UK Vaccine Network Conference. It was two engaging days filled with diverse and insightful presentations on vaccine research! It was also lovely to see Dr Sutherland and Dr McCance chair one of the sessions.

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CIRG Edinburgh @cirgedinburgh.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

A fantastic day at NHS Lothian R&D Conference 2025 with inspiring talks showcasing research across NHS Lothian Congrats to Dr Sutherland & Dr Russell for their talks, with Dr Russell winning the presentation prize! 🏆👏 Plus, we presented 3 posters highlighting the team's work

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NHS Research Scotland @nhsresearchscotland.org.uk · 20/05/2025

#ICTD25 is an important date for reiterating that while research is helping to shape a modern health and care system, nothing can be achieved without a diverse group of volunteers. #BePartOfResearch @uofgregiusanna.bsky.social Read the full story 🔗 www.nhsresearchscotland.org.uk/news/scotlan...

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CIRG Edinburgh @cirgedinburgh.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Its Clinical Trials Day! Today we celebrate all the people who make clinical trials possible. Thank you to everyone, clinical staff, researchers, participants to name a few, whos time and effort contribute to the progress of healthcare everyday. clinicaltrialsday.org

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Clinical Trials Day

At the forefront of every therapeutic breakthrough, you’ll find clinical research professionals who are driven by a powerful purpose: advancing treatments that transform patients' lives. Clinical res...

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CIRG Edinburgh @cirgedinburgh.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Happy International Nurses Day! A huge thank you to all nurses for your dedication and care every day. Special shoutout to our amazing CIRG research nurses - your expertise and commitment to our participants make ID research possible and continues to improve patient care in Lothian! #NursesDay

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MRC-UofG Centre for Virus Research @cvrinfo.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

🦟 Mosquitoes in Scotland as far north as Shetland Citizen Science project, Mosquito Scotland (@mosquitoscotland.bsky.social ), is exploring the extent of the mosquito population in Scotland. www.mosquito-scotland.com Read more below.

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Mosquitoes in Scotland as far north as Shetland

The extent of Scotland's mosquito population is being understood thanks to a successful citizen science project.

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NHS Lothian @nhslothian.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

🛡️When enough of the population are protected from a specific disease by a vaccination, this helps prevent the spread of that infection in the community. Learn more about the benefits of immunisation at nhsinform.scot/benefitsofimmunisation #WIW25

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WHO @who.int · 24/04/2025

It’s #WorldImmunizationWeek Vaccines have saved 154 million lives in the last 50 years. That’s 6 lives every minute. A reminder of what is #HumanlyPossible. Science saves lives. #VaccinesWork bit.ly/wiw2025

Every 10 seconds vaccination saves a life.
Immunization for all is Humanly Possible

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CIRG Edinburgh @cirgedinburgh.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

🙋Want be involved in research?🙋‍♂️ CIRG is always looking for healthy volunteers to become involved in studies! Joining our research register is a great way to get involved. All you need to do is sign up! We will be in contact when we have a study that could be right for you! #research#volunteer

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Education @ Edinburgh CRF @eduedinburghcrf.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

🎧 Clinical Research Career Conversations Podcast - new episode alert! Jo Merrifield chats with Anne Saunderson, Senior Clinical Research Nurse at Edinburgh’s Clinical Infections Research Group. Anne shares her incredible journey, from cardiac surgery to Ebola trials. www.buzzsprout.com/2451656

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Clinical Research Career Conversations

Welcome to Clinical Research Career Conversations, a podcast series that explores the diverse roles and professions involved in clinical research and highlights the incredible impact they have on heal...

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CIRG Edinburgh @cirgedinburgh.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

🔬New CIRG Publication🔬 We are happy to share the amazing work from Anna Gordon, a recent CIRG research fellow, and Claire Mackintosh, Clinical Director of RIDU. 'Secondary care for people experiencing homelessness in Scotland: a retrospective cohort study' is now available doi.org/10.1136/bmjp...

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Secondary care for people experiencing homelessness in Scotland: a retrospective cohort study

Introduction People experiencing homelessness (PEH) face multimorbidity and poor health outcomes alongside deep exclusion in accessing health and social care. A large proportion of PEH use unscheduled...

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Oliver Koch @okoch.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Applications closing tomorrow.

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CIRG Edinburgh @cirgedinburgh.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

We are now looking for our Clinical Research Fellow for 2025-2026 !!🦠🩺 If you would like to be part of the CIRG team applications are now open. Apply through & find out more at apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetai...

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211677 - Clinical Research Fellow in Infectious Diseases (MCD):Western General Hospital

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