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The minister will be among the speakers at the University’s Health Research Center (ReaCH) ‘Power of Partnership’ exhibition.
She will be joined by director of Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems (SHAAP), Elinor Jayne, and Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) representative, Caroline Sincock, who lives with multiple sclerosis (MS).
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Tickets for the event, which takes place between 9.30am and 2pm on Tuesday at the Annie Lennox Glasgow Caledonian Building, are available online.
Ms Minto said: “I am always encouraged when I hear about the research being carried out in Scottish universities and the highly collaborative approaches that are often used to work in multi-disciplinary ways and across institutions and sectors.
“The Health Research Center at Glasgow Caledonian University is a great example of this.
“I have been impressed by the breadth of research activities at ReaCH and their clear commitment to collaboration and working in partnership.
“I know they are working with a wide range of organisations, and with diverse groups of patients and the public to tackle some difficult health challenges.
“There are many examples of this, and I am pleased to note that some of them have been with financial support from the Scottish Government’s Office of the Chief Scientist.”
The university’s Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Steve Decent, added: “Our researchers work closely with the public, people with lived experience of health conditions, the Scottish Government, Public Health Scotland, NHS Scotland and many charities.
“The most important research questions are created together with our partners, as they know best what is most important to the members of the communities they serve.
“What makes GCU different from many other universities is that we bake impact into our research projects from the outset.”
