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SCHARR short courses for 2024

We are pleased to announce our programme of online short courses for 2024.
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School of Medicine and Population Health at ISPOR Europe 2024

Our colleagues are back on the road and travelling to Barcelona for this year's ISPOR Europe conference, taking place from 17-20 November. As ever, we have a packed programme of presentations from our staff and students.
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Mobilising NIHR research in public health planning and delivery

Episode 33 of the Communicable Research Podcast examines the topic of mobilising the NIHR's research portfolio to aid public health planning and delivery.

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Prescribing nature can improve happiness and reduce anxiety, new research shows

A £5.77 million cross-governmental funded project has shown that expanding access to Green Social Prescribing can promote wellbeing and improve mental health.
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Dr Kate Ren - Evidence synthesis with limited studies: using external information to help estimating the between-study heterogeneity

Join us for a monthly online masterclass by one of our health research experts based in The School of Health and Related Research

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Why the NHS recommends Recovering Quality of Life (ReQoL-10) for use in Community Mental Health services

Read why PROMs are important for the NHS Community Mental Health (CMH) transformation, and why ReQoL-10 is recommended by the CMH Task and Finish Group on outcome measurement for use in services for adults with Severe Mental Illnesses (SMI).
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New recommendations for integrating Housing Support Coordinators into housing and healthcare systems – findings from the Wakefield Housing Support Evaluation

The Wakefield Housing Support Evaluation (WHoSE) project has published its final project report and economics report reviewing the impact of a pilot service providing Housing Support Coordinators to assist people being discharged from hospital.

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Data collection for the UK EQ-5D-5L valuation study to start in October 2022

Led by Professor Donna Rowen, data collection for this key study to generate a UK value set for the EQ-5D-5L will involve 1,200 interviews conducted in a representative sample of people living in England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.

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ScHARR's Communicable Research, Episode 12: Dr Fiona Campbell - Intergenerational Research at the Only Connect! conference

Dr Fiona Campbell speaks to collaborators and members of the public in relation to Intergenerational Research. The podcast was recorded in Falmouth at the Only Connect! conference in July 2022.