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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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Faroe Islands superspreader event: why transmission among the triple-vaxxed shouldn’t alarm you

Andrew Lee has previously received research funding from the National Institute for Health Research. He is a member of the UK Faculty of Public Health and the Royal Society for Public Health.

| The Conversation
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Creating the CUREd dataset – a real world linked data for UEC

Taking the first step in understanding the challenges faced by the system inspired a team of researchers, data specialists and statisticians led by ARC UEC Theme Lead, Professor Suzanne Mason at the University of Sheffield.

| NIHR
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Do lateral flow tests detect omicron? Your questions answered

Just as we thought we understood COVID testing, along came omicron and raised a whole new bunch of questions. We asked Dr Andrew Lee, a reader in global public health, to answer them.

| The Conversation
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New Publications from ScHARR for November 2021

ScHARR publishes over 400 new journal papers every year across our four sections - Public Health, Health Economics and Decision Science, Design, Trials and Statistics and Health Services Research.
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A year of COVID vaccines: how the UK pinned its hopes on the jab – and why those hopes are under threat

ScHARR's Andrew Lee explains why annual COVID vaccinations, particularly for the elderly and vulnerable, may become a regular feature.

| The Conversation