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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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ScHARR's Communicable Research Podcast, Episode 3

Professor John Holmes - Alcohol drinking guidelines.
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Online seminar: Emergency management (EM) professionals in healthcare organisations

Canadian health emergency management professionals’ perspectives on disaster preparedness activities in response to COVID-19. Recorded seminar now available to watch.

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Surge in smoking among young adults during lockdown

The number of 18-34 year-olds who smoke increased by 25 per cent in England during the first lockdown, according to a new study conducted by the University of Sheffield and UCL.
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Why I no longer think we can eliminate COVID – public health expert

Dr Andrew Lee, Reader in Global Public Health at the University of Sheffield, explains how in an ideal world, completely eliminating COVID-19 is what all countries would aim to do, but now the approach makes less sense.

| The Conversation
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New Publications from ScHARR for July 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.