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2 April 2024

SCHARR short courses for 2024

We are pleased to announce our programme of online short courses for 2024.

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25 October 2024

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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25 October 2024

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.

17 September 2024

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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Living with COVID: is now the right time for England to lift all restrictions?

Andrew Lee, Reader in Global Public Health, discusses the attendance limits at events and indoor gatherings, social distancing risks and the relationship between infection and hospitalisation.

8 July 2021 | The Conversation

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New Publications from ScHARR for June 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.

8 July 2021

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New report details the impact of minimum unit pricing on people who are alcohol dependent

Public Health Scotland and the University of Sheffield have published the findings from a study of the impact of minimum unit pricing on people who are dependent on alcohol and accessing treatment services.

7 July 2021

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Research Records Podcast

Professor Pam Enderby at the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) has been a guest on our Research Records podcast hosted by Inspiration For Life, who run a 24 hour lecture-athon at the University of Sheffield every year for charity.

22 June 2021