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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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#SuperVisionaries at ScHARR

A number of supervisors and professional services staff have been recognised by their doctoral students in a new initiative led by the Think Ahead team at the University of Sheffield.

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New ESRC-funded project led by ScHARR

Petra Meier, Professor of Public Health within ScHARR, has been awarded a £650,000 ESRC grant to study stability and change in British alcohol drinking culture.
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We have been named as one of the 'most international' universities by The Times Higher Education

The 2018 league table of the world’s most international universities celebrates institutions that have an outstanding international reputation, in turn helping to attract the very highest calibre of staff and students.
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ScHARR academic in largest ever study on impact of TB and HIV interventions

Dr Pete Dodd of ScHARR is part of a new EUR 12.9 million project, measuring the impact of a combination TB and HIV intervention when delivered to the entire population of 14 urban, high prevalence communities in South Africa and Zambia.
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Multiple Symptoms Study 3

CTRU and ScHARR staff have been awarded a 3.5 year grant from the NIHR (National Institute for Health Research) Health Services and Delivery Research programme.