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Five reasons weight-loss jabs alone won’t help get people back to work

Lucie Nield, Senior Lecturer in Nutrition, argues that the Government's plan to trial weight-loss injections to help unemployed people return to work doesn’t address the many core reasons why weight gain and unemployment occur in the first place.

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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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Green Social Prescribing

Episode 32 of the Communicable Research podcast is out. This time, we went outdoors to talk about Green Social Prescribing with Dr Annette Haywood.
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New Publications from ScHARR for February 2023

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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Professor Rebecca Palmer: Helping stroke survivors to talk

In the latest ScHARR Communicable Research podcast, Andy Tattersall talks to Professor Rebecca Palmer about her research and work with stroke survivors.

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Socioeconomic disparities in operation and survival rates for abdominal aortic aneurysm, new study finds

A new study from the University of Sheffield has found clear evidence of socioeconomic disparities in operation rates and survival after surgery for dangerous abdominal aortic aneurysm.
A reflection on 25 years of health research focussing (mainly) on evaluation of mental health treatments

The Inaugural Lecture of Professor Cindy Cooper

A reflection on 25 years of health research focussing (mainly) on the evaluation of mental health treatments.

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"Best Start in Life", Then What?

ScHARR Mini Master Class in Health Research - 'Best Start in Life', Then What?

Michelle Black is a research fellow and registrar in the final stages of an NIHR doctoral fellowship at ScHARR. Her research focuses on the relationship between child development and adolescent health, beyond the 'best start in life' period.

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