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Health and Care Research Unit shares research with British and Italian governments

Advisory group member Etta Di Benetti shared the EQUALD project policy brief (led by Professor Liz Croot) with Italian Minister for Disabilities Dr. Alessandra Locatelli and UK Minister for Social Security and Disability Sir Stephen Timms.
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Increase in alcohol deaths in England an ‘acute crisis’

The persistent higher rate of alcohol deaths in England since the pandemic in 2020 is an “acute crisis” requiring urgent action from government, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Sheffield and UCL.
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The University of Sheffield to play key role in shaping future of health screening

A team from SCHARR has been selected as one of three institutions to form a new specialist Evidence Synthesis Group contributing to the work of the UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC), thanks to a £15 million investment from the NIHR.
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Preventing Behaviour Change Trials from Doing Harm

Episode 36 of the Communicable Research podcast is out. This time we discuss the topic of preventing behaviour change trials from doing harm with Diana Papaioannou from the Clinical Trial Research Unit in the Division of Population Health.

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Partnership creates pioneering app to keep families living with dementia connected

A pioneering phone app designed to keep families living with dementia connected launches later this year after ethical entrepreneurs Grant Ripley and Fran Ferris discovered the University of Sheffield’s Made Together initiative.
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Sheffield Addictions Research Group to present at KBS Alcohol Epidemiology Symposium

A team of nine will be travelling from Sheffield to Australia in May to share their work with alcohol researchers from across the world.
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Experts predict £10 billion for local economies after smoking ban

| Published by Shef News
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Reducing inequalities in sexual health

Our latest guest on the Communicable Research podcast is Dr Rebecca Mawson.
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UK smoking ban would have many benefits for public health – but only if it’s effectively implemented

MPs have recently voted to ban anyone in England born after 2009 from buying cigarettes, as part of the government’s plan to achieve a smoke-free generation. But Professor Andrew Lee argues that a ban on sales to youths on its own will not be enough.

| Published by The Conversation