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

Advisory group member Etta De Benedetti 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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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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