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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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ICTMC 2019

A team from ScHARR DTS attended the 5th International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference (ICTMC) in Brighton, over the 6th-9th October 2019.

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ASTIClite met it's stop/go target

At the end of June 2019 the ASTIClite trial randomised enough participants to meet the minimum target for stop/go feasibility assessment for the funder (NIHR EME).
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Talk Public Health Podcast launches rebranding for new season

The Talk Public Health (TPH) podcast is making a much-anticipated come-back.

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ScHARR Outcomes launches website

ScHARR Outcomes is a group of leading international researchers in the area of measuring and valuing health, quality of life and wellbeing, particularly for use in health technology assessment.

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New generation of PhD researchers to tackle the world's biggest public health issues

A £5.24 million investment by the Wellcome Trust will fund 35 scholars from the UK and overseas to carry out ground-breaking public health research at the University of Sheffield.