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3 December 2020

Pemberton Lecture 2020: A Review

Yvonne Coghill’s 2020 Pemberton lecture, entitled ‘Why race equality in our NHS is important’ provided a balance between scientific evidence and personal experience to demonstrate the impact of race inequalities on people’s life experience.

30 November 2020

ScHARR Mini Master Class in Health Research - The ABC of RCTs

This talk will emphasise the importance of randomised clinical trials in evaluating alternative treatments or interventions. Wednesday 13 January, 1-2pm

A bowl of roasted mopane caterpillar at a market in Zimbabwe

27 November 2020

Insect-based foods could help tackle malnutrition

Scientists at the University of Sheffield are helping to tackle malnutrition in Zimbabwe through the mass development of an insect-based porridge.

19 November 2020

University of Shandong hosts ScHARR academics to deliver a Valuing health outcomes for health technology assessment online workshop

This workshop was designed by the University of Sheffield and the University of Shandong and was held in Jinan, China, on the 16th and 17th November.

SCHARR Regent Court building and courtyard

PROMs: Call for Papers

5th National Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) Research Conference (Virtual Event)

1 December 2020

ScHARR Pemberton Lecture Series 2020

We are delighted to announce that this year's speaker at the 2020 ScHARR Pemberton Lecture is Yvonne Coghill.

2 November 2020

HEDS Newsletter - Winter 2020

A warm welcome to our latest newsletter. Despite the trials and tribulations of recent months, I’m proud to say that our staff have taken a HEDS on approach to COVID and have once again been extremely busy and productive.

30 October 2020

ScHARR Mini Masterclass in Health Research - Visualising the Covid-19 Pandemic

In this webinar we will look at a range of creative ways of visualising some of the COVID-19 data to try and make sense out of it. Thursday 3 December 2020, 1.00 - 2.00pm

29 October 2020

A lecture being delivered in the School of Health and Related Research. The academic stands at the front of the class and points to a presentation.

University of Sheffield ranked within the top 100 in the world for clinical and health subjects in the Times Higher Education (THE) World Subject Rankings 2021

The University of Sheffield is one of the world’s leading universities for teaching and research, according to a subject ranking published today (Wednesday 28 October 2020).

28 October 2020

The University of Sheffield's Wellcome Doctoral Training Centre in Public Health Economics and Decision Science now taking applications for its 2021 intake

Based in ScHARR, our Wellcome DTC now provides seven fully-funded PhD studentships each year.

23 October 2020

ScHARR Alumni Charles Hamilton delivers a speech at the UN to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the United Nations.

One of our ScHARR Alumni has delivered a speech at the United Nations High Level Meeting to Commemorate the 75th anniversary of the UN - which took place on September 21st.

1 October 2020

Sheffield researchers help lead national scheme to improve health and tackle inequalities

Researchers from the University of Sheffield are part of a UK wide collaboration that will enable local authorities to rapidly evaluate work aiming to improve health and tackle inequalities in their areas.

25 September 2020

The UK’s new coronavirus restrictions explained by a public health expert

Dr Andrew Lee discusses the series of new measures that have been announced to stem rising cases of coronavirus in the UK.

24 September 2020 | The Conversation

Dr Chris Blackmore collaborates with Humanstudios to create LifePath

LifePathVR is a therapeutic tool which will enable users to construct a version of their life-story in virtual reality.

21 September 2020