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Our University ranked in the top 50 most international universities in the world
We have been named as one of the 'most international' universities by The Times Higher Education
The 2018 league table of the world’s most international universities celebrates institutions that have an outstanding international reputation, in turn helping to attract the very highest calibre of staff and students. The University of Sheffield is ranked 42nd out of the 800 leading universities worldwide.
Categorised under: Awards
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ScHARR academic in largest ever study on impact of TB and HIV interventions
ScHARR academic Pete Dodd involved in largest ever whole-of-population study on the impact of TB and HIV interventions on the burden of TB in sub-Saharan African communities
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Outbreaks and Pandemics – WHO simulation event in Sheffield
“Outbreaks and Pandemics – Addressing The Next Crisis” - WHO simulation event to be held in Sheffield, April 2018
Categorised under: Public Health, Teaching and Research
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Professor Stephen Walters receives NIHR Senior Investigator Award
Professor of Medical Statistics and Clinical Trials, Stephen Walters has received a NIHR Senior Investigator Award. This award recognises only the top 200 most pre-eminent researchers and represents the country’s most outstanding leaders of patient and people-based research with within the NIHR Faculty.
Categorised under: Awards, Research and Design, Trials & Statistics
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More than 200 million medication errors occur in NHS per year
A new study has revealed an estimated 237 million medication errors occur in the NHS in England every year, and avoidable adverse drug reactions (ADRs) cause hundreds of deaths. Researchers from HEDS alongside colleagues from the Universities of York and Manchester report that an estimated 712 per year deaths result from avoidable ADRs. However, researchers say that ADRs could be a contributory factor to between 1,700 and 22,303 deaths a year.
Categorised under: Research and Health Economics and Decision Science
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ScHARR academics visit China
Julie Balen, Praveen Thokala & Kay Guccione from the University of Sheffield have visited Shanghai, China, to take part in a workshop
Categorised under: Health Education, Public Health and Health Economics and Decision Science
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ScHARR research into leukaemia survival rates and levels of deprivation
Adults with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia living in deprived areas of England have poorer survival rates, a new study has found. Professor Ravi Maheswaran from ScHARR and his team analysed anonymised NHS data on hospital admissions. The research, conducted by experts from the University of Sheffield, also found adult patients treated at hospitals which manage small numbers of leukaemia cases also have a significantly lower survival rate.
Categorised under: Research
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ScHARR contribution to international work on qualitative evidence synthesis
ScHARR has contributed to a series of papers published in Implementation Science which provides guidance on how to apply the GRADE-CERQual approach
Categorised under: Information Resources and Research
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Professor Eva Kaltenthaler accepts ScHARR's Athena SWAN Award
Earlier this month Professor Eva Kaltenthaler attended the Athena SWAN Awards to accept ScHARR's second Silver Award. The event was hosted at the University of Glasgow.
Categorised under: Equality and Diversity and Awards
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Two new free online courses from ScHARR
Our two FREE online courses will be running again in 2018, so if you want to study with the experts at ScHARR to learn how difficult decisions are made about which treatments to fund, and how we can measure the value these treatments bring to patients and society, enrol now! Our Measuring and Valuing Health course is starting in February 2018 and our Health Technology Assessment course is starting in March 2018.
Categorised under: Public Health and Teaching
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Breastfeeding rates research
ScHARR research shows that financial incentives may increase breastfeeding rates
Categorised under: Public Health and Research
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Recording of Reform strategies for the NHS: effective or cosmetic cladding? - Dr Jennifer Dixon CBE
Dr Jennifer Dixon gave the latest ScHARR Pemberton Lecture. We recorded Jennifer's talk: Reform strategies for the NHS: effective or cosmetic cladding?
Categorised under: Public Health
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New ScHARR research explains why we need to look beyond ambulance response times
What is good ambulance service care? Innovative new research explains from ScHARR why we need to look beyond response times
Categorised under: Research and Health Services Research
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Andy Tattersall named as a Jisc Social Media Superstar for 2017
Andy Tattersall has been named in Jisc's top ten HE Social Media Superstars of 2017. Andy was nominated for the award after his work creating ScHARR’s YouTube channel, Andy’s video series’ include ScHARR Bite Size series – which teaches the viewer “something new in 20 minutes”. His Research Hacks series contains 44 helpful videos, and the more recent Cite Hacks series features engaging illustrations and information on how to improve the reach of your research.
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Professor Simon Dixon Invited Lecture at the Annual Meeting of the China Health Policy and Technology Assessment (HPTA) Network
Professor Simon Dixon gave an invited lecture to the 2nd Annual Meeting of the China Health Policy and Technology Assessment (HPTA) Network on 6th November. He was invited by Mrs Wei Fu, Director of the China National Health Development Research Centre (CNHDRC).
Categorised under: Health Economics and Decision Science