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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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How to Understand Statistics in Research

There are still places available for this online course in May, which to provide participants with an introduction to applied statistics from a beginner level. The course will be interactive and practical, based on lectures and written exercises.
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Embedding Public and Community Engagement in Decision-Making

In the first video edition of the Communicable Research Podcast, Andy Tattersall speaks to his NIHR funded Knowledge for Public Health (KNOW-PH) mobilisation colleagues.
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New toolkit launched to help patients with inflammatory bowel disease

A toolkit to support people living with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) to communicate confidently with healthcare professionals has been launched in Sheffield, in partnership with the Clinical Trials Research Unit.

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New publications from ScHARR for May 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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Junk food advertising and obesity

In the latest episode of the ScHARR Communicable Research Podcast, Andy Tattersall is joined by Dr Penny Breeze and Fran Bernhardt to explore the topic of junk food advertisements.
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ScHARR Inaugural Lecture - "Future disasters and pandemics: Are we ready for them?"

Professor Andrew Lee’s inaugural lecture will reflect on his experience working in disaster zones, the COVID-19 pandemic and internationally in health security, and the links with research into disaster and emergency management.

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ScHARR Masterclass #28: A Walk in the PaRC?

Professor Elizabeth Goyder reflects on the opportunities and threats to both doing public health research and getting research into practice, at a time when the challenges facing public health at every level have never been greater.

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