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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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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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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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The University of Sheffield launches Evidence Synthesis group for NIHR Sheffield (EnSygN Sheffield)

EnSygN Sheffield is a new evidence synthesis centre which will produce on-demand reviews for the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).

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Professor Cindy Cooper: Using randomised controlled trials to help people with dementia and children with phobias

In this episode of the ScHARR Communicable Research podcast, Andy Tattersall is joined by Professor Cindy Cooper to discuss the challenges of running randomised controlled trials in studies relating to children and dementia sufferers.
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ScHARR Inaugural Lecture - "Evidence-Based Medicine: My Part In Its Downfall"

Professor Andrew Booth's inaugural lecture will provide a personalised rapid tour of almost 30 years of health services research and knowledge translation, focusing on key milestones and publications along the way.

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New Publications from ScHARR for April 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.