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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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New Publications from ScHARR for November 2022

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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ScHARR's Communicable Research, Episode 16: The Past, Present and Future of Health Economics

In this special edition of the ScHARR Communicable Research Podcast, Andy Tattersall is joined by Professor John Brazier ahead of his forthcoming retirement from the University of Sheffield. 
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ScHARR Mini Master Class in Health Research - Making Trials More Inclusive

Katie Biggs, Assistant Director of Sheffield Clinical Trials Research Unit (CTRU) and an NIHR pre-doctoral fellow at the University, will present the key messages which guide researchers with questions to consider when designing research.

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"The Nightingale legacy: using data to improve public health from the time of the Crimea to the time of the coronavirus"

ScHARR 2023 Pemberton Lecture: The Nightingale Legacy

Professor Deborah Ashby, Director of the School of Public Health at Imperial College London, will be giving the 2023 Pemberton Lecture on "The Nightingale Legacy: using data to improve public health from the Crimean War to the coronavirus."

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Corridor medicine could help with ambulance handover delays

Professor Sue Mason speaks to the NHS 'Health on the Line' podcast about the changes needed to Urgent and Emergency Care ahead of NHS England’s review, including returning to ‘corridor medicine’ in Emergency Departments to reduce demand.

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