News

News stories

Scientist working in drug screening lab

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.
A hand building a tower of blocks with medical images on them, with the words "Communicable Research Podcast"

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.

In vivo data

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.
A hand building a tower of blocks with medical images on them, with the words "Communicable Research Podcast"

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.
The School of Health and Related Research library.

New Publications from ScHARR for July 2021

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.
Communicable Research Podcast Graphic

ScHARR's Communicable Research Podcast, Episode 2

Dr Kelly Mackenzie - Sedentary behaviour in the workplace and public
Coronavirus Image

Sheffield researchers receive grant to help emergency Covid care in low income countries

University of Sheffield PRIEST Study team have been awarded funding to develop clinical risk-stratification tools to help prevent hospitals in low and middle income countries from becoming overwhelmed during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Grandparents and grandchildren with their backs to the camera, looking out at a harbour

ScHARR collaborate on a project to explore intergenerational practice and how it could be used in health and social care system to benefit children and young people

A team from The School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), has secured NIHR funding to explore intergenerational practice and how it could be used in our health and social care system to benefit children and young people.
Evaluating the trade-off between benefits and risks in treatment decisions

Evaluating the trade-off between benefits and risks in treatment decisions

Join us online for a monthly online masterclass by one of our health research experts based in The School of Health and Related Research