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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 online courses this Spring

New online courses this Spring on STATA, Research Synthesis, Social Media for Research Communication, and Developing Complex Interventions to Improve Health
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ScHARR students win awards for academic excellence and achievement

Congratulations to our students on winning the Enderby, Akehurst and Hutchinson Awards.
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ScHARR Mini Master Class in Health Research - Doing Research with People with Learning Disabilities

People with learning disabilities have poorer health and shorter life expectancy, differences that are, to some degree, avoidable.
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Congratulations to Professor Adewale Adebajo honoured in the prestigious 2021 New Year Honours List

Current and former colleagues from our University community have been honoured by Her Majesty The Queen in the 2021 New Year Honours List.
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Short Courses 2020-2022: Online and Face-to-Face

We are changing some of our courses to an online format. Details of online courses will be advertised widely as they become available, please keep an eye out for regular updates!