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Most staff at HSRU have opted for hybrid working. Staff can be contacted via email, and a contact list is available here. |
The Health Services Research Unit (HSRU) promotes excellence in health services research. Most research projects aim to find out whether developments within health services really are effective, efficient and appropriate. There are approximately 80 members of staff, working together cohesively, with everyone’s contribution valued. The atmosphere is friendly, informal and efficient.
The Unit has established an internationally recognised portfolio of health services research focusing on two main programmes (described below). Programmes of knowledge synthesis and methodological research underpin the substantive research. The research is marked by being multidisciplinary and collaborative, involving a range of national and international partners. In 2017 the Unit (jointly with the University’s Health Economics Research Unit) won the Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Further and Higher Education, the highest national honour available for a UK university in recognition of our world-leading research into health services.
Staff from HSRU made a major contribution to the University’s submission to the Unit of Assessment 2 (Public Health, Health Services and Primary Care) in the 2021 Research Excellence Framework. REF 2021 confirmed that we are top for Public Health, Health Services and Primary Care research in Scotland and over 92% of our submitted work was rated as “internationally excellent” or “world leading”.
We also co-host:
- Centre for Healthcare Randomised Trials (CHaRT)
- NIHR HTA Technology Assessment Review (TARs) team
- The Aberdeen Belfast Evidence Collaboration (ABEC)
