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Recent HERU promotions!
Many congratulations to HERU's Graham Scotland, Patrícia Norwood and Michael Abbott, who have all recently achieved promotion.
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HERU are partners in new Health Foundation REAL Research Unit
HERU's Dr Diane Skåtun is part of a team funded by the Health Foundation to form a new 'REAL Research Unit'. The new Unit is one of two funded by the Health Foundation and will receive up to £3.725m of funding over seven years. The team is led by the...
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Online short course in health economics
Our 'Online short course in health economics' starts on 23rd January 2023. This 14 week, online short course is for health professionals and other interested students who would like an introduction to the core concepts in health economics. No prior knowledge of economics is required. There are more details of the course...
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HERU Newsletter - December 2022
The December 2022 HERU newsletter has been issued. In the newsletter, we highlight our involvement in some exciting new research projects: A major new project, led by Aberdeen City Council and funded by NIHR, to understand and address health inequalities in the city of Aberdeen. The PATHWAY study looking at factors that...
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New Aberdeen Health Determinants Research Collaboration announcement
Researchers from HERU will be part of an exciting new Health Determinants Research Collaboration. Aberdeen City Council has been awarded funding of over £5 million by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to establish the Collaboration in partnership with NHS Grampian, the University of Aberdeen and Robert...
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We welcome Helena, Yitna and Panos to visit HERU
Following another successful 'Using Discrete Choice Experiments in Health Economics Course' in Aberdeen from 19-21 September, we were delighted that three of the participants stayed on in Aberdeen to spend time in HERU. Helena Moreira is visiting for three months between September and December. Helena is a pharmacist by training, studying...
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Inquiries welcome for external speakers on Stated Preference research
The HERU Stated Preference Group are re-establishing the Stated Preference Seminar Series. The monthly seminars will be open to anyone interested in stated preference methods and will be available to attend in-person or online. HERU staff and PhD students will be involved in presenting the seminars and we also hope to...
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August 2022 HERU Newsletter
The August 2022 HERU newsletter has been published. We highlight the results of the REF2021 research assessment exercise, where our research impact and publication outputs were deemed 'world leading'. We also feature some new projects including: Two projects on diet choices in Scotland, funded by the Scottish Government RESAS programme. Research into...
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REF2021 results
Once again we were delighted to be recognised for our world-leading research by the Research Excellence Framework (REF). HERU contributed to the University of Aberdeen's UoA2 (Public Health, Health Services and Primary Care Unit of Assessment) submission, with 95% of our activity being rated as internationally-excellent or world-leading. This placed us 8th...
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Welcome to Karen Arulsamy
Welcome to new staff member Karen Arulsamy who joined us in July. Karen will work as a Research Fellow on a Scottish Government Rural and Environment Science and Analytical Services Division project examining how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed diets in Scotland and whether there have been marked impacts on...