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HERU Newsletter - September 2019
The September 2019 HERU newsletter has been published. In the newsletter we reflect on our summer activity, including hosting our summer interns and visitors to the unit, and highlight several conference events that HERU staff and students attended. We also feature some recently funded research: The Chief Scientist Office (CSO) have...
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Welcome to HERU PhD student Huixuan Gao
Welcome to the latest HERU PhD student Huixuan Gao. Huixuan started her PhD in October and her topic of research is ‘The value and costs of unpaid care for older people in China'. She has been awarded an Elphinstone Scholarship to undertake the PhD, which will be supervised by Professor...
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HERU Blog - Vitamin K2 has no effect on reducing the risk of falls
The latest HERU Blog post highlights a recent study on the effectiveness of vitamin K2 on preventing falls in older people who are at risk of falling. Professor Paul McNamee of HERU was involved in the study which was funded by the Chief Scientist Office (CSO). The study found no...
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HERU welcomes new PhD student Mélanie Antunes
Welcome to new HERU PhD student Mélanie Antunes who started in HERU earlier in September. Mélanie is undertaking a PhD on 'Public and patient preferences for social prescribing’ under the Aberdeen – Curtin Alliance PhD Programme and previously worked in HERU as a Research Assistant.
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HERU Blog post - our 2019 Summer Interns
For the latest HERU Blog post we interviewed our three 2019 Summer Interns, Jeanne, Jennifer and Cameron, and asked them about their experience of being an intern in HERU.
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HERU Blog post on what matters to patients in persistent pain
The latest HERU Blog post looks at what support patients want for the self-management of persistent pain. The post discusses our research looking at the value of different aspects of person-centred care for people with long-term conditions. A Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE) was applied to identify which aspects of support...
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University video celebrating the Queen's Prize award
The University of Aberdeen have produced a short video celebrating the award of the Queen's Prize for Higher and Further Education in recognition of the research at HERU and at our 'sister' unit the Health Services Research Unit (HSRU). The success was also highlighted by Professor Siladitya Bhattacharya, the new...
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Latest HERU Blog post. HERU Explains...DCEs.
The latest HERU Blog post has been posted. In the Blog we introduce the first of our 'HERU Explains...' video series. We'll use the 'HERU Explains...' series to briefly introduce some of the economic tools and concepts we use in health economics. In the video, we explain how we use Discrete Choice Experiments (DCEs)...
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May issue of the HERU newsletter
The May issue of the HERU newsletter has been published. In the newsletter we feature the recent 7th Annual Research Symposium event, which this year focused on evidence for value in an era of realistic medicine, and highlight three new projects that address the realistic medicine agenda of the Scottish...
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Healthy eating research featured on latest HERU Blog post
The latest HERU Blog post is a short video we've produced on HERU research around healthy eating. The Blog post is timed to mark the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) Healthy Eating Week which runs from 10th to 14th June 2019. This is a dedicated week to encourage healthy eating and...