Clinical Chair in Health Services Research
- About
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- Email Address
- a.avenell@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 438164
- Office Address
Health Services Research Unit
3rd Floor Health Sciences Building
Foresterhill
Aberdeen
AB25 2ZD- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
Biography
Alison Avenell joined the Unit in 1998, as a Clinical Research Fellow. She was subsequently funded by the Chief Scientist Office (CSO) of the Scottish Government Health Directorates as a Clinical Research Fellow to undertake research in the MRC funded RECORD trial, which examined the effect of calcium and/or vitamin D supplementation in the secondary prevention of osteoporotic fractures. She also led the MAVIS trial which examined the effectiveness of vitamin and mineral supplementation in preventing infections in older people, and helped lead the SIGNET trial of glutamine and selenium supplementation in critical illness. She was a CSO funded Career Scientist and currently has a clinical chair in health services research and is an Honorary Consultant in Clinical Biochemistry, undertaking systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials of treatments for adult obesity, and under-nutrition in clinical practice.
- Research
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Current Research
Current projects
- Evaluating the behavioural intervention, organisational and health economic evidence base for adult obesity management
- REBALANCE
- Systematic reviews of selected nutritional supplementation interventions
Completed projects
- Publications
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Symposium 4: Hot topics in parenteral nutrition Current evidence and ongoing trials on the use of glutamine in critically-ill patients and patients undergoing surgery
Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, vol. 68, no. 3, pp. 261-268Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0029665109001372
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/752/1/Avenell%25202009.pdf
A case of apples and pears?
Blood, vol. 113, no. 24, pp. 6259-6260Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1182/blood-2009-03-211169
Vitamin D and vitamin D analogues for preventing fractures associated with involutional and post-menopausal osteoporosis
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 2, CD000227Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD000227.pub3
A Systematic Review of the Effectiveness of Group versus Individual Treatments for Adult Obesity
Obesity Facts, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 17-24Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1159/000186144
Protein and energy supplementation in elderly people at risk from malnutrition
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 2, CD003288Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD003288.pub3
Radioiodine therapy (RAI) for Graves' disease (GD) and the effect on ophthalmopathy: a systematic review
Clinical Endocrinology, vol. 69, no. 6, pp. 943-950Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2008.03279.x
Calcium and vitamin D for prevention of osteoporotic fractures
Lancet, vol. 370, no. 9605, pp. 2098-2099Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61896-0
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Randomised trial of glutamine and selenium supplemented parenteral nutrition for critically ill patients: Protocol version 9, 19 February 2007 known as SIGNET (Scottish Intensive Care Glutamine or seleNium Evaluative Trial)
Trials, vol. 8, 25Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/handle/2164/175
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-8-25
Vitamin D supplementation to prevent infections: a sub-study of a randomised placebo-controlled trial in older people (RECORD trial, ISRCTN 51647438)
Age and Ageing, vol. 36, no. 5, pp. 574-577Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afm091
Response to Dr. Petrov [5]
American journal of gastroenterology, vol. 102, no. 8, pp. 1829-1830Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Is annual surveillance of all treated hypothyroid patients necessary?
BMC Endocrine Disorders, vol. 7, 4Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6823-7-4
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/3692/1/Is_annual.pdf
A cost-utility analysis of multivitamin and multimineral supplements in men and women aged 65 years and over
Clinical Nutrition, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 364-370Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://hdl.handle.net/2164/151
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2006.11.002
Effect of multivitamin and multimineral supplementation on cognitive function in men and women aged 65 years and over: A randomised controlled trial
Nutrition Journal, vol. 6, 10Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/handle/2164/150
- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1475-2891-6-10
A lady with emerald green serum
CPD Bulletin Clinical Biochemistry, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 94Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Nutritional supplementation for hip fracture aftercare in older people
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 4, CD001880Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD001880.pub4
Meta-analysis: protein and energy supplementation in older people
Annals of Internal Medicine, vol. 144, pp. 37-48Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-144-1-200601030-00008
A systematic review of multivitamin and multimineral supplementation for infection
Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, vol. 19, pp. 179-190Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-277X.2006.00694.x
ABC of obesity: Management: Part I—Behaviour change, diet, and activity
BMJ, vol. 333, no. 7571, pp. 740-743Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.333.7571.740
Glutamine in critical care - current evidence from systematic reviews
Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, vol. 65, pp. 236-241Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1079/PNS2006498
Glutamine-containing parental nutrition: another piece in the jigsaw?
Critical Care Medicine, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 893-894Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.CCM.0000202131.09279.FC
Improved food intake in older people
British Medical Journal, vol. 332, no. 7551, pp. 1165-1166Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.332.7551.1165
Adherence to dietary advice in weight-reduction drug trials
Lancet, vol. 366, no. 9500, pp. 1847-1848Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(05)67752-5
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Effect of multivitamin and multimineral supplements on morbidity from infections in older people (MAVIS trial): pragmatic, randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial
British Medical Journal, vol. 331, no. 7512, pp. 324-329Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.331.7512.324
Oral vitamin D3 and calcium for secondary prevention of low-trauma fractures in elderly people (Randomised Evaluation of Calcium Or vitamin D, RECORD): a randomised placebo-controlled trial
The Lancet, vol. 365, no. 9471, pp. 1621-1628Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(05)63013-9
Long-term non-pharmacological weight loss interventions for adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 2010, no. 1, CD004095Contributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD004095.pub2
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