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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Behavioural Interventions for Obese Adults with Additional Risk Factors for Morbidity: Systematic Review of Effects on Behaviour, Weight and Disease Risk Factors
Obesity Facts, vol. 3, no. 6, pp. 377-396Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1159/000323076
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/1228/1/Dombrowski%25202010.pdf
Systematic review of long-term lifestyle interventions to prevent weight gain and morbidity in adults
Obesity Reviews, vol. 10, no. 6, pp. 627-638Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-789X.2009.00641.x
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/781/1/Brown%25202009.pdf
Systematic review and meta-analyses of studies of glutamine supplementation in haematopoietic stem cell transplantation
Bone Marrow Transplantation, vol. 44, no. 7, pp. 413-425Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/bmt.2009.41
Vitamin D supplementation and type 2 diabetes: a substudy of a randomised placebo-controlled trial in older people (RECORD trial, ISRCTN 51647438)
Age and Ageing, vol. 38, no. 5, pp. 606-609Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afp109
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