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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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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Nutritional supplementation for hip fracture aftercare in older people
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 2, CD001880Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD001880.pub3
A systematic review of drug therapy for Graves' hypertension
European Journal of Endocrinology, vol. 153, pp. 489-498Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1530/eje.1.01993
Antithyroid drug regimen for treating Graves' hyperthyroidism
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 2, CD003420Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD003420.pub3
Effects of intentional weight loss in obese population with respect to all cause mortality: A Systematic review.
14th European Congress on Obesity.Contributions to Conferences: PostersEffects of weight loss in overweight/obese individual and long-term hypertension outcomes - A systematic review.
Hypertension, vol. 45, pp. 1035-1041Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1161/01.HYP.0000165680.59733.d4