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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Effects of weight loss in overweight/obese individuals and long-term lipid outcomes: a systematic review
Obesity Reviews, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 43-50Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-789X.2004.00127.x
Nutritional supplementation for hip fracture aftercare in the elderly
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 1, CD001880Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD001880.pub2
Antithyroid drug regimen for treating Grave's hyperthyroidism
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 2Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD003420.pub2
Efficacy of pharmacotherapy for weight loss for adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a meta-analysis
Archives of Internal Medicine, vol. 164, no. 13, pp. 1395-1404Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/archinte.164.13.1395
Obesity - a review of current treatments
Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh, vol. 34, pp. 181-183Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSelenium supplementation for critically ill adults.
Cochrane database of systematic reviews (Online), no. 4, pp. CD003703Contributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
The Long-Term Effectiveness of Lifestyle and Behavioural Weight Loss Interventions in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: A Meta-Analysis
American Journal of Medicine, vol. 117, pp. 762-774Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.05.024
The effects of an open design on trial participant recruitment, compliance and retention - a randomised controlled trial comparison with a blinded, placebo-controlled design
Clinical Trials, vol. 1, no. 6, pp. 490-498Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1191/1740774504cn053oa
The role of the laboratory in the assessment of the hypertensive patient
CPD Bulletin Clinical Biochemistry, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 89-92Contributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
The short-term benefits of weight reduction on blood pressure are not sustained: Evidence from studies with long-term follow-up.
13th European Congress on ObesityContributions to Conferences: Posters