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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The acceptability and feasibility of weight management programmes for adults with severe obesity: A qualitative systematic review
BMJ Open, vol. 9, no. 9, e029473Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBariatric surgery, lifestyle interventions and orlistat for severe obesity: the REBALANCE mixed-methods systematic review and economic evaluation
Health Technology Assessment, vol. 22, no. 68, pp. 1-286Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3310/hta22680
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/11603/2/Avenell_etal_HTA_Bariatric_Surgery_Lifestyle_VOR.pdf
- [ONLINE] Corrigendum
Enough data to draw conclusions about vitamin D and bone health
BMJ, vol. 363, k4755Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.k4755
Effects of vitamin D supplementation on musculoskeletal health: a systematic review, meta-analysis, and trial sequential analysis
The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology, vol. 6, no. 11, pp. 847-858Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAssessment of research waste part 1: an exemplar from examining study design, surrogate and clinical endpoints in studies of calcium intake and vitamin D supplementation
BMC Medical Research Methodology, vol. 18, no. 1, 103Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-018-0556-0
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/11320/1/s12874_018_0556_0.pdf
Assessment of research waste part 2: wrong study populations- an exemplar of baseline vitamin D status of participants in trials of vitamin D supplementation
BMC Medical Research Methodology, vol. 18, no. 1, 101Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-018-0555-1
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/11319/1/s12874_018_0555_1.pdf
Inaccurate retraction notice for meta-analysis by Iwamoto et al
Acta Neurologica Scandinavica, vol. 138, no. 3, pp. 263Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ane.12962
- [ONLINE] Link to document
Revised Meta-analysis of Vitamin K and Fractures
JAMA Internal Medicine, vol. 178, no. 8, pp. 1135Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.2853
A mixed-methods evaluation of a community pharmacy signposting service to a commercial weight-loss provider
Public Health Nutrition, vol. 21, no. 12, pp. 2311-2319Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA randomised investigation of journal responses to academic and journalist enquiry about possible scientific misconduct
BMC Research Notes, vol. 11, 521Contributions to Journals: Articles