Event Archive

"A Trial at Sea" activity to feature at the University's May Festival

HSRU's Public Engagement Group will again be heading to the University of Aberdeen's May Festival on 21 and 22 May 2019. The group will be putting on an activity called "A Trial at Sea! How to find out which medicines work best". They will re-enact James Lind's first clinical trial with...

Society for Clinical Trials 40th Annual Meeting 2019 - New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Professor Shaun Treweek to speak at the Satellite meeting for the European Congress on Obesity - Saturday, April 27th 2019

The University of Dundee will be hosting a one day meeting on Saturday 27th April on behalf of the NIHR collaboration on cancer and nutrition with support from The World Cancer Research Fund, the Association for the Study of Obesity and The Scottish Cancer Prevention Network. The aim of the meeting is to consider current...

Friends of Aberdeen University Library AGM, followed at 6.30pm by a talk: Testing Times

New health treatments and medicines are "scientifically proven using tests", but this is not new, in fact it is ancient.

7th Annual Research Symposium in Edinburgh on 25 April 2019

HSRU is jointly hosting a symposium with our partners at Healthcare Improvement Scotland and the Health Economics Research Unit at the University of Aberdeen, and the Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professions Research Unit at the Chief Scientist Office. Programme includes: Stirling Bryan, Scientific Director, BC SUPPORT Unit, Canada Richard Norris, Honorary Fellow,...

7th Annual Research Symposium in Edinburgh on 25 April 2019

Evidence for Value in an era of realistic medicine Thursday 25 April 2019, 10am to 4pm Programme highlights: Stirling Bryan, Scientific Director, BC SUPPORT Unit, Canada Richard Norris, Honorary Fellow, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh Irene Oldfather, Programme Director, Health and Social Care Alliance Scotland Shaun Treweek, Chair in Health Services Research,...

Methodological Workshop: "Dissemination - what should researchers do?"

We would like to invite you to take part in an HSRU methodology workshop entitled “Dissemination – what should researchers do?” facilitated by Paul Wilson from the University of Manchester. This is the second of three HSRU methodology workshops dedicated to the dissemination of research results to different stakeholders. The workshop will...

Professor Louise Locock will present her interesting research about patient and public involvement on 13 March 2019

Abstract of the presentation: ‘About 60% of me wants it to happen’. Health researchers talk about their experiences of patient and public involvement. I will present findings from a qualitative interview study with 36 health researchers and research managers talking about their experiences of patient and public involvement; their attitudes...

PIRRIST project workshop/seminar

We are pleased to let you know that Joanna Crocker, a Research Fellow in Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) from the University of Oxford will be in Aberdeen on Tuesday 19 February. Joanna will be running a 90-minute workshop style seminar starting at 11.00am in Level 2 Seminar Room at...

Methodological Workshop: Creative Approaches to Communicating with the Public

We would like to invite you to take part in an HSRU methodology workshop about communicating research results to the public facilitated by Delia Muir from the University of Leeds. This is the first HSRU methodology workshop of 2019 and it will 1 of 3 dedicated to dissemination of research...