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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Assessment of nutritional status in hospital in-patients
QJM, vol. 95, no. 2, pp. 83-87Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/95.2.83
Glutamine supplementation in serious illness: a systematic review of the evidence
Critical Care Medicine, vol. 30, no. 9, pp. 2022-2029Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/00003246-200209000-00011
Protein and energy supplementation in elderly people at risk from malnutrition
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. Issue 3Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSearching the electronic literature - improving the quality of results
CPD Clinical Biochemistry, vol. 4, pp. 74-77Contributions to Journals: ArticlesLessons for search strategies from a systematic review, in The Cochrane Library, of nutritional supplementation trials in patients after hip fracture
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 73, no. 3, pp. 505-510Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMeasurement of abdominal fat by magnetic resonance imaging, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry and anthropometry in non-obese men and women
International Journal of Obesity, vol. 23, pp. 686-692Contributions to Journals: ArticlesComparisons between fat measurements by dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry, magnetic resonance imaging and underwater weighing
Applied Radiation and Isotopes, vol. 49, no. 5-6, pp. 457-459Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0969-8043(97)00053-5
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Weight loss with high and low carbohydrate 1200 heal diets in free living women
European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 51, no. 4, pp. 243-248Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ejcn.1600391
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A one-year trial to assess the value of orlistat in the management of obesity
International Journal of Obesity, vol. 21, no. SUPPL. 3, pp. S24-S30Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Waist circumference reduction and cardiovascular benefits during weight loss in women
International Journal of Obesity, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 127-134Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.ijo.0800377
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