Professor Alison Avenell
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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What is the appropriate MHRA regulatory response to calcium's increased cardiovascular risk?
BMJ (Clinical research ed.), vol. 346, no. 7910, pp. 1-1Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f3413
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Systematic review and meta-analysis of the sero-epidemiological association between Epstein Barr virus and multiple sclerosis
PloS ONE, vol. 8, no. 4, e61110Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0061110
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/3605/1/Systematic_review.pdf
The role of ω-3 fatty acid supplemented parenteral nutrition in critical illness in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Critical Care Medicine, vol. 41, no. 1, pp. 307-316Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0b013e3182657578
Vitamin D with calcium reduces mortality: patient level pooled analysis of 70,528 patients from eight major vitamin D trials
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, vol. 97, no. 8, pp. 2670-2681Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2011-3328
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2847/1/Rejnmark_2012.pdf
Nutritional support for liver disease
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 5, CD008344Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD008344.pub2
Long-term follow-up for mortality and cancer in a randomized placebo-controlled trial of vitamin D3 and/or calcium (RECORD trial)
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, vol. 97, no. 2, pp. 614-622Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2011-1309
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2671/1/Avenell_2011.pdf
Identifying active ingredients in complex behavioural interventions for obese adults with obesity-related co-morbidities or additional risk factors for co-morbidities: a systematic review
Health Psychology Review, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 7-32Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2010.513298
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2808/1/Dombrowski_2010.pdf
Lightening the load?: A systematic review of weight management interventions in the community pharmacy setting
Obesity Reviews, vol. 12, no. 11, pp. 897-911Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-789X.2011.00913.x
Randomised controlled feasibility trial of an evidence-informed behavioural intervention for obese adults with additional risk factors
PloS ONE, vol. 6, no. 8, e23040Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0023040
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2187/1/Sniehotta_2011.pdf
Calcium, vitamin D, and risk: Authors' reply
BMJ, vol. 342, no. 7810, d3544Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.d3544
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Cardiovascular effects of calcium supplementation
Osteoporosis International, vol. 22, no. 6, pp. 1649-1658Contributions to Journals: Literature Reviews- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-011-1599-9
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2492/1/Reid_2011.pdf
Further use for the harvest plot: a novel method for quantitative and qualitative data synthesis
Research Synthesis Methods, vol. 2, no. 2, pp. 79-83Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jrsm.37
Calcium supplements with or without vitamin D and risk of cardiovascular events: reanalysis of the Women's Health Initiative limited access dataset and meta-analysis
British Medical Journal, vol. 342, no. -, d2040Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.d2040
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2060/1/Bolland_2011.pdf
Randomised trial of glutamine, selenium, or both, to supplement parenteral nutrition for critically ill patients
British Medical Journal, vol. 342, no. -, d1542Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.d1542
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2321/1/Andrews_2011.pdf
Evidence-based policy on dietary calcium and vitamin D
Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 452-454Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/jbmr.327
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2483/1/Reid_2011.pdf
A Qualitative Study Comparing Commercial and Health Service Weight Loss Groups, Classes and Clubs
Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 23-31Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-277X.2010.01110.x
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2278/1/Allan_2011.pdf
Group interventions to improve health outcomes: a framework for their design and delivery
BMC Public Health, vol. 10, 800Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-10-800
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2039/1/Hoddinott%25202010.pdf
Being underweight may reduce your ability to mobilise peripheral blood stem cells
Transfusion and Apheresis Science, vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 365-367Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.transci.2010.10.010
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Calcium and heart attacks: Authors' reply
BMJ (Online), vol. 341, no. 7773, pp. 569Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.c4998
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Effect of calcium supplements on risk of myocardial infarction and cardiovascular events: meta-analysis
British Medical Journal, vol. 341, no. -, c3691Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.c3691
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/756/1/Bolland%25202010.pdf
A case-control study of vitamin D status and asthma in adults
Allergy, vol. 65, no. 5, pp. 666-667Contributions to Journals: Editorials- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1398-9995.2009.02220.x
Interventions to achieve long-term weight loss in obese older people
Age and Ageing, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 176-184Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afp251
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/1401/1/Whitham%25202010.pdf
The fate of conference abstracts: systematic review and meta-analysis of surgical treatments for men with benign prostatic enlargement
World Journal of Urology, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 63-69Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-009-0500-3
Patient level pooled analysis of 68 500 patients from seven major vitamin D fracture trials in US and Europe
British Medical Journal, vol. 340, no. -, b5463Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.b5463
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/789/1/Abrahamsen%25202010.pdf
Factors Influencing the Participation of Older People in Clinical Trials: Data Analysis from the MAVIS Trial
Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 51-56Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12603-010-0009-x
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/2036/1/Fearn%25202010.pdf