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Professor Alison Avenell

Professor Alison Avenell
Professor Alison Avenell
Professor Alison Avenell

Clinical Chair in Health Services Research

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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.

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  • A survey of experts to identify methods to detect problematic studies: Stage 1 of the INSPECT-SR Project

    Wilkinson, J., Heal, C., Antoniou, G. A., Flemyng, E., Avenell, A., Barbour, V., Bordewijk, E. M., Brown, N. J. L., Clarke, M., Dumville, J., Grohmann, S., Gurrin, L. C., Hayden, J. A., Hunter, K. E., Lam, E., Lasserson, T., Li, T., Lensen, S., Liu, J., Lundh, A., Meyerowitz-Katz, G., Mol, B. W., O'Connell, N. E., Parker, L., Redman, B., Seidler, A. L., Sheldrick, K., Sydenham, E., Dahly, D. L., van Wely, M., Bero, L., Kirkham, J. J.
    Working Papers: Preprint Papers

  • Publication integrity: what is it, why does it matter, how it is safeguarded and how could we do better?

    Bolland, M. J., Avenell, A., Grey, A.
    Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles

  • Letter to the editor concerning "characteristics of baseline frequency data in spinal RCTs do not suggest widespread non-random allocation" by MMS Levayer, et al. (Eur Spine J; 2023; 32: 3009-3014)

    Bolland, M. J., Avenell, A., Grey, A.
    European Spine Journal, vol. 33, no. 4, pp. 1703-1704
    Contributions to Journals: Letters

  • Protocol for the development of a tool (INSPECT-SR) to identify problematic randomised controlled trials in systematic reviews of health interventions

    Wilkinson, J., Heal, C., Antoniou, G. A., Flemyng, E., Alfirevic, Z., Avenell, A., Barbour, V., Brown, N. J. L., Carlisle, J., Clarke, M., Dicker, P., Dumville, J., Grey, A., Grohmann, S., Gurrin, L. C., Hayden, J. A., Heathers, J., Hunter, K. E., Lasserson, T., Lam, E., Lensen, S., Li, T., Li, W., Loder, E., Lundh, A., Meyerowitz-Katz, G., Mol, B. W., O’Connell, N. E., Parker, L., Redman, B. K., Seidler, A. L., Sheldrick, K. A., Sydenham, E., Torgerson, D. J., Wely, M. v., Wang, R., Bero, L., Kirkham, J. J.
    BMJ Open
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A randomized trial alerting authors, with or without co-authors or editors, that research they cited in systematic reviews and guidelines has been retracted

    Avenell, A., Bolland, M. J., Gamble, G. D., Grey, A.
    Accountability in Research, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 14-37
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Designing financial incentives for health behaviour change: a mixed-methods case study of weight loss in men with obesity

    van der Pol, M., Mcdonald, M., Collacott, H. E., Dombrowski, S., Harris, F., Kee, F., Avenell, A., Gray, C., Skinner, R., Hoddinott, P.
    Journal of Public Health, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 65-77
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Ten years later: assessments of the integrity of publications from one research group with multiple retractions

    Grey, A., Bolland, M. J., Avenell, A.
    Accountability in Research
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effectiveness of conservative management versus laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the prevention of recurrent symptoms and complications in adults with uncomplicated symptomatic gallstone disease (C-GALL trial): pragmatic, multicentre randomised controlled trial

    Ahmed, I., Hudson, J., Innes, K., Hernández, R., Gillies, K., Bruce, R., Bell, V., Avenell, A., Blazeby, J., Brazzelli, M., Cotton, S., Croal, B., Forrest, M., MacLennan, G., Murchie, P., Wileman, S., Ramsay, C.
    BMJ, vol. 383, e075383
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Letter to the editor: Validity of tests for publication integrity

    Bolland, M. J., Avenell, A., Grey, A.
    International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, vol. 163, no. 3, pp. 1043-1044
    Contributions to Journals: Letters

  • Activin type I receptor polymorphisms and body composition in older individuals with sarcopenia – analyses from the LACE randomised controlled trial

    Bashir, T., Achison, M., Adamson, S., Akpan, A., Aspray, T. J., Avenell, A., Burton, L. A., Cvoro, V., Donnan, P. T., Duncan, G. W., George, J., Gordon, A. L., Gregson, C. L., Hapca, A., Hume, C. L., Jackson, T., Kerr, S., Kilgour, A. H. M., Masud, T., McKenzie, A., McKenzie, E., Patel, H., Pilvinyte, K., Roberts, H. C., Rossios, C., Sayer, A. A., Smith, K. T., Soiza, R., Steves, C. J., Struthers, A. D., Tiwari, D., Whitney, J., Witham, M. D., Kemp, P. R.
    PloS ONE, vol. 18, no. 11 November, e0294330
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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