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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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
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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: ArticlesCancer and vitamin D supplementation: a systematic review and meta-analysis
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 107, no. 4, pp. 652-663Contributions to Journals: ArticlesConcerns About the Integrity of Sato et al. Am J Med. 2005;118:1250-1255
American Journal of Medicine, vol. 131, no. 3, pp. e107-e108Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2017.10.009
Leucine and ACE inhibitors as therapies for sarcopenia (LACE trial): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Trials, vol. 19, 6Contributions to Journals: ArticlesNew debate: is it time for infertility weight loss programmes to be couple-based?
Human Reproduction, vol. 32, no. 12, pp. 2359-2365Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEffects of weight loss interventions for adults who are obese on mortality, cardiovascular disease and cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis
BMJ, vol. 359, j4849Contributions to Journals: ArticlesHow effective are weight-loss interventions for improving fertility in women and men who are overweight or obese?: A systematic review and meta-analysis of the evidence
Human Reproduction Update, vol. 23, no. 6, pp. 681-705Contributions to Journals: Articles