Event Archive

2016

June

• HSRU Conference - 7th June 2016

  07 June 2016, 09:30 - 16:30

  Registration is now open for the HSRU Conference taking place on 7 June 2016 at King’s College Conference Centre.  The theme of the conference is “Hot topics in Health Services Research” which will include a celebration of the life and work of Professor Adrian Grant.  HSRU Conference Programme Confirmed speakers include:  Sir Iain...

May

• HSRU and CHaRT work highlighted at 37th Society for Clinical Trials Annual Conference

  15 - 18 May 2016

  Montreal, Quebec, Canada - May 15-18, 2016 2016 marks another successful year for HSRU and CHaRT's recognition and international standing in clinical trials. This year we will be organising and presenting an Invited Session (a panel of four talks) as well as individual oral and poster presentations.

February

• HSRU Methodology Workshop - Eye movements: A window into hidden expertise

  16 February 2016, 12:30 - 14:30

  Eye movements: A window into hidden expertise Matt Stainer and Ben Tatler, Active Vision Lab, University of Aberdeen and Ken Scott-Brown, Abertay University

January

• HSRU Methodology Workshop, Wednesday 20th January 2016

  20 January 2016, 12:30 - 15:00

  Sandwiches 12:30 for 12:45 workshop start - please register your place with Andrea Fraser (andrea.fraser@abdn.ac.uk) Work, family and wellbeing in a digital age: Experimenting with visual methods

2015

December

• HSRU methodology workshop: 'Brave new world? Mixed Methods Systematic Reviewing'

  01 December 2015, 12:30 - 14:00

  This workshop will involve interactive, group-based activities that focus on how teams work together to identify, process and synthesise both quantitative and qualitative evidence when undertaking a mixed methods systematic review. This workshop will be of interest to systematic reviewers and those who use systematic reviews. Previous experience of explicitly doing mixed...

June

• Methodology Workshop Series, Spring 2015: Shared decision making and the challenges of implementation

  03 June 2015, 13:15 - 14:30

  Shared decision-making is an approach that involves patients and their clinicians in working together to find the right care or treatment for an individual based on what is important to that patient, informed by relevant evidence. It is an important component of the wider field of person-centred care. Despite growing...

May

• Methodology Workshop Series, Spring 2015: Modelling decision making to make a difference

  13 May 2015, 12:30 - 14:00

  In the UK, policy decisions on the adoption of new treatments are informed by a cost-effectiveness analysis over a lifetime time horizon. However, evidence on relative treatment efficacy comes from randomised controlled trials (RCTs) that typically have a follow-up period of only a few years. Mean survival time is a...

April

• Methodology Workshop Series, Spring 2015: Using digital and innovative online methodologies

  21 April 2015, 12:45 - 14:00

  For further information, please contact Dr Heather Morgan, h.morgan@abdn.ac.uk or Pawana Sharma, p.sharma@abdn.ac.uk.

March

• Methodology Workshop Series, Spring 2015: Research applications and data management

  31 March 2015, 12:45 - 14:00

  For further information, please contact Dr Heather Morgan, h.morgan@abdn.ac.uk or Pawana Sharma, p.sharma@abdn.ac.uk.

• 3rd HIS Annual Symposium: Bringing Evidence Together

  26 March 2015

  Health Improvement Scotland (HIS), Health Services Research Unit (HSRU) and Health Economics Research Unit (HERU) are pleased to announce the 3rd HIS Annual Symposium:  Bringing Evidence Together.  This event will celebrate the launch of the HIS Evidence Directorate and the strategic alliance between HSRU, HERU and HIS. The event is scheduled...