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New trial tests high-fibre route to reducing cancer treatment side effects in NHS patients
NHS cancer patients are being given extra fibre in a new study aimed at reducing the unpleasant side effects of radiotherapy and potentially increasing its effectiveness.
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Staff News - February 2025
Welcome to Will Meurer (University of Michigan) who will be with us for the next four months. Will is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and Neurology in Michigan, with research interests in the improvement of the acute care delivered for stroke patients in the emergency department, and also undertakes trials...
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Can AI ease the pressure in front line emergency care?
Alongside Queen Mary University of London, Barts Health NHS Trust, and London's Air Ambulance, The University of Aberdeen is looking at how AI can support clinical decision-making in emergency care.
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Lunch & Learn
Short fortnightly sessions for community members and non-academics running from January to June 2025. First session 1pm Wednesday 15 January. For more information email kathryn.martin@abdn.ac.uk.
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Celebrating 20 years of CHaRT: the Centre for Healthcare Randomised Trials
Remember, remember the 5th of November; this year it wasn’t for Guy Fawkes, but to celebrate 20 years of CHaRT: the Centre for Healthcare Randomised Trials! CHaRT staff celebrated the milestone event with a wonderful lunch buffet, a slice of birthday cake and a quiz. They also reminisced with photos of...
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ACE's Shaun Treweek is Top 10 for research impact
Congratulations to Professor Shaun Treweek who has been ranked 8th in the world for impact among researchers working in recruitment. Shaun’s work which looks at, among other things, medical trial methodology, inclusion, efficiency and retention, was found to be among the top 10 in the world by ScholarGPS based on...
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Dr Jennifer Riley selected as a speaker at TEDxAberdeen event
Huge congratulations to Research Fellow Dr Jennifer Riley who is one of 10 speakers selected from a pool of nearly 100 candidates for the always popular TEDxAberdeen event which focuses on the theme of 'identity'. Jennifer was a research fellow on the ESRC-funded Care in Funerals project along with ACE's Professor Vikki Entwistle. The event...
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ACE members preparing for ICTMC24!
A large group of ACE members are currently preparing to attend ICTMC24 next week. ICTMC is the leading international platform for researchers and practitioners to present the very latest in trials methodology. The meeting also offers valuable networking and training opportunities, with 900 delegates from 16 countries attending in 2022. The 2024...
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New smartphone skin cancer app could save lives
An AI-enabled smartphone app to help skin cancer patients is being developed by scientists at the University of Aberdeen, thanks to funding of £421,000 from Cancer Research UK.
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ACE team members take part in Doors Open Day 2024
Members of ACE were in the Institute of Medical Sciences last weekend taking part in Doors Open Day. They opened the doors to the clinical studies & evidence synthesis world that help doctors treat patients. The team facilitated activities such a counting pebbles (trial participants), naming studied body parts, picture revealing...