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Trial teams need to do everything possible to make their trial relevant to the people for whom the results are intended to apply (often patients) and those expected to apply them (often healthcare professionals). In 2017 the UK’s National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) launched the INCLUDE initiative which...

In December 2022, HSRU’s Public Engagement Group (PEG) sent out a Christmas clinical trial activity to one of the local schools in Stonehaven. In the activity pack they included an information leaflet, giving an overview of what clinical trials are and why they are so important, and an activity sheet...

Arising from the CSO funded study led by University of Stirling on Long COVID, which HSRU's Professor Louise Locock was Co-Investigator, a new healthtalk site on experiences of Long COVID has been published. The study is one of four healthtalk.org studies on COVID in the UK and the website offers practical...

Joining the Unit this month is Sarah Prowse who will be working with Shaun Treweek and Miriam Brazzelli as a Research Fellow on an NHS Grampian funded project on inequalities and cancer screening. Welcome to HSRU Sarah.

A senior scientist with the University of Aberdeen has been awarded a significant fellowship from the Medical Research Council (MRC) to explore how to maximise the potential for behavioural science to improve how clinical trials are run.

This month, we say a fond goodbye to Louisa Lawrie, Andrew Maclaren and Carrie Stewart. Thankfully, they are all staying within the University so we hope to be able to collaborate with all of them in the future. Good luck in your new roles, and we hope you’ll stay in...

This month, we have a number of new PhD students joining the Unit. Welcome to Azar Alexandre-Sefre, Sophie Greenwood and Charlotte Kennedy! Azar is working with Heidi Gardner, Sophie with Beatriz Goulao and Charlotte with Rumana Newlands and colleagues in HERU.

As we celebrate World Statistics Day, Dr Thenmalar Vadiveloo from HSRU talks about her role as a statistician in a Covid Trial. Watch the video below.

Several members of HSRU are on their way to Harrogate to attend ICTMC 2022 (the 6th International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference). Please take a look at the graphic below to find out who is presenting and contributing at this years event. We hope to see you there.

We were deeply saddened to hear of the death of one of our former colleagues, Professor Ian Russell. In 1987, Ian was appointed to the University of Aberdeen as the Founding Director of the Chief Scientist Office-funded Health Services Research Unit. During his time at the University he developed innovative methodology...