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Welcome to Michael and Charlotte
Welcome to Michael Abbott and Charlotte Kennedy who have both recently started work in HERU as Research Assistants. Michael was a previous HERU summer intern and has recently completed an MSc in Health Economics from the University of York. He is interested in the measurement and valuation of health outcomes and...
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Latest HERU Blog post - cost-benefit analysis in dentistry
The latest HERU Blog post looks at cost-benefit analysis in dentistry. Dwayne Boyers of HERU looks at how HERU's expertise in valuation can be combined with economic evaluation techniques to explore the value for money of dental treatments. The post discusses the particular difficulties in assessing the value for money...
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New online short course in health economics - starts January 2020.
Learn about the key concepts in health economics with our new online short course. The course is for health professionals and other interested students who would like an introduction to the core concepts in health economics. No prior knowledge of economics is required. Health economics applies economic thinking to the analysis of...
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HERU Newsletter - September 2019
The September 2019 HERU newsletter has been published. In the newsletter we reflect on our summer activity, including hosting our summer interns and visitors to the unit, and highlight several conference events that HERU staff and students attended. We also feature some recently funded research: The Chief Scientist Office (CSO) have...
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Welcome to HERU PhD student Huixuan Gao
Welcome to the latest HERU PhD student Huixuan Gao. Huixuan started her PhD in October and her topic of research is ‘The value and costs of unpaid care for older people in China'. She has been awarded an Elphinstone Scholarship to undertake the PhD, which will be supervised by Professor...
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HERU Blog - Vitamin K2 has no effect on reducing the risk of falls
The latest HERU Blog post highlights a recent study on the effectiveness of vitamin K2 on preventing falls in older people who are at risk of falling. Professor Paul McNamee of HERU was involved in the study which was funded by the Chief Scientist Office (CSO). The study found no...
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HERU welcomes new PhD student Mélanie Antunes
Welcome to new HERU PhD student Mélanie Antunes who started in HERU earlier in September. Mélanie is undertaking a PhD on 'Public and patient preferences for social prescribing’ under the Aberdeen – Curtin Alliance PhD Programme and previously worked in HERU as a Research Assistant.
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HERU Blog post - our 2019 Summer Interns
For the latest HERU Blog post we interviewed our three 2019 Summer Interns, Jeanne, Jennifer and Cameron, and asked them about their experience of being an intern in HERU.
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HERU Blog post on what matters to patients in persistent pain
The latest HERU Blog post looks at what support patients want for the self-management of persistent pain. The post discusses our research looking at the value of different aspects of person-centred care for people with long-term conditions. A Discrete Choice Experiment (DCE) was applied to identify which aspects of support...
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University video celebrating the Queen's Prize award
The University of Aberdeen have produced a short video celebrating the award of the Queen's Prize for Higher and Further Education in recognition of the research at HERU and at our 'sister' unit the Health Services Research Unit (HSRU). The success was also highlighted by Professor Siladitya Bhattacharya, the new...