Professor Alison Avenell
Clinical Chair in Health Services Research
- About
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Health Services Research Unit
3rd Floor Health Sciences Building
Foresterhill
Aberdeen
AB25 2ZDBiography
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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Are individual or group interventions more effective for long-term weight loss in adults with obesity?: A systematic review
Clinical ObesityContributions to Journals: ArticlesA systematic review of the evidence for non-surgical weight management for adults with severe obesity: what is cost effective and what are the implications for the design of health services?
Current Obesity ReportsContributions to Journals: ArticlesEffect of perindopril or leucine on physical performance in older people with sarcopenia: the LACE randomized controlled trial
Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 858-871Contributions to Journals: ArticlesConversations about financial hardship should not be off limits
BMJ (Clinical research ed.), vol. 376, o577Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o577
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EFFECT OF LEUCINE SUPPLEMENTATION ON PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE, MUSCLE MASS AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN OLDER PEOPLE WITH SARCOPENIA
Age and Ageing, vol. 51, no. S1, 667Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac036.667
EFFECT OF PERINDOPRIL ON PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE, MUSCLE MASS AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN OLDER PEOPLE WITH SARCOPENIA: RESULTS: FROM THE
Age and Ageing, vol. 51, no. S1, 666Contributions to Journals: Abstracts- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac036.666
A Systematic Review Examining Socioeconomic Factors in Trials of Interventions for Men that Report Weight as an Outcome
Obesity Reviews, e13436Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEffect of Perindopril or Leucine on physical performance in older people with sarcopenia: the LACE randomised controlled trial
Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and MuscleContributions to Journals: ArticlesThe effectiveness of weight-loss lifestyle interventions for improving fertility in women and men with overweight or obesity and infertility: A systematic review update of evidence from randomized controlled trials
Obesity Reviews, vol. 22, no. 12, e13325Contributions to Journals: Review articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/obr.13325
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Cost-effectiveness of bariatric surgery and non-surgical weight management programmes for adults with severe obesity: a decision analysis model
International Journal of Obesity, vol. 45, no. 10, pp. 2179-2190Contributions to Journals: Articles