Professor Alison Avenell
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Professor Alison Avenell
Clinical Chair in Health Services Research
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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.
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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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Distributions of baseline categorical variables were different from the expected distributions in randomized trials with integrity concerns
Journal of Clinical EpidemiologyContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclinepi.2022.12.018
Analysis of cluster randomised trials as if they were individually randomised
The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinologyContributions to Journals: Comments and Debates- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-8587(22)00363-1
Designing financial incentives for health behaviour change: a mixed-methods case study of weight loss in men with obesity
Journal of Public HealthContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10389-022-01785-1
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The effect of weight loss interventions for obesity on fertility and pregnancy outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
International Journal of Gynecology and ObstetricsContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ijgo.14597
A 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 Reports, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 356-385Contributions to Journals: ArticlesAre individual or group interventions more effective for long-term weight loss in adults with obesity?: A systematic review
Clinical Obesity, vol. 12, no. 5, e12539Contributions to Journals: ArticlesProcrastination and inconsistency: expressions of concern for publications with compromised integrity
Accountability in ResearchContributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/08989621.2022.2112572
Leucine and perindopril to improve physical performance in people over 70 years with sarcopenia: the LACE factorial RCT
Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation, vol. 9, no. 8Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEffectiveness and cost-effectiveness of text messages with or without endowment incentives for weight management in men with obesity (Game of Stones): study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
Trials, vol. 23, no. 1, 582Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA Systematic Review Examining Socioeconomic Factors in Trials of Interventions for Men that Report Weight as an Outcome
Obesity Reviews, vol. 23, no. 7, e13436Contributions to Journals: Articles