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Professor Alison Avenell
Professor Alison Avenell

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 2ZD

Biography

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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  • Procrastination and inconsistency: expressions of concern for publications with compromised integrity

    Grey, A., Avenell, A., Bolland, M. J.
    Accountability in Research
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Leucine and perindopril to improve physical performance in people over 70 years with sarcopenia: the LACE factorial RCT

    Witham, M. D., Adamson, S., Avenell, A., Band, M. M., Bashir, T., Donnan, P. T., George, J., Hapca, A., Hume, C., Kemp, P., McKenzie, E., Pilvinyte, K., Rossios, C., Smith, K., Struthers, A. D., Sumukadas, D.
    Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation, vol. 9, no. 8
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effectiveness 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

    Macaulay, L., O’Dolan, C., Avenell, A., Carroll, P., Cotton, S., Dombrowski, S., Elders, A., Goulao, B., Gray, C., Harris, F. M., Hunt, K., Kee, F., MacLennan, G., McDonald, M. D., McKinley, M., Skinner, R., Torrens, C., Tod, M., Turner, K., van der Pol, M., Hoddinott, P.
    Trials, vol. 23, no. 1, 582
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Are individual or group interventions more effective for long-term weight loss in adults with obesity?: A systematic review

    Street, S., Avenell, A.
    Clinical Obesity, vol. 12, no. 5, e12539
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Does weight management research for adults with severe obesity represent them? Analysis of systematic review data

    Robertson, C., Aceves-Martins, M., Cruickshank, M., Imamura, M., Avenell, A.
    BMJ Open, vol. 12, no. 5, e054459
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A randomized trial alerting authors, with or without co-authors or editors, that research they cited in systematic reviews and guidelines has been retracted

    Avenell, A.
    Accountability in Research
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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?

    Jacobsen, E., Avenell, A., Boyers, D.
    Current Obesity Reports
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effect of perindopril or leucine on physical performance in older people with sarcopenia: the LACE randomized controlled trial

    Achison, M., Adamson, S., Akpan, A., Aspray, T., Avenell, A., Band, M. M., Bashir, T., Burton, L. A., Cvoro, V., Donnan, P. T., Duncan, G. W., George, J., Gordon, A. L., Gregson, C. L., Hapca, A., Henderson, E., Hume, C., Jackson, T. A., Kemp, P., Kerr, S., Kilgour, A., Lyell, V., Masud, T., McKenzie, A., McKenzie, E., Patel, H., Pilvinyte, K., Roberts, H. C., Rossios, C., Sayer, A. A., Smith, K. T., Soiza, R. L., Steves, C. J., Struthers, A. D., Sumukadas, D., Tiwari, D., Whitney, J., Witham, M. D., LACE study group
    Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 858-871
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Conversations about financial hardship should not be off limits

    Douglas, F. C., Avenell, A., Mohamed, S.
    BMJ (Clinical research ed.), vol. 376, o577
    Contributions to Journals: Letters

  • EFFECT OF LEUCINE SUPPLEMENTATION ON PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE, MUSCLE MASS AND QUALITY OF LIFE IN OLDER PEOPLE WITH SARCOPENIA

    Witham, M. D., Adamson, S., Avenell, A., Band, M. M., Donnan, P. T., George, J., Hapca, A., Hume, C., Kemp, P., McKenzie, E., Pilvinyte, K., Smith, K., Struthers, A. D., Sumukadas, D., ,
    Age and Ageing, vol. 51, no. S1, 667
    Contributions to Journals: Abstracts
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