Clinical Chair in Health Services Research
- About
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- Email Address
- a.avenell@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 438164
- Office Address
Health Services Research Unit
3rd Floor Health Sciences Building
Foresterhill
Aberdeen
AB25 2ZD- School/Department
- School of Medicine, Medical Sciences and Nutrition
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.
- 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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Text messaging with or without financial incentives versus a waitlist control for weight loss in men: cost-effectiveness analysis of the Game of Stones randomised controlled trial
The Lancet Regional Health - Europe, vol. 54, 101328Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2025.101328
Secondary analysis of the Game of Stones trial for men with obesity: Examining moderator effects and exploratory outcomes
ObesityContributions to Journals: ArticlesThe effect of dietary weight-loss interventions on the inflammatory markers Interleukin-6 and TNF-alpha in adults with obesity: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled clinical trials
Obesity Reviews, vol. 26, no. 7, e13910Contributions to Journals: ArticlesInvestigating Health Professionals’ Perspectives and Experiences of Food Security-Related Conversations in Diabetes Care
Diabetic Medicine, vol. 42, no. 3, e15470Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBiochemical osteomalacia in adults undergoing vitamin D testing in the North-East of Scotland
Annals of Clinical BiochemistryContributions to Journals: ArticlesLaparoscopic cholecystectomy versus conservative management for uncomplicated symptomatic gallstones: economic evaluation based on the C-GALL trial
British Journal of Surgery, vol. 112, no. 1, znae293Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPublication integrity: what is it, why does it matter, how it is safeguarded and how could we do better?
Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, vol. 55, no. 2, pp. 267-286Contributions to Journals: Review articlesTen years later: assessments of the integrity of publications from one research group with multiple retractions
Accountability in Research, vol. 32, no. 4, pp. 488-508Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA survey of experts to identify methods to detect problematic studies: Stage 1 of the INSPECT-SR Project
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, vol. 175, 111512Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBarriers to investigating and reporting research misconduct: prioritising publication integrity
BMJ (Clinical research ed.), vol. 386, q2018Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.q2018
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