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Professor Alison Avenell

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Professor Alison Avenell
Professor Alison Avenell
Professor Alison Avenell

Clinical Chair in Health Services Research

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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.

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  • Biochemical osteomalacia in adults undergoing vitamin D testing in the North-East of Scotland

    Avenell, A., MacLeod, A., Bolland, M. J., Balfour, A., Grey, A., Newmark, J.
    Annals of Clinical Biochemistry
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Investigating Health Professionals’ Perspectives and Experiences of Food Security-Related Conversations in Diabetes Care

    Mohamed, S., Avenell, A., Keen, A., Douglas, F.
    Diabetic Medicine
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Laparoscopic cholecystectomy versus conservative management for uncomplicated symptomatic gallstones: economic evaluation based on the C-GALL trial

    Hernández, R. A., Ahmed, I., Edwards, K., Hudson, J., Gillies, K., Bruce, R., Bell, V., Avenell, A., Blazeby, J. M., Brazzelli, M., Cotton, S., Croal, B. L., MacLennan, G., Murchie, P., Ramsay, C.
    British Journal of Surgery
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A survey of experts to identify methods to detect problematic studies: Stage 1 of the INSPECT-SR Project

    Wilkinson, J., Heal, C., Antoniou, G. A., Flemyng, E., Avenell, A., Barbour, V., Bordewijk, E., Brown, N. J. L., Clarke, M., Dumville, J. C., Grohmann, S., Gurrin, L. C., Hayden, J. A., Hunter, K. E., Lam, E., Lasserson, T., Li, T., Lensen, S. F., Liu, J., Lundh, A., Meyerowitz-Katz, G., Mol, B. W., O’Connell, N. E., Parker, L., Redman, B., Seidler, A. L., Sheldrick, K. A., Sydenham, E., Dahly, D. L., van Wely, M., Bero, L., Kirkham, J.
    Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, vol. 175, 111512
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Barriers to investigating and reporting research misconduct: prioritising publication integrity

    Avenell, A., Klein, A. A., Byrne, J. A., Wilmshurst, P., Bolland, M. J., Grey, A.
    BMJ (Clinical research ed.), vol. 386, q2018
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Association of bradykinin receptor 2 (BDKRB2) variants with physical performance and muscle mass: findings from the LACE sarcopenia trial

    Shrestha, A., Bashir, T., Achison, M., Adamson, S., Akpan, A., Aspray, T. J., Avenell, A., Band, M. M., Burton, L. A., Cvoro, V., Donnan, P. T., Duncan, G. W., George, J., Gordon, A. L., Gregson, C. L., Hapca, A., Hume, C. L., Jackson, T. A., Kerr, S., Kilgour, A. H. M., Masud, T., McKenzie, A., McKenzie, E., Patel, H., Pilvinyte, K., Roberts, H. C., Sayer, A. A., Rossios, C., Smith, K. T., Soiza, R., Steves, C. J., Struthers, A. D., Tiwar, D., Whitney, J., Witham, M. D., Kemp, P. R.
    PloS ONE, vol. 19, no. 8, e0307268
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • How to improve assessments of publication integrity

    Grey, A., Avenell, A., Klein, A. A., Byrne, J. A., Wilmshurst, P., Bolland, M. J.
    Nature, vol. 632, no. 8023, pp. 26-28
    Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates

  • Text Messages With Financial Incentives for Men With Obesity: A Randomized Clinical Trial

    Hoddinott, P., O'Dolan, C., Macaulay, L., Dombrowski, S. U., Swingler, J., Cotton, S., Avenell, A., Getaneh, A. M., Gray, C., Hunt, K., Kee, F., MacLean, A., McKinley, M., Torrens, C., Turner, K., van der Pol, M., MacLennan, G.
    JAMA, vol. 332, no. 1, pp. 31-40
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Laparoscopic cholecystectomy versus conservative management for adults with uncomplicated symptomatic gallstones: the C-GALL RCT

    Innes, K., Ahmed, I., Hudson, J., Hernández, R. A., Gillies, K., Bruce, R., Bell, V., Avenell, A., Blazeby, J. M., Brazzelli, M., Cotton, S., Croal, B., Forrest, M., MacLennan, G., Murchie, P., Wileman, S., Ramsay, C.
    Health Technology Assessment, vol. 28, no. 26, pp. 1-151
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Statistical Techniques to Assess Publication Integrity in Groups of Randomised Trials: A Narrative Review

    Bolland, M. J., Avenell, A., Grey, A.
    Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, vol. 170, 111365
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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