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Staff News - October 2022
This month, we have a number of new PhD students joining the Unit. Welcome to Azar Alexandre-Sefre, Sophie Greenwood and Charlotte Kennedy! Azar is working with Heidi Gardner, Sophie with Beatriz Goulao and Charlotte with Rumana Newlands and colleagues in HERU.
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World Statistics Day 2022
As we celebrate World Statistics Day, Dr Thenmalar Vadiveloo from HSRU talks about her role as a statistician in a Covid Trial. Watch the video below.
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HSRU staff members head to ICTMC 2022 in Harrogate
Several members of HSRU are on their way to Harrogate to attend ICTMC 2022 (the 6th International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference). Please take a look at the graphic below to find out who is presenting and contributing at this years event. We hope to see you there.
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Remembering Professor Ian Russell
We were deeply saddened to hear of the death of one of our former colleagues, Professor Ian Russell. In 1987, Ian was appointed to the University of Aberdeen as the Founding Director of the Chief Scientist Office-funded Health Services Research Unit. During his time at the University he developed innovative methodology...
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Staff News - September 2022
We say hello to two new Assistant Trial Managers, Cally Urquhart and Uzumna Onyeakazi. Welcome to the Unit, Cally and Uzumna, we hope you’ll be very happy here! We also say hello this month to a new PhD student, Paul Kefford, with more new PhD students joining at the start of...
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Staff News - July 2022
Katie Banister leaves the Unit this month after many years as our PPIE Coordinator, a Trial Manager and Research Fellow. You’ll be a huge loss to the Unit Katie, but we hope you’ll keep in touch, and wish you every success in your future endeavours
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TISU trial team wins award for Best Scientific Paper on Clinical Research
The article Shockwave Lithotripsy Versus Ureteroscopic Treatment as Therapeutic Interventions for Stones of the Ureter (TISU): A Multicentre Randomised Controlled Non-Inferiority Trial has been selected as the Best Scientific Paper on Clinical Research published in European Urology in 2021. The award was presented during the EAU Annual Meeting in Amsterdam,...
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HSRU at the University of Aberdeen stand at NHS Scotland Event 2022
Several members of HSRU will be on hand at the NHS Scotland Event 2022 which this year is being held at the P&J Live arena in Aberdeen from 21-22 June 2022. Why not drop by and see us while you're there, you'll find us at Stand 57.
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TikToking for #ICTD22
This year the HSRU Public Engagement Group (PEG) joined TikTok to celebrate International Clinical Trials Day 2022! Ahead of the event, they shared a TikTok teaser video which had been seen over 2000 times on Twitter and 131 were reached via Instagram. @hsru_peg Welcome to #HSRU ♬ original sound - HSRU Public...
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Understanding experiences of pregnancy and care with two or more long term health conditions.
Having two or more health conditions is becoming increasingly common during pregnancy. This can make pregnancy, healthcare and managing medications more complicated. However, there is very little research exploring the experiences and care of these women. We want to address this gap, so that care and pathways can be improved...