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Professor Alison Avenell

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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  • Activin type I receptor polymorphisms and body composition in older individuals with sarcopenia – analyses from the LACE randomised controlled trial

    Bashir, T., Achison, M., Adamson, S., Akpan, A., Aspray, T. J., Avenell, A., 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., Kerr, S., Kilgour, A. H. M., Masud, T., McKenzie, A., McKenzie, E., Patel, H., Pilvinyte, K., Roberts, H. C., Rossios, C., Sayer, A. A., Smith, K. T., Soiza, R., Steves, C. J., Struthers, A. D., Tiwari, D., Whitney, J., Witham, M. D., Kemp, P. R.
    PloS ONE, vol. 18, no. 11 November, e0294330
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • ACE I/D genotype associates with strength in sarcopenic men but not with response to ACE inhibitor therapy in older adults with sarcopenia: Results from the LACE trial

    Rossios, C., Bashir, T., Adamson, S., 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., Smith, K. T., Soiza, R., Steves, C. J., Struthers, A. D., Tiwari, D., Whitney, J., Witham, M. D., Kemp, P. R.
    PloS ONE, vol. 18, no. 10, e0292402
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Protocol for the development of a tool (INSPECT-SR) to identify problematic randomised controlled trials in systematic reviews of health interventions

    Wilkinson, J., Heal, C., Antoniou, G. A., Flemyng, E., Alfirevic, Z., Avenell, A., Barbour, V., Brown, N. J. L., Carlisle, J., Clarke, M., Dicker, P., Dumville, J., Grey, A., Gurrin, L. C., Hayden, J. A., Heathers, J., Hunter, K. E., Lasserson, T., Lensen, S., Li, T., Li, W., Loder, E., Lundh, A., Meyerowitz-Katz, G., Mol, B. W., O' Connell, N. E., Parker, L., Redman, B. K., Seidler, A. L., Sheldrick, K. A., Sydenham, E., Torgerson, D. J., van Wely, M., Wang, R., Bero, L., Kirkham, J. J., Lam, E.
    Working Papers: Preprint Papers

  • Responses to concerns raised about publications don’t address the concerns raised

    Bolland, M. J., Avenell, A., Grey, A.
    British Journal of Pain, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 426-427
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The effect of weight loss interventions for obesity on fertility and pregnancy outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Boyle, B. R., Ablett, A. D., Ochi, C., Hudson, J., Watson, L., Rauh, D., Avenell, A.
    International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics, vol. 161, no. 2, pp. 335-342
    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 and Social Care Delivery Research
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Analysis of cluster randomised trials as if they were individually randomised

    Bolland, M. J., Avenell, A., Grey, A.
    The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinology, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 75
    Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates

  • Distributions of baseline categorical variables were different from the expected distributions in randomized trials with integrity concerns

    Bolland, M. J., Gamble, G. D., Avenell, A., Cooper, D. J., Grey, A.
    Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, vol. 154, pp. 117-124
    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., Boyers, D., Manson, P., Avenell, A.
    Current Obesity Reports, vol. 11, no. 4, pp. 356-385
    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
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