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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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  • Calcium and vitamin D for prevention of osteoporotic fractures

    Freyschuss, B., Ljunggren, O., Saaf, M., Mellstrom, D., Avenell, A.
    Lancet, vol. 370, no. 9605, pp. 2098-2099
    Contributions to Journals: Letters

  • Randomised trial of glutamine and selenium supplemented parenteral nutrition for critically ill patients: Protocol version 9, 19 February 2007 known as SIGNET (Scottish Intensive Care Glutamine or seleNium Evaluative Trial)

    Andrews, P. J. D., Avenell, A., Noble, D. W., Campbell, M. K., Battison, C. G., Croal, B. L., Simpson, W. G., Norrie, J. D., Vale, L. D., Cook, J., De Verteuil, R., Milne, A. C., Trials Management Group
    Trials, vol. 8, 25
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Vitamin D supplementation to prevent infections: a sub-study of a randomised placebo-controlled trial in older people (RECORD trial, ISRCTN 51647438)

    Avenell, A., Cook, J. A., MacLennan, G. S., MacPherson, G. C.
    Age and Ageing, vol. 36, no. 5, pp. 574-577
    Contributions to Journals: Letters

  • Response to Dr. Petrov [5]

    Koretz, R. L., Avenell, A., Lipman, T. O., Braunschweig, C. L., Milne, A. C.
    American journal of gastroenterology, vol. 102, no. 8, pp. 1829-1830
    Contributions to Journals: Letters

  • Is annual surveillance of all treated hypothyroid patients necessary?

    Viswanath, A. K., Avenell, A., Philip, S., Acharya, S. H., Maclennan, G., Dalziel, K., Pereira, O., Copland, S. A., Bevan, J. S., Abraham, P.
    BMC Endocrine Disorders, vol. 7, 4
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A cost-utility analysis of multivitamin and multimineral supplements in men and women aged 65 years and over

    Kilonzo, M. M., Vale, L. D., Cook, J. A., Milne, A. C., Stephen, A. I., Avenell, A., MAVIS Trial Group
    Clinical Nutrition, vol. 26, no. 3, pp. 364-370
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effect of multivitamin and multimineral supplementation on cognitive function in men and women aged 65 years and over: A randomised controlled trial

    McNeill, G., Avenell, A., Campbell, M. K., Cook, J. A., Hannaford, P. C., Kilonzo, M. M., Milne, A. C., Ramsay, C. R., Seymour, D. G., Stephen, A. I., Vale, L. D.
    Nutrition Journal, vol. 6, 10
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A lady with emerald green serum

    McNeilly, J. D., Avenell, A.
    CPD Bulletin Clinical Biochemistry, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 94
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Nutritional supplementation for hip fracture aftercare in older people

    Avenell, A., Handoll, H. H.
    Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 4, CD001880
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Meta-analysis: protein and energy supplementation in older people

    Milne, A. C., Avenell, A., Potter, J.
    Annals of Internal Medicine, vol. 144, pp. 37-48
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A systematic review of multivitamin and multimineral supplementation for infection

    Stephen, A. I., Avenell, A.
    Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics, vol. 19, pp. 179-190
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • ABC of obesity: Management: Part I—Behaviour change, diet, and activity

    Avenell, A., Sattar, N., Lean, M.
    BMJ, vol. 333, no. 7571, pp. 740-743
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Glutamine in critical care - current evidence from systematic reviews

    Avenell, A.
    Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, vol. 65, pp. 236-241
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Glutamine-containing parental nutrition: another piece in the jigsaw?

    Noble, D., Avenell, A.
    Critical Care Medicine, vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 893-894
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Improved food intake in older people

    Milne, A. C., Avenell, A., Potter, J.
    British Medical Journal, vol. 332, no. 7551, pp. 1165-1166
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Adherence to dietary advice in weight-reduction drug trials

    Brown, T. J., Avenell, A.
    Lancet, vol. 366, no. 9500, pp. 1847-1848
    Contributions to Journals: Letters

  • Effect of multivitamin and multimineral supplements on morbidity from infections in older people (MAVIS trial): pragmatic, randomised, double blind, placebo controlled trial

    Avenell, A., Campbell, M. K., Cook, J. A., Hannaford, P. C., Kilonzo, M. M., McNeill, G., Milne, A. C., Ramsay, C. R., Seymour, D. G., Stephen, A. I., Vale, L. D., Writing Group on the MAVIS trial
    British Medical Journal, vol. 331, no. 7512, pp. 324-329
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Oral vitamin D3 and calcium for secondary prevention of low-trauma fractures in elderly people (Randomised Evaluation of Calcium Or vitamin D, RECORD): a randomised placebo-controlled trial

    Grant, A. M., Anderson, F. H., Avenell, A., Campbell, M. K., Cooper, C., Donaldson, C., Francis, R., Gillespie, W. J., Robinson, C. M., Torgerson, D. J., Wallace, W. A., RECORD Trial Group
    The Lancet, vol. 365, no. 9471, pp. 1621-1628
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Long-term non-pharmacological weight loss interventions for adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus

    Norris, S. L., Zhang, X., Avenell, A., Gregg, E., Brown, T., Schmid, C. H., Lau, J.
    Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, vol. 2010, no. 1, CD004095
    Contributions to Journals: Review articles

  • Nutritional supplementation for hip fracture aftercare in older people

    Avenell, A., Handoll, H.
    Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 2, CD001880
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • A systematic review of drug therapy for Graves' hypertension

    Abraham, P., Avenell, A., Watson, W. A., Bevan, J. S.
    European Journal of Endocrinology, vol. 153, pp. 489-498
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Antithyroid drug regimen for treating Graves' hyperthyroidism

    Abraham, P., Avenell, A., Watson, W. A., Park, C. M., Bevan, J. S.
    Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, no. 2, CD003420
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effects of intentional weight loss in obese population with respect to all cause mortality: A Systematic review.

    Poobalan, A., Aucott, L., Smith, W. C., Avenell, A., Jung, R., Broom, J., Grant, A.
    14th European Congress on Obesity.
    Contributions to Conferences: Posters

  • Effects of weight loss in overweight/obese individual and long-term hypertension outcomes - A systematic review.

    Aucott, L. S., Poobalan, A. S., Smith, W. C. S., Avenell, A., Jung, R., Broom, J.
    Hypertension, vol. 45, pp. 1035-1041
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Long-term effectiveness of weight-loss interventions in adults with pre-diabetes: a review

    Norris, S. L., Zhang, X., Avenell, A., Gregg, E., Bowman, B., Schmidt, C., Lau, J.
    American Journal of Preventive Medicine, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 126-139
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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