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HSRU & ACHDS are building a Brazil-Scotland artificial intelligence (AI) partnership
In November 2018 we shared the news of HSRU’s Magdalena Rzewuska's (@RzewuskaM) visit to the University of São Paulo’s campus in Ribeirão Preto. On a related note, at the end of July 2019, the HSRU & Aberdeen Centre for Health Data Science (ACHDS) jointly hosted a four-day visit of four...
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Trial Forge's ORINOCO project showcased at EBMLive conference
Earlier this summer, HSRU’s Dr Heidi Gardner headed to Oxford to attend the EBMLive conference (previously Evidence Live), to spread the word about the ORINOCO project. The ORINOCO project aims to tidy up outcomes in clinical trials, by providing trialists with transparent information about how long it takes to collect a...
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The People's Trial - Researchers Invite the Public to Lead on Virtual Clinical Trial
HSRU's own Shaun Treweek, Katie Gillies and Heidi Gardner are involved with The People’s Trial, an initiative which challenges the public to get involved in creating, designing and running their very own fun clinical trial. The initiative is one of the first of its kind to establish an online virtual clinical...
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Soapbox Science Is Confirmed for Explorathon 2019, and They're Looking for Speakers!
Soapbox Science is a novel public engagement platform that aims to promote women in science, and the research that they do. The first Soapbox Science event took place in London in 2011, and the outreach event has grown since then; this year there are events going on across the UK,...
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CHaRT Programming team welcomes student interns
HSRU offers student work placements to current 51cg students wishing to improve their knowledge and experience in a research-focused environment. This year we welcome 8 student interns, 4 working on projects with the CHaRT programming team and 4 working on Health Services Research projects. Valerio Bucci, Julia Zięba, Hilaron Osemudiame Dawodu and Marcin...
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Increased use of partial knee replacement could save NHS £30 million per year
New research from a randomised clinical trial published today in The Lancet and funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) shows that partial knee replacements (PKR) are as good as total knee replacements (TKR), whilst being more cost effective.
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Further updates from our HSRU summer student interns
HSRU offers summer student work placements to current 51cg students wishing to improve their knowledge and experience in a research-focused environment. This year we welcome 8 student interns, 4 working on projects with the CHaRT programming team and 4 working on Health Services Research projects. Alex Zabala Findlay and Sam...
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HSRU's Zoë Skea made a Fellow of Advance Higher Education
Congratulations to HSRU’s Zoë Skea who was recently made a Fellow of Advance Higher Education (formerly the Higher Education Academy, HEA). Fellowship of Advance HE recognises Zoë’s commitment to professionalism in teaching and learning in Higher Education and is the gold standard of accreditation for HE teaching and learning in the...
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HTA Beyond 2020: Ready for The New Decade
HSRU's David Cooper attended HTAi2019 last month with our HERU colleague Elisabet Jacobsen.
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HSRU welcomes summer student interns to the unit.
HSRU offers summer student work placements to current 51cg students wishing to improve their knowledge and experience in a research-focused environment. This year we welcome 8 student interns, 4 working on projects with the CHaRT programming team and 4 working on Health Services Research projects. Agata Kostrzewa and Stefania Pirosca...