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.
- Research
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Current Research
Current projects
- Evaluating the behavioural intervention, organisational and health economic evidence base for adult obesity management
- REBALANCE
- Systematic reviews of selected nutritional supplementation interventions
- Methodological research on research integrity
Completed projects
- Publications
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Should weight loss and maintenance programmes be designed differently for men? A systematic review of long-term randomised controlled trials presenting data for men and women: The ROMEO project
Obesity research & clinical practice, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 70-84Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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A Qualitative Evidence Synthesis on the Management of Male Obesity
BMJ Open, vol. 5, no. 10, e008372Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Systematic review and meta-analysis of the sero-epidemiological association between Epstein-Barr virus and rheumatoid arthritis
Arthritis Research & Therapy, vol. 17, pp. 274Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Does oral sodium bicarbonate therapy improve function and quality of life in older patients with chronic kidney disease and low-grade acidosis (the BiCARB trial)?: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Trials, vol. 16, 326Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Gaining pounds by losing pounds: preferences for lifestyle interventions to reduce obesity
Health economics, policy, and law, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 161-182Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Gaining pounds by losing pounds: HERU Policy Brief
Working Papers: Working Papers- [ONLINE] /heru/documents/Policy_Briefs/HERU_PB_March_2015.pdf
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Systematic review of the clinical and cost effectiveness of cholecystectomy versus observation/conservative management for uncomplicated symptomatic gallstones or cholecystitis
Surgical Endoscopy, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 637-647Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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Calcium supplements increase risk of myocardial infarction
Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 389-390Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] DOI:
Branched-chain amino acid supplementation in adults with cirrhosis and porto-systemic encephalopathy: systematic review
Clinical Nutrition, vol. 33, no. 6, pp. 958-965Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Cardiovascular disease and vitamin D supplementation: trial analysis, systematic review, and meta-analysis
The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, vol. 100, no. 3, pp. 746-755Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
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