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Efficient adaptive trial designs: what are they, what to consider when using them, and how to improve their uptake to transform patient care - Dr Munya Dimairo

ScHARR Mini Master Class in Health Research #29 Efficient adaptive trial designs: what are they, what to consider when using them, and how to improve their uptake to transform patient care - Dr Munya…

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How can I involve patients and the public in literature reviews and why would I want to? - Dr Susan Baxter

AbstractPatient and public involvement (PPI) is now widely accepted to be a standard requirement in health and social care research. While guidance on involvement in primary studies is available from…

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ScHARR Mini Master Class in Health Research - Michelle Black - 'Best Start in Life', then what?

Abstract: During her talk Michelle will share findings from her research which explores the relationship between development in school age children and subsequent weight and mental health in…

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ScHARR Mini Master Class in Health Research - Professor Steve Goodacre - Clinical Risk Prediction: What are we predicting and why

Clinical Risk Prediction: What are we predicting and whyClinical risk scores and tools are often used in emergency medicine to predict the risk of adverse outcome and guide decision-making. This…

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Dr Steven Ariss - Proactive and Reactive Approaches to Reducing Risk - ScHARR Mini Master Class in Health Research

There is no shortage of guidance for designing and delivering evaluations. However, the published literature of empirical studies demonstrates that pre-emptive measures do not always prevent common…

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Dr Kate Ren - Evidence synthesis with limited studies: using external information to help estimating the between-study heterogeneity

Abstract In evidence synthesis using meta-analysis or network meta-analysis, researchers commonly encounter between-study heterogeneity, which may arise from the differences in the conduct of the…

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Professor John Holmes - Alcohol and pricing: Beyond modelling to evaluation and duty reform

Professor John HolmesDirector of the Sheffield Alcohol Research Group and Lead Director of the Wellcome Doctoral Training Centre in Public Health Economics and Decision ScienceAbstractAlcohol remains…

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2020 ScHARR - Pemberton Lecture - Yvonne Coghill - ‘Why race equality in our NHS is important

Yvonne commenced nurse training at Central Middlesex Hospital in 1977, qualified as a general nurse in 1980 and then went on to qualify in mental health nursing and health visiting. In 1986 she…

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What Happens to My Patient Data?

This animated video focuses on ethical and governance themes arising from the sharing of patient data with third-party organizations. The Tools for Life: Data Sharing for Public Health project…

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About ScHARR's Design Trials and Statistics group

ScHARR Design Trials and Statistics aim to conduct analysis of clinical cost-effectiveness for health technologies. DTS is one of four academic groups within the School of Health and Related…

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2017 ScHARR Pemberton Lecture - Reform strategies for the NHS: effective or cosmetic cladding? - Dr Jennifer Dixon CBE

The NHS is the largest, highest profile, most complex and risky industry in Europe, in England alone spending £124bn this year, employing over 1m staff and providing care for the majority of…

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The 20th Sir Arthur Hall Memorial Lecture. What will the NHS be facing on its 90th birthday?

We were delighted to welcome Professor Chris Whitty, Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department of Health, to the University on Thursday 15 February to deliver the 20th Sir Arthur Hall Memorial…

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