Samantha Barrett
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Engaged Futures: Visioning Workshop - Bristol
Monday 24th June 2013, 10am - 12:30pm, Bristol Workshop Details: The National Coordinating Centre for Public Engagement has commissioned a consultation to develop visions for the future of the engaged university in 2025. They are keen to encourage university staff,...
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Elizabeth Blackwell Institute for Health Research at the University of Bristol – Public Invitation to the Official Launch
Monday 22nd July, 6 - 8 pm at Wills Memorial Building, Bristol University Launch Details: How do you feel about using home surveillance technology to keep you healthy and living at home? Most people would prefer to be looked after...
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BMJ Analysis Article - 'Expect analgesic failure; pursue analgesic success'
The BMJ Analysis article ‘Expect analgesic failure; pursue analgesic success’, published 3 May 2013, discusses the effectiveness of analgesic drugs on people through examining rates of success and failure of drugs used in treating pain. The article’s authors, who include...
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BMJ Editor's Choice 'Balancing benefits and harms'
The British Medical Journal Editor’s Choice, published on 5th June 2013, discusses the beneficial and harmful effects of drugs on patients; highlighting how the majority of drugs do not work in most patients and how a radical shift in the...
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Growing pain: striving for quality, relevance and applicability in Cochrane Reviews
As The Cochrane Collaboration celebrates its 20th anniversary, we recall the Cochrane Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care (PaPaS) Review Group's first published review, which looked at treating any acute or chronic pain with any antiepileptic drug, at any dose. Already...
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Research Design Service South West - Funding Opportunities
The Research Design Service exists to provide help for people preparing research proposals for submission to peer-reviewed funding competitions for applied health or social care research. The RDS essentially consists of a team of people based in universities and the...
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University to help tackle the region’s big health issues
We are part of a pioneering new network designed to accelerate healthcare innovation in the West of England. The West of England Academic Health Science Network (WEAHSN) brings together universities and providers of NHS services to put research into practice...
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NIHR HTA Conference: What's in it for you?
NIHR HTA Conference: What's in it for you? Learn more about clinical effectiveness research and the impact the HTA (Health Technology Assessment) Programme is having on clinical and public health research at the NIHR HTA Conference. The two-day event in...