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Leeds Researchers visit Sierra Leone for Global Health Conference
AUHE Health Economist, Bryony Dawkins, is heading to Sierra Leone in November for the NIHR funded Global Health Research Group in Surgical Technologies (GHRG-ST) annual stakeholder conference.
Outstanding Article of the Year co-authored by Judy Wright
A realist synthesis has been awarded the Journal of Patient Reported Outcome Measure’s ‘outstanding article of the year’. Judy Wright (AUHE, LIHS) conducted searches and co-authored the article.
New hope for prostate cancer care as Leeds launches UK-first study
Men who develop prostate cancer could avoid having unnecessary surgery or radiotherapy thanks to a new, more precise genetic test which is being trialled in Leeds.
New study will develop the eFI+ to better target interventions for older people living with frailty
A collaborative study led by Andy Clegg from the Academic Unit of Elderly Care & Rehabilitation, Leeds Institute of Health Sciences (LIHS), has been awarded £550,000 from the NIHR HTA programme to develop the next version of the multi-award winning electronic frailty index (eFI).
Unequal pain relief at home for dying patients
Pain relief and end of life care are not being provided equally to people with advanced progressive diseases at home during their final three months, according to a new study.