Alan Brennan
@alan_brennan
Professor of Health Economics & Decision Modelling. SCHARR, University of Sheffield
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http://www.shef.ac.uk/scharr/sections/heds/staff/brennan_a 16-11-2010 22:42:21
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Age-period cohort analysis provides two possible reasons for discrepancy between decreasing drinking and stable alcohol-related deaths in England since 2012. Research by Magdalena Opazo Breton, Madeleine Henney, @Inge_Kersbergen Alan Brennan John Holmes buff.ly/3zVoXr5
What are the 3 known ways that alcohol causes cancer?🍺🎗️ Professor Linda Bauld of SPECTRUM Research Consortium explains. Watch our full film on Alcohol and Cancer here: youtube.com/watch?v=NAJ88Y…
**New SARG Paper** The latest paper from our 'No/Lo Project', published in Drug&AlcoholReview 'Characteristics of consumers of alcohol-free and low-alcohol drinks in Great Britain: A cross-sectional study' Parvati Perman-Howe John Holmes Jamie Brown @Inge_Kersbergen doi.org/10.1111/dar.13…
we are adding to our training for next year. if you want to be added to the mailing list email [email protected]. Also let us know what you want to see in our training list. Open and free to everyone @dotbirch TU SSSHL Teesside University
New Publication PLOS Medicine: removing the largest serving for draught beer - the imperial pint - reduced volume of beer sold in pubs by 10% journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/a… Primary Care Unit, University of Cambridge MRC Biostatistics Unit Theresa Marteau Gareth Hollands (moved to Bluesky) 1/7
Applications open for ESRC funded PhD using innovative methods to examine the relationship between mental wellbeing & diabetes self-management. Primary supervisor is the brilliant @Julia_Namanka Additional mentorship from me & the fantastic Felix Naughton Deadline 7th Jan 2025
Gambling health harms are more substantial than previously understood, exacerbated by rapid global expansion & digital transformation of the industry. A new The Lancet Public Health Commission calls for regulatory reform: hubs.li/Q02VMzws0
Fabulous discussion at #celebrateCEA about new methods with Beth Woods (Beth Woods), Darius Lakdawalla and Melanie Whittington moderated by Anirban Basu (Anirban Basu). The Centre for Health Economics CEVR
New paper in Journal of Medical Internet Research describes the results of a pragmatic online RCT testing the effectiveness of offering people motivated to stop smoking the enhanced version of Smoke Free App 📱 vs no intervention 🔺 Overall, we saw no difference in quit rates (6m continuous abstinence):
Justed had paper published with qiang zhang , Munya Dimairo , Jen Lewis and Zihang Yu entitled "Reporting and communication of sample size calculations in adaptive clinical trials: a review of trial protocols and grant applications" doi.org/10.1186/s12874…
🧵 The Glucose Lowering through Weight Management (GLoW) trial has been published in Diabetologia! The study was led by researchers from MRC Epidemiology Unit at Cambridge University, ScHARR Public Health at The University of Sheffield and University of Leeds. Read - buff.ly/3WTkwpu (1/8)
Had a paper published with Laura Flight and Alan Brennan entitled Value-adaptive clinical trial designs for efficient delivery of publicly funded trials - a discussion of methods, case studies, opportunities and challenges doi.org/10.1186/s12874…
❤️ Weight & HbA1c Reductions associated with mortality & cardiovascular benefits Meta-regression of 44 trials ⚖️ Each 1 kg weight loss = 3.4% ↓ mortality risk 🩸 Each 1% HbA1c ⬇️ = 7.6% ↓ mortality risk 📉 Effects regardless of drug class dom-pubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…
Do we know if the decline in youth drinking follows through into people's 20s? Learn all you need to know about the decline in youth drinking in our latest podcast with Prof John Holmes and Dr Amy Pennay. Listen here: ias.org.uk/podcast/why-ar…