Community and Health Research Unit
High quality research for quality improvement in health and social care
The latest edition of the CaHRU Newsletter (Autumn 2021) was published on 25th November 2021. The newsletter presents the work of the research centre over the past three months and includes articles from the CaHRU blog covering publications, conferences and Continue reading CaHRU Newsletter (Autumn 2021)
The Community and Health Research Unit team received the team achievement award for research for the sixth successive year for 2021 at this year’s team awards. The team includes Profs Niro Siriwardena and Graham Law, Drs Murray Smith, Coral Sirdifield, Continue reading CaHRU receives university team achievement award for research 2021
The CaHRU Improvement Science and Research Methods seminar, presented by Dr Vanessa Botan on Questionnaire validation: exploring the experiences of people with Guillain Barrè Syndrome, took place on 24 November 2021. Vanessa is a Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Medical Statistics Continue reading Improvement Science and Research Methods seminar November 2021: Questionnaire validation by Dr Vanessa Botan
Dr Coral Sirdifield, Senior Research Associate at CaHRU, presented at the Society for the Study of Addiction annual conference – an international conference which was held online on the 4th and 5th of November 2021. Coral’s presentation was part of Continue reading ‘Patient experiences and perceptions of receiving benzodiazepines and z-drugs: lessons for safer prescribing’: international conference presentation
The first Improvement Science and Research Methods Seminar of this academic year was given online via Teams on 27 October July 2021 by Professor Niro Siriwardena on the topic of ‘Understanding and applying quality improvement methods.’ Niro is Professor of Continue reading Improvement Science and Research Methods seminar September 2021: Prof Niro Siriwardena on Understanding and applying quality improvement methods