‘Patient experiences and perceptions of receiving benzodiazepines and z-drugs: lessons for safer prescribing’: international conference presentation

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

Gupteswar Patel joins CaHRU as a postdoctoral research associate

Gupteswar Patel joined CaHRU in October 2021 as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Health Services Research. He will be working on a national NIHR funded study Community First Responders’ role in the current and future rural health and care workforce. Continue reading Gupteswar Patel joins CaHRU as a postdoctoral research associate

Primary care cancer risk assessment explored in recent CaHRU studies

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A study led by CaHRU researcher, Dr Joseph Akanuwe, Post-Doctoral Research Associate at CaHRU, as part of his doctorate, ‘Barriers and facilitators to implementing a cancer risk assessment tool (QCancer) in primary care: a qualitative study‘ was recently published in Continue reading Primary care cancer risk assessment explored in recent CaHRU studies

Improvement Science and Research Methods seminar September 2021: Prof Niro Siriwardena on Understanding and applying quality improvement methods

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

CaHRU Newsletter (Summer 2021)

The latest edition of the CaHRU Newsletter (Summer 2021) was published in October 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 funding. Continue reading CaHRU Newsletter (Summer 2021)