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Professor Aziz Sheikh University of Edinburgh
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Director, Professor Sheikh, wins University of Edinburgh Principal's Medal

Professor Aziz Sheikh, Director of the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research, has been awarded the University of Edinburgh Principal's Medal for Exceptional Service. The Principal's Medal for Exceptional Service...
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Clinical & support staff perspectives on implementing self-management

The latest paper to be published from the IMP²ART team reports on their qualitative study exploring the perspectives of clinical professionals and support staff on implementing supported self-management for asthma...
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Air Pollution
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Toxic Air Pollution: What to do?

On 16th June Queen Mary University of London held a free public lecture exploring the benefits of improving air quality and the reversibility of damage to health caused by adverse...
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Professor Hilary Pinnock
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NIHR Signal - self-management can reduce unscheduled care

NIHR Signal The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Dissemination Centre has just published an NIHR Signal on the systematic meta-review of supported self-management for asthma recently published by Professor...
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Bunting from the PPI Fair
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Open Call for Patient and Public Involvement Bursary Applications

The Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research has set up a bursary fund to support researchers to actively involve patients and the public in research.
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Electronic Health Record studies: inconsistent & insufficiently described

Methods used to identify and assess asthma patients from electronic health records (EHRs) are widely inconsistent and are insufficiently described. Researchers at the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research found...
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Karim el Ferkh in conversation with another researcher
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New paper from PhD student, Karim el Ferkh

PhD student, Karim el Ferkh, has published a protocol detailing plans for his systematic review into the healthcare costs of asthma co-morbidities in the journal BMJ Open.
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Mobile Applications
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Use of mobile applications to support asthma self-management

PhD student, Io Hui, has published a systematic review of controlled studies exploring the use of mobile applications to support self-management for people with asthma. Published in the journal JAMIA...
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PPI Fair Photo
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May 2017 Update: Patient and Public Involvement

The Patient and Public Involvement platform has been busy continuing to support researchers across the Centre, and we hope to continue offering unique ways to support researcher and patient collaborations.
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Marissa at PPI Fair
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May 2017 Update: Postgraduate Training Platform

Update on the Postgraduate Training Platform Our PhD students have been busy attending conferences, presenting, publishing and winning awards! Read on for a full update. Annual Scientific Meeting, awards &...
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