Living with Breathlessness study in Canada – The study was presented informally to 19 Canadian teams from the INSPIRED approaches to COPD collaborative who met in Vancouver for a workshop led by the Canadian Foundation for Health Innovation (CFHI). Morag Farquhar was part of the guest faculty at the workshop and informed the teams about […]
Archives for February 2015
Dr Stephen Barclay wins Pilkington Prize
Congratulations go to Dr Stephen Barclay, joint leader of the Palliative Care and End of Life group within the Primary Care Unit, who has won a Pilkington Prize for teaching, recognising outstanding contribution to teaching. The award ceremony will take place in June this year. Read more about the Pilkington Prizes and past winners here
BHRU publication : Supermarket promotions boost sales of less healthy foods more than healthier foods
Research published today by members of the BHRU (Theresa Marteau, Rachel Pechey and Ryota Nakamura) in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition show – perhaps surprisingly – that on the whole less healthy items were no more frequently promoted than healthier ones. However, after accounting for price, price discount, and brand characteristics, the magnitude of the sales increase […]
Rachel Pechey of BHRU awarded three year Wellcome Trust Fellowship
Rachel Pechey of the Behaviour and Health Research Unit has just been awarded a prestigious three year research fellowship in Society & Ethics by the Wellcome Trust to investigate environmental cues for healthier versus less healthy options: effectiveness at changing diet-related behaviour and reducing socio-economic inequalities. See the BHRU website for more details on their work […]