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NIHR Public Health Policy Research Unit
PI: Dr Allison Ford
Funded by: National Institute for Health Research
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NESSIE - NIHR Evidence Synthesis Scotland Initiative
PI: Professor Emma France
Funded by: National Institute for Health Research
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Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a peer-delivered, relational, harm reduction intervention to improve mental health, quality of life, and related outcomes, for people experiencing homelessness and substance use problems: The ‘SHARPS’ cluster randomised controlled trial.
PI: Professor Tessa Parkes
Funded by: National Institute for Health Research and The Salvation Army
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Evaluating the Impact of Increasing the Availability of No/Lo Alcohol Products
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: National Institute for Health Research
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UKPRP Community of Practice
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: Medical Research Council
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Examining the causal association between alcohol marketing and alcohol-related attitudes and consumption: A longitudinal cohort study with adults in the United Kingdom
PI: Dr Nathan Critchlow
Funded by: Department of Health
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Evaluating Later and Expanded Premises Hours for Alcohol in the Night-time Economy (ELEPHANT)
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: National Institute for Health Research
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Digital innovation in cycling – Gaming as a tool for enhancing sport participation
PI: Dr Dimitrios Kolyperas
Funded by: European Network for Innovation and Knowledge
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Scotland's first Managed Alcohol Programme: Evaluating the impact to inform future service delivery and research
PI: Dr Hannah Carver
Funded by: Chief Scientist Office
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Removing the marketing power of cigarettes: A multi-method study aimed at protecting the health of adolescents in Latin America
PI: Professor Crawford Moodie
Funded by: Medical Research Council
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Long Covid and Critical Service Occupations: impact on Employees and Organisations
PI: Dr Alice MacLean
Funded by: Chief Scientist Office
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Chitetetzo: improving adolescent road safety and reducing road traffic collisions
PI: Professor Edward Duncan
Funded by: Medical Research Council
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Exploring the management of alcohol problems in Deep End general practices in Scotland
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems
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Understanding mental health and substance use service utilisation by people released from prison: A mixed-methods study
PI: Dr Catriona Connell
Funded by: Chief Scientist Office
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Alcohol Harms Framing
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: Alcohol Change UK
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SPECTRUM: Shaping Public hEalth poliCies To Reduce IneqUalities and harM
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: Medical Research Council
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Independent Review of the Alcohol Premises Licensing System in Northern Ireland
PI: Dr James Nicholls
Funded by: Northern Ireland Executive
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Test, evidence, transition: supporting faster breast cancer diagnosis
PI: Dr Erica Gadsby
Funded by: Cancer Research UK
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Rapid Access Referrals for Prostate Cancer
PI: Dr Erica Gadsby
Funded by: Cancer Research UK
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Improving outcomes of out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA): applying behavioural science to enhance dispatcher assistance and increase rates of cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
PI: Dr Barbara Farquharson
Funded by: British Heart Foundation
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Babybreathe Trial (A randomised controlled trial of a complex intervention to prevent return to smoking postpartum)
PI: Professor Michael Ussher
Funded by: National Institute for Health Research
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Impact of omega (ω)-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFA) upon muscle health/function
PI: Professor Stuart Galloway
Funded by: Nutricia Research Foundation
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Impact of coffeeberry ingestion on cognitive function and skill performance following exercise-induced fatigue
PI: Professor Stuart Galloway
Funded by: PepsiCo Inc
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Influence of coffeeberry extract on soccer specific skill performance during simulated soccer match play in academy football players
PI: Professor Stuart Galloway
Funded by: PepsiCo Inc
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Evaluating the impact, effectiveness, and acceptability of statutory controls on alcohol marketing
PI: Dr Nathan Critchlow
Funded by: Society for the Study of Addiction and Institute of Public Health in Ireland
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The Adult Tobacco Policy Survey: Understanding how smokers and ex-smokers respond to tobacco control policies in the UK
PI: Professor Crawford Moodie
Funded by: Cancer Research UK
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Regulating alcohol packaging and supply to protect health in Sub-Saharan Africa: lessons from policy systems in Malawi and Uganda (RAPSSA)
PI: Dr Isabelle Uny
Funded by: Medical Research Council
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Learning disability & dementia - supporting transition to a care home (UKRI Healthy Ageing Catalyst Awards)
PI: Professor Karen Watchman
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Edinburgh Drug Consumption Room feasibility study
PI: Dr James Nicholls
Funded by: City of Edinburgh Council
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Breastfeeding frequency and incidence of type 2 diabetes in women who have had gestational diabetes: a record linkage study
PI: Dr Claire Eades
Funded by: The Carnegie Trust
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Youth Response to E-cigarettes and Emerging Nicotine Products
PI: Ms Anne Marie MacKintosh
Funded by: Cancer Research UK
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COmmunities Facilitating incREasing Smoke-free Homes’ (CO-FRESH)
PI: Professor Sean Semple
Funded by: Medical Research Council
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GOALD: Connectivity and Digital Design for Health and Well-being Across Generations, Places and Spaces
PI: Professor Catherine Hennessy
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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IRAPS: Interdisciplinary Research into political interest, civil society support and available data to strengthen Alcohol Policy Systems in Brazil and Peru
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: Medical Research Council
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TOPSY trial:Treatment Of Prolapse with Self-care pessary
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Funded by: National Institute for Health Research
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Governing parental opioid use: a relational ethnography
PI: Professor Anne Whittaker
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Methods of assessing perinatal anxiety: The acceptability, effectiveness and feasibility of different approaches
PI: Professor Helen Cheyne
Funded by: National Institute for Health Research
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Football Fans and Betting (FFAB): a feasibility study and randomised pilot trial of a group-based intervention to reduce gambling involvement among male football fans
PI: Professor Kate Hunt
Funded by: National Institute for Health Research
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Mental Health Promotion and Intervention in Occupational Settings: MENTUPP
PI: Professor Margaret Maxwell
Funded by: European Commission (Horizon 2020)
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Testing the optimal design of health-promoting pack inserts and dissuasive cigarettes
PI: Professor Crawford Moodie
Funded by: Department of Health
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British Academy Visiting Fellowship
PI: Professor Karen Watchman
Funded by: The British Academy
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Long Covid: Amplifying the voices of people with lived experience to improve understanding, support, treatment and education. Share-to-improve: Long Covid experience (COv-VOICES) Study
PI: Professor Kate Hunt
Funded by: Chief Scientist Office
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Realist Review: Health visiting in light Of the COVID-19 Pandemic Experience (RReHOPE)
PI: Dr Erica Gadsby
Funded by: National Institute for Health Research
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Improving our understanding of e-cigarette and refill packaging in the UK (E-PACKS): How is it used for product promotion, how is it perceived by consumers, and could it be changed to discourage youth while encouraging adult smokers to quit?
PI: Professor Crawford Moodie
Funded by: Cancer Research UK
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Understanding the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Women's Access and Attitudes Towards Contraception
PI: Dr Allison Ford
Funded by: Department of Health
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Ambulance Call-Outs to Drug Overdoses in Scotland: Patterns and Practice
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: Scottish Government
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Digital Nutrition Assessment Tool
PI: Dr Jenni Connelly
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Understanding the role of alcohol consumption in football cultures (Alcohol FC)
PI: Dr Richard Purves
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Trends and Inequalities in Prescribing for Alcohol Dependence in Scotland (TRIPADS)
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: Alcohol Research UK
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Scale-up of the Australian Fans in Training (Aussie-FIT) men’s health behaviour change program: a randomized controlled hybrid implementation trial
PI: Professor Kate Hunt
Funded by: Australian Research Council
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Clean the Air Better for Newborns (CABiN): Reducing Exposure to HAP During Pregnancy in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Funded by: Academy of Medical Sciences
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Perspectives of older couples with a learning disability when one partner has dementia: identifying support needs of carer dyads.
PI: Professor Karen Watchman
Funded by: The Dunhill Medical Trust
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Youth Tobacco Policy Survey (YTPS) - Wave 9 (2020)
PI: Ms Anne Marie MacKintosh
Funded by: Cancer Research UK
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Evaluation of an Equine Assisted Learning Programme for School Children and Young People
PI: Professor Jayne Donaldson
Funded by: Equitots Lanarkshire Community Interest Group
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Non-communicable lung disease in Kenya: from burden and early life determinants to participatory inter-disciplinary solutions (Tupumue)
PI: Dr Heather Price
Funded by: Medical Research Council
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From fuel to pot: an interdisciplinary partnership to address the role of solid fuel use in food preparation in the household in Kenya and Malawi.
PI: Dr Isabelle Uny
Funded by: Arts and Humanities Research Council
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A meta-ethnography of how children and young people with chronic non-cancer pain and their families experience and understand their condition, pain services and treatments
PI: Professor Emma France
Funded by: National Institute for Health Research
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Dual Career for Junior Athletes project
PI: Dr Hee Jung Hong
Funded by: European Commission (Horizon 2020)
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British Academy Writing Workshop (Global Challenges Research Fund)
PI: Professor Karen Watchman
Funded by: The British Academy
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Examining the Nature of Sponsorship Relations for Professional Football Teams in Countries with Varied Restrictions on Alcohol Marketing: An Open-source Audit
PI: Dr Richard Purves
Funded by: Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems
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The development of an obesity prevention programme in primary school children: a qualitative study to identify barriers and facilitators to adopting healthier, high fibre diets
PI: Professor Michael Ussher
Funded by: St George's, University of London
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Evaluation of the Greater Manchester Smoke Free Pregnancy Programme
PI: Professor Michael Ussher
Funded by: Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership
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Outpatient cervical ripening for induction of labour
PI: Professor Helen Cheyne
Funded by: National Institute for Health Research
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Understanding the contextual factors that impact on the effective provision of opiate substitution therapy (OST) and needle and syringe programmes (NSP) in the UK: a multi-method study and realist evaluation of what works, for whom and under what circumstances
PI: Professor Catriona Matheson
Funded by: National Institute for Health Research
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Clinical Academic Careers for Scotland
PI: Professor Margaret Maxwell
Funded by: Scottish Government
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M:X consultancy
PI: Professor Stuart Galloway
Funded by: Mix Innovations Ltd
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Soccer PDP KTP
PI: Professor Angus Hunter
Funded by: Innovate UK and SoccerPDP Ltd
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Tensiomiography Project
PI: Professor Angus Hunter
Funded by: Sportscotland
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Pistachios as a recovery food following rigorous exercise in trained athletes
PI: Professor Stuart Galloway
Funded by: American Pistachio Growers
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Parent Burnout in Youth Sport
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Funded by: Tennis Scotland
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An exploration of the characteristics, perceptions and experiences of drink drivers in England and Scotland
PI: Dr Isabelle Uny
Funded by: Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety
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Improving the mental health of farmers: preferences and feasibility for community based supports.
PI: Professor Margaret Maxwell
Funded by: Chief Scientist Office
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Alcohol Research Network (ACORN) UK/ROI
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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HLA Genotyping of Saliva Samples
PI: Dr Colin Moran
Funded by: University of Glasgow
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The Impact of Minimum Unit Pricing of Alcohol on Ambulance Call-outs in Scotland (IMPAACT)
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: Chief Scientist Office
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Limiting virus transmission during a Sporting Mega Event: COVID 19 and UEFA EURO 2020
PI: Dr Richard Purves
Funded by: Economic and Social Research Council
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Protecting those who care for us: domiciliary workers and exposure to second-hand smoke (stage 1)
PI: Professor Sean Semple
Funded by: The Colt Foundation
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What is the longer-term response of smokers and ex-smokers to standardised packaging and how does standardised packaging impact on health inequalities? Adult Tobacco Policy Survey Wave 3
PI: Professor Crawford Moodie
Funded by: Department of Health
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Improving Maternal Mental Health in South East Asia through assets based approaches
PI: Professor Margaret Maxwell
Funded by: Medical Research Council
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SCENIC: Surmounting COVID Challenges, Experiences of Nurses in Charge
PI: Dr Kathleen Stoddart
Funded by: NHS Lothian and NHS Grampian
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Alcohol Marketing Restrictions: Learning from International Implementation - Case Study Interviews
PI: Dr Richard Purves
Funded by: Alcohol Focus Scotland
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Building capacity for applied research to reduce tobacco-related harm in low and middle income countries
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Funded by: Medical Research Council
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Developing a behavioural intervention to increase lay-people's intentions to initiate CPR in the event of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (OHCA)
PI: Dr Barbara Farquharson
Funded by: Medical Research Council
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MyFamily MySmoke: Protecting my family from second-hand smoke: let’s get it right outside.
PI: Professor Sean Semple
Funded by: The British Council
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Rapid Evaluation and Modelling of Changes in Personal Exposure to the Particulate Air Pollution (PM2.5) During the Response to the Covid-19 Epidemic in the United Kingdom
PI: Professor Sean Semple
Funded by: National Institute for Health Research
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Transitions to more harmful forms of gambling during Covid-19 pandemic: behaviours and targeted marketing in young people and bettors on sport
PI: Professor Kate Hunt
Funded by: UK Research and Innovation
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Tender Distress Brief Intervention
PI: Professor Edward Duncan
Funded by: Scottish Government
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DBI COVID study
PI: Professor Edward Duncan
Funded by: Scottish Government
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Creating Safe Handover Systems In Pre-Hospital Care
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Funded by: Chief Scientist Office
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Gordon Aikman MND Scholarship
PI: Professor Edward Duncan
Funded by: Scottish Government and MND Scotland
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Perinatal Mental Health Assessment and Treatment: an evidence Synthesis and Conceptual Framework of Barriers and Facilitators to Implementation
PI: Professor Helen Cheyne
Funded by: National Institute for Health Research
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An international analysis of organisational support for eSports players’ mental health and physical activity
PI: Dr Hee Jung Hong
Funded by: International Olympic Committee
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Improving Effectiveness of Nicotine Replacement Therapy for Smoking Cessation in Pregnancy
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Funded by: National Institute for Health Research
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Monitoring and Evaluation Manual for Sport-for-Employability Programmes
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Funded by: European Commission (Horizon 2020)
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Home BP monitoring in pregnancy - Covid 19
PI: Professor Helen Cheyne
Funded by: Scottish Government
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Helping Pregnant Smokers Quit: Multi-centre RCT of electronic Cigarettes vs Usual Care
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Funded by: National Institute for Health Research
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Scotland's Census 2021 External Methodology Assurance Panels
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Funded by: National Records of Scotland
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A two-arm parallel group individually randomised Prison Pilot study of a male Remand Alcohol Intervention for Self-efficacy Enhancement: the APPRAISE study
PI: Professor Kate Hunt
Funded by: National Institute for Health Research
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Global Health Research Group on Addressing Smokeless Tobacco and building Research capacity in south Asia (ASTRA) at the University of York
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Funded by: National Institute for Health Research
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EXILENS - Exploring the Impact of Alcohol Licensing in England and Scotland
PI: Professor Niamh Fitzgerald
Funded by: National Institute for Health Research
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