Wednesday 8 January 2014

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Medical Humanities Lecture Series
When: Wed Apr 2, 2014 6pm to 7pm  BST Where: Firth Hall, S10 2TN Event Status: confirmed Event Description: How Experts make Better Decisions than Novices - Dual process theory in Action - Dr. Dyfrig Hughes, Consultant and Clinical Director of Emergency Medicine, Barnsley Free of charge. All welcome. http://mhs.group.shef.ac.uk/ Contact Ida Kemp, i.kemp@ksheffield.ac.uk
A sample of the RAT Group's achievements, 2013
... for living in later life. February - CATCH (Centre for Assistive Technology and Connected Healthcare) established their new name and welcomed Corinne Wells, Professor Arlene Astell and Dr Abigail Millings on board.

TODAY

Medical Humanities Lecture Series
When: Wed Mar 26, 2014 6pm to 7pm  GMT Where: Firth Hall, S10 2TN Event Status: confirmed Event Description: Uninhabited Bodies: Performance and Display - Prof. Mary Vincent and Dr. Julia Dobson, University of Sheffield Free of charge. All welcome. http://mhs.group.shef.ac.uk/ Contact Ida Kemp, i.kemp@sheffield.ac.uk
Medical Humanities Lecture Series
When: Wed Mar 19, 2014 6pm to 7pm  GMT Where: Firth Hall, S10 2TN Event Status: confirmed Event Description: The Meaning of Memory - Prof. Ciaran Regan, School of Biomolecular Science, University of Dublin Free of charge. All welcome. http://mhs.group.shef.ac.uk/ Contact Ida Kemp, i.kemp@sheffield.ac.uk
Medical Humanities Lecture Series
When: Wed Mar 12, 2014 6pm to 7pm  GMT Where: Firth Hall, S10 2TN Event Status: confirmed Event Description: The Modernist Hospital: An Architectural Perspective - Professor Peter Blundell-Jones, School of Architecture, University of Sheffield Free of charge. All welcome. http://mhs.group.shef.ac.uk/ Contact Ida Kemp, i.kemp@sheffield.ac.uk
Medical Humanities Lecture Series
When: Wed Mar 5, 2014 6pm to 7pm  GMT Where: Firth Hall, S10 2TN Event Status: confirmed Event Description: Deaf Travellers in Imperial Worlds: Disability and Colonialism in the Nineteenth Century - Dr. Esme Cleall, University of Sheffield Free of charge. All welcome. http://mhs.group.shef.ac.uk/ Contact Ida Kemp, i.kemp@sheffield.ac.uk
Medical Humanities Lecture Series
When: Wed Feb 26, 2014 6pm to 7pm  GMT Where: Firth Hall, S10 2TN Event Status: confirmed Event Description: Reading and Hearing Vernacular Medical Books in Early Modern England - Professor Jennifer Richards, University of Newcastle. Free of charge. All welcome. http://mhs.group.shef.ac.uk/ Contact Ida Kemp, i.kemp@sheffield.ac.uk
Vivoca- Communication Aid | Same Difference
The researchers, from the Centre for Assistive Technology and Connected Healthcare at Sheffield, believe the device may prove a better option for some people than existing communication tools. In this video, we see tester ...
'Cuddly' Japanese robot seal used for 'robot therapy' | ForgeToday ...
Both the Centre for Assistive Technology and Connected Healthcare and The Sheffield Centre for Robotics are involved in research concerning the robot. Projects include studying the use of Paros in dementia care and other ...
CATCH Launch Event 19 November: report | Telehealth and ...
Tweet · Tweet. Drs. Kenneth Law and Mutaz Aldawoud, GPs at the Hillside Bridge Health Centre in Bradford, attended the 19 November launch of the Centre for Assistive Technology and Connected Healthcare (CATCH).

YESTERDAY

OpenMarkov
OpenMarkov is a free (open source?) software tool for probabilistic graphical models (PGMs) developed by the Research Centre on Intelligent Decision-Support Systems of the UNED in Madrid, Spain.The website has been updated to include details on how to undertake cost-effectiveness analyses with the programme.  Presented by its developers at a HEDS seminar last year, the software looked very useful;

JAN 06

Health state utilities in patients with diabetic retinopathy, diabetic macular oedema and age-related macular degeneration: A systematic review
Author(s):Poku, E. | Brazier, J. | Carlton, J. | Ferreira, A.Publication year: 2013Journal / Book title: BMC OphthalmologyAccess all results for your search in Scopus
Professor Gail Mountain Invlited to Speak at Parliament
Professor Gail MountainThe Right Honourable Member of Parliament for Sutton and Cheam, Paul Burstow has invited RAT Group's Professor Gail Mountain to speak at a Ageing Society Evidence Session on Wednesday 8th January.
Expanding neonatal screening would be cost-effective
The newborn bloodspot screening programme in England currently tests babies for five disorders; phenylketonuria, congenital hypothyroidism, sickle cell disorders, cystic fibrosis and MCADD. The NHS NIHR programme has funded a pilot to evaluate expansion of the programme to include screening for five further conditions, maple syrup urine disease (MSUD), homocystinuria (HCY), isovaleric acidaemia (I

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