News and musings from the Sprout team
MEET SPROUT – DR VANESSA COOPER, PRINCIPAL
For the fourth installment of the Meet Sprout series, we speak to Principal, Dr Vanessa Cooper, about their work, what brought them here and what makes them tick. 1. What does your role at Sprout involve? I love the variety of things that I do, from the...
Environmental sustainability in the pharmaceutical industry: how can behaviour science help?
Dr Vanessa Cooper Fernanda Trevisan Maddie Stafford Environmental sustainability in the pharmaceutical industry: how can behaviour science help? The ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic has disrupted our economies, healthcare systems, and daily lives. Our priority...
Broadstreet HEOR And Sprout Health Solutions Publish New Research That Reinforces Complex Treatment Burden For Hemophilia A
Vancouver - Broadstreet Health Economics & Outcomes Research (HEOR), with Sprout Health Solutions, announced the publication of a study in Patient Preference and Adherence that provides new insights on health-related quality of life issues for patients with...
Depression: Helping men to get help
Authors: Dr Vanessa Cooper and Dr Alicia Hughes Depression: Helping men to get help Rates of diagnosed depression and the findings of surveys suggest that women are at least twice as likely to suffer from depression than men.1,2 In contrast, rates of...
COULD THE BEHAVIOURS YOU ENGAGE IN TODAY IMPACT YOUR RISK OF ALZHEIMER’S?
Dr. Laura Meade Dr. Christina Jackson It's National Alzheimer's Awareness Month, and did you know that certain lifestyle factors can influence your risk of developing Alzheimer's disease? Modifiable risk factors have been linked to increased risk of...
Meet Sprout – Meet Emma Lyon Carroll, Senior Project Manager
In our Meet Sprout series, we ask each member of the Sprout Health Solutions team about their work, what brought them here and what makes them tick. Next in the spotlight is Emma Lyon Carroll, Senior Project Manager, based in London. 1. What does your role at...
World No Tobacco Day 2021: Quitters are winners but do people receive equal help to quit?
Fernanda Trevisan Over 80% of the world's 1.3 billion smokers live in...
UK Dementia Action Week: Harnessing digital innovations to cure the dementia care system
Dr Laura Meade Dr Vanessa Cooper A call to action...
Meet Sprout – Meet Fernanda Trevisan, Scientist
In part two of our Meet Sprout series, we ask Fernanda Trevisan, Scientist, about her work, what brought her here and what makes her tick. Fernanda is based in London, UK. What does your role at Sprout involve? A variety of activities, but mainly finding ways...
If behavioural science was a TikTok trend, would Gen Z listen?
Dr Laura Meade Immunization week This week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and global public health partners recognize...
World Health Day – Supporting Single Parents
Dr Vanessa Cooper The theme of World Health Day 2021 is “building a fairer, healthier world.” At Sprout Health Solutions, our focus this year is on the health inequalities faced by single parents. We explore some of the issues faced by single parents generally,...
Sprout Health Solutions and Takeda explore digital health tools in rare disease during COVID-19
White Paper Provides Insights on the Value of Digital Health Tools During a Time of Isolation and Limited Healthcare Access London - Sprout Health Solutions Limited, a global consultancy specializing in behavior science and health outcomes, has partnered with...
Caring for the carer
Dr Alicia Hughes, Dr Laura Meade and Dr Christina Jackson The rate of dementia is on the rise. By 2025 it is expected that over 1 million people in the UK will be living with dementia.1 In most cases, people with dementia become dependent on a caregiver for...
Using mobile apps to turn your new year’s resolutions into lasting behaviour change
Dr Laura Meade and Fernanda Trevisan For many, the start of the new year brings the proclamation of aspirational health related goals. But as 2021 forges on, over half of us will have cast those resolutions aside; the exercise goals forgotten, the new diet plan...
Healthy sleep, the cornerstone to good health
Dr Alicia Hughes and Miseo Baek It’s Sleep Awareness Week! At Sprout we know the importance of sleep on health and wellbeing. Here we look at the relationship between sleep and health and highlight some strategies we can all use to sleep better. Sleep...
“Women are not small men” Tackling underrepresentation of women in HIV clinical studies
Dr Vanessa Cooper For National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day in the USA, Sprout Health Solutions wants to take this opportunity to bring attention to one of the health inequalities affecting women around the world – underrepresentation in clinical...
Meet Sprout – Dr Laura Meade, Senior Scientist
In our Meet Sprout series, we ask each member of the Sprout Health Solutions team about their work, what brought them here and what makes them tick. First up is Dr Laura Meade, Senior Scientist, based in Canada. What does your role at Sprout involve? Something...
Sometimes it really is a zebra! Listening to the patient voice without burdening the rare disease community
We hear so much about the importance of “the patient voice”, but what does this really mean, and do we truly understand how best to incorporate this into drug development work? We reflect on these questions in relation to rare disease and look at what we can do...
Applying behavioural science can improve outcomes in coronary heart disease
February is American Heart Month, so we’re going to look at an aspect of behavioural science that can have an impact on outcomes in coronary heart disease (CHD). People act in line with their thoughts and feelings: the Common Sense Model If you have a conversation...
Patient-focused drug development and “beyond the pill” strategies could improve the safety of cancer drugs
Increasingly, pharma is striving towards true patient centricity and here we explore how patient-focused drug development (PFDD) could have a direct impact on drug safety and adverse event management. The FDA is developing guidance for PFDD with the goal to better...
Coping with COVID-19 lockdowns
As people across the world are living under lockdowns to limit the spread of COVID-19, it is crucial to take care of our mental and physical health. During the first lockdown, we developed a 3-pillar approach aimed at helping older adults to keep healthy and active at...
If you are concerned over the risk of the COVID-19 vaccine, read this first!
For those of you who may be concerned or hesitant about receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, here’s what has helped our decision-making at Sprout. The only vaccinations to be approved for COVID-19 at the time of writing use the mRNA (messenger ribonucleic acid) method. We...
2021, Year of the vaccine challenge: the role of behavioral science
We believe that successful roll-out of the COVID-19 vaccination will have a bigger impact on most people’s lives than anything else in 2021. Good uptake of the COVID-19 vaccine will be important for bringing the pandemic under control and allowing some normality to...
Sprout Health Solutions Honored in PM360’s Annual Innovation Issue
Sprout Behaviour Change and Sprout Health Outcomes Cited as Among Most Innovative Divisions in 2020 Los Angeles - Sprout Health Solutions was recognized as having two of the most innovative divisions within the healthcare and life sciences industries by PM360, a...
Sprout Health Solutions debuts new branding
Behavior Science Specialists Restructure Portfolio of Solutions-Based Offerings for Improved Health and Regulatory Success November 30 – London – Sprout Health Solutions, a UK-based global consultancy formerly known as Sprout Behaviour Change, announced their new name...