The NIHR has appointed forty new members to the NIHR College of Senior Investigators. Senior Investigators are recognised for their outstanding contribution to health and social care research.  

Professor Dame Sally C. Davies, Director General of Research and Development at the Department of Health, announced the outcome of the third NIHR annual competition at the NIHR London Regional Research Conference on 2 March 2010. The event, run in conjunction with the London Strategic Health Authority at the QEII Conference Centre, concluded the very successful series of ten NIHR regional research conferences held throughout 2009 – 2010.      

Other speakers on the high profile programme included Ruth Carnell, CBE and Chief Executive of NHS London, Dr Amanda Begley, Head of Innovation, NHS London, and Simon Denegri, Chief Executive of the Association of Medical Research Charities.   

A new NIHR leaflet, "Systematic Reviews: knowledge to support evidence-informed health and social care" was also launched at the event. Systematic reviews ensure the NHS adopts the most effective, best-value healthcare interventions and has access to the best possible evidence to inform decisions and choices. The NIHR, through its investment in the UK Cochrane Centre and Cochrane Review Groups, the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination and Health Technology Assessment Review teams, is a global leader in this field.