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20 January 2020
Kidney Research UK, has been pivotal in fostering relationships between the life sciences, academia and the NHS in recent years which is has enabled a culture of collaboration and is paving the way for a growing number of Complex and Innovative Design (CID) trials.
02 January 2020
The real-world approach adopted by the Rococo study meant that it was the first cough medicine study in the UK to be delivered entirely in a pharmacy setting - a significant achievement for community-based health research.
12 December 2019
Read about how we collaborated with Pfizer Ltd, clinicians and patients to successfully design and pilot a new patient involvement service for the life sciences industry.
04 December 2019
Angus Sturrock, Mental Health Research Nurse, explains how to overcome some of the complexities of conducting research in care homes.
03 December 2019
Autistica has had a long history of collaboration with the NIHR, developing research priorities with the James Lind Alliance that have influenced funding by the charity itself, the NIHR and other funders.
18 November 2019
Danielle van der Windt is Professor of Primary Care Epidemiology and Research Director at Keele University’s School for Primary, Community and Social Care. She describes why her research into shoulder pain is so important and how the NIHR-charity co-funding made it happen.
12 November 2019
Dr Damian Roland is a Consultant and Honorary Associate Professor in paediatric emergency medicine. He was awarded an NIHR fellowship in 2010 and successfully applied for RfPB programme funding in 2015. He has shared his advice on how an RfPB award as an early career researcher can be a stepping stone to a research career.
12 November 2019
Justine Tomlinson is a specialist pharmacist and doctoral training fellow at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust and the University of Bradford. She successfully applied for an NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) award during her PhD and has shared her advice to encourage other doctoral students to apply.
05 November 2019
Prednisolone (steroid treatment) and pentoxifylline are both recommended for the treatment of severe alcoholic hepatitis and are widely used, but uncertainty remained about their benefits. STOPAH was a randomised double blind trial designed to evaluate the effect of treatment with prednisolone or pentoxifylline in patients with alcoholic hepatitis.
05 November 2019
We explore four key ways research can benefit your career, featuring testimonies from healthcare professionals who encourage others to follow in their footsteps and take their next step in their research career.
05 November 2019
The ARREST trial was designed to assess whether adding rifampicin to standard antibiotic treatment for staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia would improve survival from this infection.
30 October 2019
Andrew Owen, a dual speciality trainee in anaesthesia and critical care, explains how his research career has progressed as an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellow and an NIHR Clinical Lecturer.
24 October 2019
A lead clinical physiotherapist provides insight into her path in research - including being the first Allied Health Professional (AHP) in her organisation to be awarded the HEE/NIHR Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship.
23 October 2019
DIPLOMA is a four year programme of work to assess the success of the NHS Healthier You: NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme.
22 October 2019
A senior nurse shares how she utilised the support of the NIHR’s Research Design Service to focus her application which saw her being awarded a HEE/NIHR Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship.
21 October 2019
Dr Jessica Watson is a GP and an NIHR Doctoral Research Fellow. She talks about her experience of being awarded an NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship (ACF).
14 October 2019
We help debunk some common misconceptions about clinical research and explain how it's only by keeping up to date on better treatments and care and improving diagnosis and prevention that we can improve patient care.
07 October 2019
Mohana Ratnapalan applied for the NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship to innovate in the care provided and how it is delivered.
04 October 2019
Research registries and biobanks present an efficient way of doing research. In the UK the life sciences industry, charities and academia are collaborating to maximise this new approach and open up a wealth of new opportunities to accelerate new advances that will benefit kidney disease patients.
04 October 2019
In the UK our ability to access rich patient data within our national healthcare system is rapidly expanding. The advent of the ehealth record and ever-growing interconnectivity of information systems is opening up new opportunities and enabling new and innovative approaches to conducting clinical trials. The SIMPLIFIED study is a case in point and is the first renal registry-facilitated trial of its kind.
04 October 2019
Children’s physiotherapist Adam Galloway shares how he first made the move into a clinical academic career and reveals insights into his journey as a NIHR Pre-doctoral Clinical Academic Fellow.’
04 October 2019
Advanced nurse practitioner Michelle Davies explains how her journey through research has progressed and urges others to follow in her footsteps.
04 October 2019
Senior Clinical Research Nurse Imogen Skene explains how her research career has developed after embarking on an NIHR Pre-doctoral Fellowship.
03 October 2019
The SUSPEND study looked at the use of drug therapy in the management of symptomatic ureteric stones in hospitalised adults.
03 October 2019
The INTERACT 2 study compared early intensive lowering of blood pressure with existing guidelines.