9:30 - 10:15 Registration and networking
Refreshments provided
10:15 - 10:20 Chair's Welcome
Divya Chadha Manek
NIHR CRN Business Development and Marketing Director
10:20 - 10:35 Introduction to the day
Dr William van't Hoff
CEO of NIHR Clinical Research Network
10:35 - 11:05 Keynote presentation one
Professor Lucy Chappell
Chief Scientific Adviser for the Department of Health and Social Care and CEO of NIHR
11:05 - 11:35 Keynote presentation two
Ben Osborn
UK Country Manager, Pfizer and President of ABPI
11:35 - 12:00 Keynote presentation: Find, Recruit and Follow-up: Unleashing the potential of data-enabled clinical research in the UK
Claire Bloomfield
Deputy Director, Centre for Improving Data Collaboration, NHSX
12:00 Morning Session Close
12:00 - 13:00 Networking lunch
13:00 - 14:00 Parallel sessions
Four to choose from:
The Study Support Service 2021 and next steps for the National Contract Value Review process
- Laura Bousfield, Head of Feasibility and Start-Up, NIHR Clinical Research Network
- Natalie Wilson, Business Development Manager, NIHR Clinical Research Network
- James Hughes, Research Senior Manager (Excess Treatment Costs and National Contract Value Review), NHS England and NHS Improvement
- HRA- tbc
Primary Care: Why place a study in this setting?
- Dr Karen Matthews, Business Development Manager, NIHR Clinical Research Network
- Yasmin Baker, Community Research Champion
- Shona Fraser, Clinical R&D Director, Global Clinical Operations, Janssen
- Dr Phil Evans, National Specialty Lead for Primary Care, NIHR Clinical Research Network
- Dr Nick Thomas, Clinical Research Lead for RCGP
- Dr Simon Royal, Industry Lead for Primary Care, NIHR Clinical Research Network
Better healthcare through more inclusive research
- Theo Christie, Business Development Manager, NIHR Clinical Research Network
- Gary Nestor, Assistant Specialty Cluster Lead, NIHR Clinical Research Network
- Hannah Simonds, Senior Manager, Patient Recruitment and Engagement, Labcorp Clinical Development Limited
- Rizwan Rehman, Community Research Champion
Patient Recruitment Centres (PRCs) one year on: Why companies need to think differently
- Richard Evans, Patient Recruitment Centre Progamme Manager, NIHR Clinical Research Network
- Dr Rebecca Clark, GP and Clinical Investigator, Layton Medical Centre, Blackpool, and Fylde Coast Clinical Research
- LeighBoxall,Strategic Site Solutions Manager, IQVIA
- Representatives from all five Patient Recruitment Centres
14:00 - 14:15 Coffee break
14.15 - 15.15 Panel Discussion: Improving the UK research ecosystem
Panellists:
- Dame Kate Bingham, Managing Partner, SV Health Investors LLP
- Clare Grace, Chief Patient Officer, Parexel International
- Dr June Raine, CEO, MHRA
- Matthew Whitty, Director at NHS England and NHS Improvement and CEO of the Accelerated Access Collaborative
- Professor Dinesh Saralaya, Consultant Respiratory Physician and Associate Director of Research at Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, and Clinical Director or Patient Recruitment Centre: Bradford
15:15 - 15:30 Conference Close
Chair
15:30 - 17:00 Networking drinks reception
Sponsored by Medcity and the Northern Health Science Alliance
Free to attend
The event is free to attend, however, if you register and are then unable to attend and have not cancelled your attendance by Wednesday 22 September 2021, you will be charged the published day delegate rate of £99. If the event is disrupted or rescheduled due to COVID-19 please be assured that no charges will apply.
How to register
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