Children and Young People

Summary

We support and deliver clinical research studies involving children and young people. This includes:

controlled trials of new and established medicines for children
development of screening and prognostic tools, including imaging behavioural interventions
development and evaluation of health technologies and medical devices
studies on the origins, monitoring and prevention of disease
the effect of lifestyle factors such as diet, nutrition and exercise

Professor Paul Dimitri is the Clinical Research Network (CRN) National Specialty Lead for children and young people.

As a researcher, you can get expert advice through our CSGs to develop an effective research proposal for your specialty in child health.

Our CSGs include:

CSGs can help with:

focusing ideas and refining the research question
facilitating patient and parent input
study design
feasibility of researching for a study
linking up with Clinical Trials Units who can help with statistics and trial management
signposting to funding opportunities and NIHR CRN support
disseminating research

Email csg.crnchildren@nihr.ac.uk and we can advise you on the next steps.

If you’re a healthcare professional, you could be eligible for our Associate PI Scheme

Through the Clinical Research Network (CRN), you can get help with:

planning and delivering your research to achieve the greatest impact
recruiting patients for your study
costs for your study, if you are eligible. This could include money for extra staff, facilities or equipment