NHSE/NIHR Doctoral Clinical Practitioner and Academic Fellowship (DCAF) – Round 2 Public Minutes
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Public minutes
Meeting: Selection Committee Interviews – Round 2
Date: 18-19 April 2023
Place: The DoubleTree Hotel, Leeds (hybrid via Zoom)
Attendees
Selection Committee (One) Members
Professor Avril Drummond (Chair), University of Nottingham
Professor Louise Connell (Deputy Chair), University of Central Lancashire
Dr Gita Ramdharry, University College London Hospital NHS Trust
Professor Taraneh Dean, London South Bank University
Professor Julie Sanders, Barts Health NHS Trust
Professor Natalie Pattison, University of Hertfordshire
Professor Mary Wells, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Professor Andy Welch, University of Aberdeen
Dr Angus MacBeth, University of Edinburgh
Sue Prior, Patient Public Involvement Member
Philip Paulden, Patient Public Involvement Member
NIHR Programme Management Staff
Dr Beth Harris, Assistant Director Personal Awards Team
Dr Henry Mbawa, Senior Programme Manager
Steph Britt, Senior Programme Manager
Beth Davies, Senior Programme Officer
Observers
Iain Mallet, NIHR PPI Manager
Nicoli Ellis-Hal, NIHR PPI Manager
Joanna Nurse, NIHR Assistant Communications Manager
Scarlett Brunstrom, NIHR Assistant Communications Manager
Selection Committee (Two) Members
Professor John Baker (Chair), University of Leeds
Professor Vanora Hundley (Deputy Chair), Bournemouth University
Dr Claire Diver, University of Nottingham
Professor Fiona Cramp, University of the West England
Professor Heidi Probst, Sheffield Hallam University
Professor Annie Topping, University of Birmingham
Professor Caroline Alexander, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Professor Michelle Briggs, University of Manchester
Professor Caroline Sabin, University College London
Collin Wilkinson, Patient Public Involvement Member
Yesmin Begum, Patient Public Involvement Member
NIHR Programme Management Staff
Dr James Fenton, Assistant Director Integrated Pathways Team
Dr Kieran Lee, Senior Programme Manager
Louise Hawkyard, Programme Manager
Suzanne Coombs, Senior Programme Officer
Apologies
None.
Applications
The total number of applications received for this round was 16, and all were deemed eligible for consideration. The Selection Committee shortlisted 15 applicants, of which 14 attended the interview with one withdrawn. Six applicants were deemed by the Selection Committee to lie within the fundable range; a 38% success rate.
Application Summary
Application Window: 15 September -15 November 2022
Selection Committee Assessment: 21 November 2022 - 31 January 2023
Shortlisting Meeting: 14 February 2023
Interviews: 18-19 April 2023
Recommended for Funding: 11 May 2023
Interview and Discussions of Applications
DCAF Round 2 Selection Committee 1 Recommendations
| Reference | Outcome | Project title |
|---|---|---|
| NIHR303067 | Funded | Development of an education and training package for community healthcare professionals working with laryngectomy patients and their families |
| NIHR303066 | Funded | How does leg swelling impact people with multimorbidity at the end of life and what might support them to live and die well? |
| NIHR303065 | Rejected | Developing a Novel Educational Intervention to Support Healthcare Professionals in the Assessment and Management of People Living with Cancer-Related Pain. (D-NEHP Study) |
| NIHR303075 | Rejected | Creating accessible digital health checks: developing an accessible digital tool for the NHS Health Checks Programme with populations with low literacy. |
| NIHR303076 | Rejected | Investigating current practice of prescribing ‘rescue packs’ in COPD in primary care and empowering non-medical prescribers to prescribe them |
| NIHR303082 | Rejected | Personalised cArdiac computational Models to Predict Ablation Procedure outcomes for Atrial fibrillation patients: the PAMPAPA study |
| NIHR303087 | Rejected | Improving psychological support for the emotional impact of pelvic pain in women: A mixed methods feasibility study |
Committee 1 Recommendations
| Reference | Outcome | Project title |
|---|---|---|
| NIHR303063 | Funded | Delta-radiomics data science evaluation, validation, and integration into the precision oncology pathway for bone and soft tissue sarcoma. |
| NIHR303069 | Funded | What are the self-management support needs of people in the 6 months after an episode of acute kidney injury, and what is the role of the formal and informal network in addressing these needs? |
| NIHR303085 | Funded | Evaluation of free-living physical activity and the assessment tools used to support pharmacological therapy titration and exercise prescription in children and adolescents diagnosed with inherited arrhythmias. |
| NIHR303074 | Funded | Sound Origins: co-designing a Music Therapy program to improve key aspects of continuing bonds for parents of infants with life-limited infants in the neonatal unit setting |
| NIHR303077 | Rejected | Women's health in COPD: understanding the menopause |
| NIHR303084 | Rejected | Meeting the needs of young cancer patients and their caregivers after fertility tissue preservation: A mixed methods study to inform and enhance an NHS follow-up care pathway. |
| NIHR303096 | Rejected | Predicting falls in community-dwelling older adults using different types of dual-task gait assessment: a mixed methods feasibility study. |