News for Investigators

A widening gap between the NHS and academia is preventing research in the NHS from reaching its full potential, a report has said.

The BRC’s Deafness and Hearing Problems theme are seeking a Translational Research Manager (£57,279-£62,283 per annum) to drive and expand the portfolio of translational research in the field of novel hearing therapeutics.

Researchers can now register for Antimicrobial Resistance - Genomes, Big Data and Emerging Technologies – a 3-day conference in May organised by the Wellcome Genome Campus.

Head of the UCL Academic Careers Office (ACO) Colby Benari who leads a team which supports and develops early career researchers has won the Leadership Award at the UCL Professional Service Awards.

Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) has appointed BRC dementia theme board member Jonathan Schott as the charity’s first ever Chief Medical Officer (CMO).

The last month saw the first twenty patients recruited to an important new programme at UCLH called AboutMe, supported by the NIHR UCLH BRC, with the aim of embedding research into routine clinical care.

The UCL Ear Institute is seeking a research assistant to work on patient and public involvement and engagement.

Nurses, midwives and allied health professionals (AHPs) interested in research can now apply for on-the-job research experience by applying for a Chief Nurse Research Internship from the UCLH Centre for Nurse, Midwife and AHP led Research (CNMAR).

This month we caught up with Dr Valérian Turbé (postdoctoral research associate) and Erin Manning (communications manager) at i-sense, the UCL-led initiative developing digital health systems to test, track and treat infections.

The UCLH/UCL Joint Research Office needs Principal Investigators and Chief Investigators on UCLH clinical trials to take certain actions in relation to Brexit before 31 October.

Events are taking place across UCL and the BRC this week to encourage researchers to involve patients and the public in research.

Clinical academics and healthcare professionals can learn the basics of coding at a two-day workshop organised by the UCL Academic Careers Office this autumn.

The NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) North Thames has been launched today to focus on five themes in applied health research: mental health, multi-morbidity, population health and social care, innovation and implementation, and health economics and data.

Awards of up to £40,000 to undertake obesity research are available for early career researchers, allied health professionals and clinicians who do not hold a full-time academic contract.

Researchers can now apply for funding to involve patients and the public in their research.