During our annual event, we will have several exhibitors representing research organisations and universities from around the region. Their stalls can be found in the reception area and will be manned at the two breaks of the day, specified below:
11:00 - 11:30 and 13:00 - 14:00
Charlotte Fox and Mark Taylor, both Innovations Managers, will be attending our event and exhibiting the AHSN NENC during the marketplace.
The Academic Health Science Network for the North East and North Cumbria (AHSN NENC) works with Member Organisations including the NHS Trusts, CCGs and Universities, and Partner Organisations including the NIHR Clinical Research Network NENC, across the region to help them identify, evaluate, adopt and disseminate transformative innovation. The AHSN NENC works a lot with Industry too, as a source of innovation and helps industry to access the expertise within the NHS that is so crucial to the development, testing and deployment of products and services that are the basis of the UK’s Life Sciences sector.
As part of a national network of 15 AHSNs, and with colleagues across the country, they collaborate to make nationally important innovation visible and accessible throughout the NHS.
The work of the AHSN NENC focuses on four main areas:
Across all these activities, The AHSN NENC acts as the trusted broker of cross-organisational work.
Twitter: @AHSN_NENC
Website: http://www.ahsn-nenc.org.uk/
Kathryn Common, Communications Manager, and Louise Wilson, Professional Engagement Lead, will be representing the Great North Care Record at the annual event.
The Great North Care Record makes information appropriately available to support frontline care, individual self-management, service planning and evaluation and research. They are exploring how researchers can gain legitimate access to patient data for data analysis and to contact them to participate in clinical trials.
Twitter: @GreatNorthCare
Website: www.greatnorthcarerecord.org.uk/
Claire Graham is a Research Operations Manager - Medical Technology for the Clinical Research Network North East and North Cumbria, and will be on the MedConNecT North stand throughout the marketplace sessions.
MedConNecT North aims to bridge the gap between the NHS and the development of new technology.
They are passionate about the contribution clinical research can make to improve people’s lives, reduce health costs and benefit economic growth. MedConNecT North work collaboratively with NHS trusts, primary care organisations and other qualified stakeholders and providers of health and social care services, the National Institute for Health Research Clinical Research Network North East and North Cumbria (NIHR CRN NENC) can translate that passion into effective delivery of research studies.
MedConNecT North in collaboration with North East and North Cumbria Clinical Research Network (NENC CRN) and the Academic Health Science Network (AHSN NENC) provides free support to help medical technology companies; SMEs, National and International Companies, deliver high quality research in the NHS. The MedConNecT North team can provide access to world leading NHS consultants covering all medical specialities, whether this is to facilitate feedback on a technology or to act as a Chief Investigator for a clinical trial. The team can appropriately sign post to key individuals and organisations to facilitate study design, delivery of research and adoption into the NHS clinical pathway. In addition, MedConNecT North supports NHS staff to encourage, develop and drive medical technology innovation within their organisation
Website: medconnectnorth.com
Twitter: @MedConNecTNorth
Wade Tovey is the Projects Leader for the voluntary group, NESCHA - the North East Social Care and Health Advisers, and is a member of Linking Patients to Research and Creating Connections.
NESCHA are service users/carers/patients who seek to share and promote best practice in social care and health, and integration, and best practice in participation/engagement/involvement
They run forums and workshops, and have an annual conference to achieve these aims as well as supporting individuals and encouraging personalisation. Their website will soon have a best practice resource into which patients/service users/carers as well as professionals can provide input as well as as accessing for mutual benefit.
NESCHA have been involved in evaluative research of various types, not least as core members involved in organisations like Healthwatch, PPGs, AHSN , CCGs.
Website: www.nescha.org
Email: info@nescha.org
Newcastle provides postgraduate full-time and part-time courses for healthcare and healthcare related professionals who are ambitious to develop and further their career in clinical research.
Their Clinical Research MClinRes, PGDip and PGCert is a taught programme which allows you to study clinical research in the context of your work. The course can be studied either on-campus or online and there are part-time and full-time options according to your level of study.
The Clinical and Health Sciences with Clinical Research MSc, PGDip and PGCert is a taught, part-time modular online programme where you can select modules of your choice in addition to clinical research modules. Their clinical research modules can also be studied on a stand-alone basis for continuing professional development.
Newcastle University is proud of the quality of their teaching and many of their teaching staff are leading academics their fields.
Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/research/
Twitter: @UniofNewcastle
Dr Emma Raine, Coordinator of the NIHR BioResource Centre Newcastle, is exhibiting as part of the Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre.
The NIHR BioResource Centre Newcastle is one of 13 centres contributing to a national BioResource, designed to fight against common conditions and rare diseases that affect people across England. The aim of the NIHR BioResource is to further clinical research within the UK by assisting researchers with volunteer recruitment, specifically by genotype and/or phenotype. The unique benefit of the NIHR BioResource is that researchers can select volunteers for studies based on their genotype or other characteristics, such as biomarkers.
Twitter: @NIHRNewcBRC
Website: https://www.newcastlebrc.nihr.ac.uk/
Representing the MIC at the event, Rachel E Dickinson, Research and Development Study Manager, and Anna Halstead, Project Manager
The NIHR Newcastle In Vitro Diagnostics Co-operative (NIHR Newcastle MIC) was established in January 2018, building upon the success of the previous NIHR Diagnostic Evidence Co-operative (DEC) Newcastle (2013 - 2017). The role of the NIHR Newcastle MIC is to deliver high quality, robust scientific evidence on in vitro diagnostic tests (IVDs) and diagnostic medical devices — i.e. how their adoption by the NHS would improve patient health and provide value for money in an affordable way.
The focus of the Newcastle MIC lies in three areas of important unmet clinical need: Infectious diseases, Stratified Medicine, and Ageing and long term chronic conditions. This is supported through collaboration with external partners, such as other NIHR resources, commercial and academic organisations. Together, they can plan, design and carry out the necessary research to provide the evidence required by NHS clinicians and commissioners for investing in the most promising new technologies, as well as informing key developmental decisions.
Twitter: @NIHR_NCL_MIC
Website: http://www.newcastle.mic.nihr.ac.uk/
Charlotte Halliday, Clinical Research Practitioner Lead and Kim Shirley, Research Operations Manager will be representing the CRN NENC and the Clinical Research Practitioner (CRP) workforce.
Their main aim is to provide support for Clinical Research Practitioners across the NENC region and to help raise the profile of Clinical Research Practitioners and the vital role they play in research delivery.
They hope to engage with researchers through the R&D community, through regular communication updates so CRPs are aware of the work they're doing and through newly appointed Clinical Research Practitioner Champions who will act as a link between the CRN and Clinical Research Practitioners.
Twitter: @NIHRCRN_nencumb
Website: https://sites.google.com/nihr.ac.uk/newsroomnenc/home
Penny Williams, Research Delivery Manager and Wellbeing Lead, John Rouse, Project Manager and Helen Boak, Administrator, will be representing NIHR CRN NENC Wellbeing team at the event.
The Wellbeing team within the Clinical Research Network North East and North Cumbria aim to promote and support wellbeing in the workplace.
The team were formed in August 2018 and, amongst other wellbeing activities, have so far completed two step challenges (totalling 9,359,263 steps), raised money for charity and had many walks.
You can find out more about our wellbeing activities by visiting us at the Market Place or by joining us for a lunchtime walk.
Twitter: @NIHRCRN_nencumb
Northumbria University, Department of Nursing Midwifery and Health will be represented by Professor Pauline Pearson (Director of Research and Innovation), Dr Cathy Bailey (Associate Professor and PGR lead) and Dr Jane Greaves (Senior Lecturer and researcher working on patient safety and workforce issues in critical care and cancer care).
Northumbria's Department of Nursing, Midwifery and Health offers students the opportunity to develop caring careers that can transform the lives of patients, families and communities.
Northumbria University is well-established with highly rated Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) and Health and Care Professions Council (HPC) approved programmes. Their BSc nursing programmes are ranked in the top 20 in the UK according to both The Guardian and Complete University Guides.
Twitter: @NorthumbriaUni
Website: www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/academic-departments/nursing-midwifery-health/
Jan Lecouturier is a Senior Research Methodologist at the RDS and will be exhibiting during the marketplace sessions.
The Research Design Service (RDS) is funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) to support research teams to develop and submit high quality applied health and social care grant applications to NIHR and other national peer-reviewed funding programmes.
Their advice is confidential and free of charge. They offer specialist advice on all aspects of an application including:
Twitter: @NIHR_RDSNENC
Website: https://rds-nenc.nihr.ac.uk/
Dr Yitka Graham will be exhibiting and representing the University of Sunderland, during the marketplace.
The University of Sunderland offers a wide range of Nursing and Allied Health Professional Undergraduate Programmes. At postgraduate level they offer MSc Nursing and have a thriving community of Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health PhD students, current and alumni.
Their researchers have access to facilities which include include the Living Lab which supports state-of-the-art facilities for all forms of healthcare related simulation based education and support to research. The Living Lab boasts the region’s only immersive simulation room allowing participants to experience events in simulated environments.
Twitter: @UofSPubHealth
Website: Health Sciences and Wellbeing
Dr Samantha Harrison, a Reader in Respiratory Rehabilitation, will be exhibiting and representing Teesside University, School of Health and Social Care.
Teesside University School of Health and Social Care delivers courses in nursing, midwifery, allied health professions and sport and exercise performance. The School has well-established relationships with local health and sports services. They aim to enhance the lives of service users, which includes a broad range of people from older adults with chronic conditions to elite athletes.
The School of Health and Social Care conducts high quality applied research focused on improving health and wellness. Delivered through research centres, they have a particular focus on public health, rehabilitation, exercise and sports sciences, and a strong emphasis on the translation of research into policy and practice. They work collaboratively with a range of national and international organisations including the World Health Organisation (WHO), Public Health England and FUSE. The Healthcare Innovation Center (HIC) also sits within the School. The mission of HIC is to undertake multi-disciplinary research to develop new interventions and technologies to improve people’s health and quality of life.
Twitter: @TeesUniSOHSC
Website: School of Health and Social Care
Dr Cormac Ryan, Co-lead the Council for Allied Health Professions Research (CAHPR) North East hub, will be on hand to help you at our annual event.
CAHPR strengthens allied health professional (AHP) research activities and outputs facilitating the transfer of research findings into practice. It provides opportunities for learning, networking and access to advice and support.
The North East hub, hosted by Teesside University , offers an annual small grants scheme in collaboration with Yorkshire and South Yorkshire hubs. Novice AHP researchers have the opportunity to compete for five awards of up to £1000 each to conduct a small research project which has the potential to influence clinical practice and/or lead to a larger funding application or fellowship. They also host two research symposiums each year, one at Teesside University and one at Newcastle or Northumbria University. Topics presented previously include: working with industry, managing and explaining pain and becoming an occupational therapy researcher.
Twitter: @CAHPRNNorthEast
Website: https://cahpr.csp.org.uk/
Katherine Jacques, Engagement Project Support Officer, and Alex Mitchell, Engagement Project Manager, will be representing Voice during the marketplace.
VOICE is a patient and public involvement and engagement network, and associated digital platform, based at Newcastle University. VOICE exists to harness the experience, insights and ideas of patients and the public to improve the relevance and impact of research.
Through the VOICE digital platform, we can help to:
- Organise and promote workshops and focus groups
- Undertake online surveys and polls
- Host online discussions and debates
- Support the recruitment of public members to projects and steering groups
- Organise and promote themed events
- Support patient and public involvement in research and innovation
Twitter: @VOICE__Global
Website: www.voice-global.org/
Jo Ball, YPAGne Coordinator, and Clare Simmister, Team Lead for Paediatric Research Team and Research Lead, will be representing YPAGne at our marketplace during the event.
YPAGne meet monthly in Newcastle, and are integrated into the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Children’s Specialty YPAG model which aims to increase the input and influence of young people in the development of clinical and public health research. YPAGne launched in 2015 and currently has over 45 active members aged 13-18. Some of members have experienced care in a hospital setting, some have experience of living with a condition or disability but most have a general interest in learning about health and research.
Researchers and Health care professionals contact YPAGne for help at varying degrees of their research, with many attending to put the finishing touches to their study and to gain feedback on the design or content of the research. Some researchers come with an idea, concept and ask YPAGne to help form that idea with input on questions, where to get information or how to disseminate their findings.
The group also take part in other activities, such as quality improvement for wards and departments in the hospital and attend events, symposiums and conferences that promote young person involvement in research.
Twitter: @YPAGne