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RDCS South East Wales Grant Writing Day 2019

RDCS South East Wales Grant Writing Day 2019

Posted on 31 October 2019 by Philip Pallmann

Background On 26th September 2019 the Research Design and Conduct Service (RDCS) South East Wales hosted an all-day grant writing Day at Birchwood House, Cardiff. Sixteen delegates working across four […]

NIHR Fellowship Project Exploring Research Involving Adults Lacking Capacity To Consent – Our Public And Patient Involvement Journey

NIHR Fellowship Project Exploring Research Involving Adults Lacking Capacity To Consent – Our Public And Patient Involvement Journey

Posted on 28 October 2019 by Victoria Shepherd

Project exploring research involving adults who lack capacity to consent For the past 3 years I have been conducting a project exploring the ethical, legal, and practical challenges that may […]

NIHR Doctoral Fellowship: Interview with Tim Pickles

NIHR Doctoral Fellowship: Interview with Tim Pickles

Posted on 8 October 2019 by Timothy Pickles

Tim Pickles is a statistician and NIHR Doctoral Fellow in the Centre for Trials Research, a UKCRC-registered clinical trials unit based at Cardiff University. Here he talks about his Fellowship […]

World Sepsis Day 2019

World Sepsis Day 2019

Posted on 13 September 2019 by Kerry Hood

How can we reduce deaths from sepsis without contributing to the problem of antimicrobial resistance (AMR)? Today on World Sepsis Day (13th September 2019), as both members of the public […]

South West Research Hub Event Meeting

South West Research Hub Event Meeting

Posted on 5 September 2019 by Richard Haggerty

South West Research Hub event meeting 5th September 2019 The 2nd South West Research Hub meeting was hosted by the Centre for Trials Research on Thursday 5th September 2019 in […]

My ASCO: Centre for Trials Research at the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2019

My ASCO: Centre for Trials Research at the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2019

Posted on 25 July 2019 by Margherita Carucci

Background This year I’ve had the great opportunity to attend ASCO (American Society of Clinical Oncology) conference as a Centre for Trials Research representative together with Professor Richard Adams, Director […]

Working With Midwives And The Wider NHS: RDCS South East Wales Research Events

Working With Midwives And The Wider NHS: RDCS South East Wales Research Events

Posted on 20 June 2019 by Sue Channon

The RDCS South East Wales team have had a busy week with two events both focussing on different stages of developing a research funding application. All Wales Reproductive and Childbirth […]

Clinical Trials As A Catalyst For Change In The ‘Big Easy’ – The 40th Society For Clinical Trials Annual Meeting, New Orleans, USA

Clinical Trials As A Catalyst For Change In The ‘Big Easy’ – The 40th Society For Clinical Trials Annual Meeting, New Orleans, USA

Posted on 13 June 2019 by Victoria Shepherd

By Victoria Shepherd and Nigel Kirby A taste of New Orleans At times New Orleans felt very much like Wales…… wet. However, when the sun came out and the puddles […]

Supporting Successful PhDs: Dr Sarah Rees and the Arbour App

Supporting Successful PhDs: Dr Sarah Rees and the Arbour App

Posted on 15 May 2019 by Richard Haggerty

Sarah Rees recently passed her viva and gained her PhD: The development of an intervention to support doctors and medical students in their decision whether to disclose their mental ill […]

Improving Care In Long-Term Care In Brazil And Europe Through Growing Research Collaborations – The LOTUS Initiative

Improving Care In Long-Term Care In Brazil And Europe Through Growing Research Collaborations – The LOTUS Initiative

Posted on 8 May 2019 by Victoria Shepherd

Sowing the seeds of collaboration In June 2018 I was fortunate to be selected to join a Newton Fund OPAL event in Brazil on identifying and addressing shared challenges of […]