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New Beginnings: The First CTR Nursing And Allied Health Professionals Group Awayday

New Beginnings: The First CTR Nursing And Allied Health Professionals Group Awayday

Posted on 24 November 2022 by Victoria Shepherd

As there are a number of nurses and allied health professionals working in a range of research roles in the Centre for Trials Research, we recognised earlier this year that […]

RDCS Early Ideas Event 2022

RDCS Early Ideas Event 2022

Posted on 17 November 2022 by Philip Pallmann

Earlier this summer, after more than two years of virtual events, the Research Design and Conduct Service (RDCS) South East Wales held its first in-person workshop since the beginning of […]

Improving The Basics: Why Do We Do Clinical Trial Monitoring?

Improving The Basics: Why Do We Do Clinical Trial Monitoring?

Posted on 1 November 2022 by Kerry Hood

Whilst working from home over the last two years I have had the pleasure of being part of a topic group within the Trial Conduct Working Group of the Trial […]

Centre for Trials Research At #ICTMC2022: 6th International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference (ICTMC)

Centre for Trials Research At #ICTMC2022: 6th International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference (ICTMC)

Posted on 27 October 2022 by Cheney Drew

After a Covid related hiatus, so a year later than planned, the bi-annual International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference (ICTMC) was held in the beautiful spa town of Harrogate at the […]

GRIN Meeting 2022

GRIN Meeting 2022

Posted on 6 October 2022 by Kerry Hood

-by Kerry Hood, Becky Cannings-John & Dave Gillespie We dusted off our passport to go to what was for many of us our first face to face international conference in […]

Stillbirths in Nigeria

Stillbirths in Nigeria

Posted on 4 October 2022 by Rebecca Milton

Background Stillbirth is defined by the World Health Organisation as ‘a baby born with no signs of life at or after 28 weeks' gestation’ and are reported as one of […]

My GW4 Crucible Experience

My GW4 Crucible Experience

Posted on 29 September 2022 by Josie Henley

What is GW4 Crucible and who is it for? GW4 Crucible is a series of workshops for people who are identified as ‘future leaders’ to explore working in an interdisciplinary […]

A reflection On Coverage Of Outcomes In The PACE Trial Compared To COS-AECOPD

A reflection On Coverage Of Outcomes In The PACE Trial Compared To COS-AECOPD

Posted on 27 September 2022 by David Gillespie

By Dr. David Gillespie and Prof. Kerenza Hood Overview In 2014, the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) funded a randomised controlled trial (RCT) evaluating the use of a C-reactive […]

College Student: My In2ScienceUK Work Experience In the Centre for Trials Research

College Student: My In2ScienceUK Work Experience In the Centre for Trials Research

Posted on 6 September 2022 by David Gillespie

Hi, my name is Imogen Dagdeviren. I am a college student at Nantgarw College, studying Biology, Chemistry and Mathematics. I have just finished AS and will be moving on to […]

AIDS 2022: When Cutting-Edge Science Meets Powerful Community Activism

AIDS 2022: When Cutting-Edge Science Meets Powerful Community Activism

Posted on 31 August 2022 by David Gillespie

“This is not a kumbaya moment.” These words topped and tailed the foremost conference on HIV / AIDS held in Montreal at the end of July…a conference known for: Thousands […]