Project title: Prison Care Pathways – integrated care pathways and continuity of care at points of transitioning and resettlement for older offenders with complex care needs.’ Type of research: Applied care research; Systems reviews; Case studies; Stakeholder consultations; Cost-effectiveness/projections; Development work (policy, practice, services and systems) in direct collaboration with […]
Project title: Can transcutaneous vagus nerve stimulation (tVNS) modulation of heart rate variability reduce aggression by adults with developmental or acquired brain injury? A study with people with intellectual (learning) disabilities, autism or acquired brain injury. Type of research: Acceptability and feasibility study using a single case design Background & […]
Project title: Suicide, Autism and Autistic Traits Type of research: Pilot Study Background & Scientific Rationale: Suicide is a devastating consequence of mental illness. There has been little research focused specifically on people with autism who commit suicide. Retrospective research by our group found that the prevalence of lifetime experience […]
Project title: Developing an ante-natal intervention to promote infant mental health Type of research: Intervention development and outcome measure validation Background & Scientific Rationale: There is a large body of evidence that strongly suggests that infant mental health in the period from conception to 2 years is greatly influenced by […]
PROMISE: PROactive Management of Integrated Services and Environments Co-founders of the Research: Dr Manaan Kar-Ray, Consultant Psychiatrist, and former Clinical Director of adult services at CPFT Sarah Rae, CPFT Expert-by Experience and CLAHRC EoE PPI Advisor Project Summary: PROMISE’s overall purpose was to reduce the use of restraint (with a […]
NIHR Knowledge Mobilisation Research Fellowship Programme Round 5 of the NIHR Knowledge Mobilisation Research Fellowship is now open Knowledge Mobilisation Research Fellowships (KMR Fellowships) are designed to support a balance of innovative knowledge mobilisation and research into the processes and impacts of such innovation. Through innovative practice and systematic study […]
Reflections from Health Services Research UK Conference 13 & 14 July 2016, Nottingham Conference Centre. The CLAHRC East of England’s IMPRESS (IMPRESS: Researching the Implementation and evaluation of Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in CLAHRC East of England Research.) study benefited from two PPI co-researchers (Penny Vicary and Amander Wellings) and this conference […]
Rashmi Becker, PHD Researcher in the Department of Psychiatry is recognised for her ‘Outstanding Contribution to Innovation’ at the National Learning Disabilities and Autism Awards Rashmi Becker has been recognised for her Outstanding Contribution to Innovation at National Learning Disabilities and Autism Awards which took place at the ICC Birmingham […]
NIHR Academic Training Advocates What is an NIHR Academic Training Advocate? The NIHR Academic Training Advocates are ambassadors for non-medical clinical research careers. They are a group of senior non-medical clinical academics who are passionate about furthering academic training in their profession. There are currently over 30 successful senior clinical academics in the […]
Seventh NIHR Infrastructure Doctoral Research Training Camp Developing Your Post-doctoral Career: Attracting Health Research Funding Rashmi Becker, PhD Student. NIHR CLAHRC East of England, Cambridge Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities Research Group I have just returned from a three-day conference at Ashridge Business School for over one hundred doctoral students from […]