New NIHR Global Health Call Building on the NIHR’s Global Health Research portfolio, the launch of a new global health funding scheme, NIHR Research and Innovation for Global Health Transformation (RIGHT) has been announced NIHR RIGHT extends the reach of support to address the health issues faced by Official Development […]
Job Vacancy Research Associate Closing date: 12 noon on 21 January 2019 UEA are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Research Associate to join a research team headed by Prof Eneida Mioshi at the School of Health Sciences, University of East Anglia. This team investigates the impact of dementias and motor […]
Project Title: Online Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for family carers of people with dementia Type of Research: Primary research Background & Scientific Rationale: The problem: Recent systematic reviews led by the lead researcher (1,2) demonstrated that the pooled prevalence of depression and anxiety in family carers of people with […]
Project Title: Unintended effects of medications for sleep disturbance in people with dementia Type of Research: Secondary data analysis Background & Scientific Rationale: Poor sleep is common for people with dementia (PwD). It can lead to poor quality of life for them and their carers. Z-drugs (zolpidem, zopiclone and zaleplon) […]
Project Title: Development of a service specification for deprescribing long-term opiates Type of Research: Realist review Background & Scientific Rationale: Evidence for the long-term benefits of opiates to manage chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP) is limited and evidence for harm is growing.(1) Reducing opiate prescribing is an NHS Improvement goal (2) […]
Project Title: Optimising digital health tools for sleep and fatigue management in NHS shift workers: potential impact on patient, staff, and organisational outcomes. Type of Research: Survey, qualitative Background & Scientific Rationale: Front-line ambulance sector staff are at elevated risk of depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, weight gain, and poorer cardiometabolic […]
Clinical masterclasses: Participation in CYP Mental Health Date options: 22 Jan 2019 10 am – 12 noon: Young Minds office, London 7 Feb 2019 2.30 pm – 4.30 pm: Online webinar 21 Feb 2019 10 am – 12 noon: Young Minds office, London 28 Feb 2019 2.30 pm – 4.30 […]
SAVE THE DATE Patient Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) Annual UK Research Conference 13 June 2019, Leeds Beckett University Further details regarding abstract requests and registration will be out in the new year. More information about contributors can be seen here PROMS SAVE THE DATE 2019 Share this articleTwitter
Clinical Advisor for the “Every Mind Matters” public health campaign – role at Public Health England Do you understand the challenges and opportunities of influencing mental health at population level? Are you enthusiastic about the opportunity to use social marketing to improve the public’s mental health? Public Health England (PHE) […]
National Feedback Survey: What’s it like being involved in NIHR research? #MyNIHRPPIfeedback What has been your experience of being involved in NIHR research? If you are a patient, carer, service user or member of the public who has been involved in the NIHR’s work then they would like to know. […]