Alzheimer’s Society – Implementation Grants The Alzheimer’s Society uses the Implementation grant scheme to move tested evidence based interventions into the real world setting, to translate research into practice. By doing this the Society aims to maximise the benefits of research outputs for people affected by dementia more rapidly. Research-based […]
HRA intervention to process pre-HRA Approval studies and impact on eligibility review
HRA intervention to process pre-HRA Approval studies The Health Research Authority (HRA) have informed the NIHR CRN coordinating centre (CRNCC) that they plan an intense intervention, w/c 8 August, to process a number of pre-HRA Approval studies which have a REC opinion but never made an NHS R&D submission. Information […]
Opportunity: Co-Chair to the CLAHRC EoE Patient and Public Involvement Coordinating Group
CLAHRC East of England (EoE) are seeking a Co-Chair for our Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Coordinating Group We are committed to ensuring that the public, patients, carers and service users are integral to our work, and play an active role as partners. To support this, we would like to appoint a […]
CLAHRC EoE Deputy Director (UEA)
CLAHRC EoE Deputy Director (UEA) CLAHRC EoE are currently looking for a new Deputy Director (UEA), to be a key ambassador for the CLAHRC regionally and nationally. Application deadline is 1st September 2016. If you are interested in finding out more please follow this link. Share this articleTwitter
Short Films on the IMPRESS Project
Films on PPI on IMPRESS, the project itself and the key findings Project Team Members have produced 3 shorts films about PPI on IMPRESS, the project itself and the key findings. These films can be found on our YouTube page: Julia Keenan (Senior Research Associate) Fiona Poland (Theme co-lead: PPI) Mary Ledgard (Lay Chair) You can […]
Prison Care Pathways for older offenders in Prisons
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 […]
Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation
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 & […]
Suicide, Autism and Autistic Traits
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 […]
Developing an ante-natal intervention to promote infant mental health
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
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 […]