CLAHRC EOE News and Events
Applications are now invited to a further round of the Public Health Practice Evaluation Scheme (PHPES). PHPES is run by the national School for Public Health Research (SPHR), of which the University of Cambridge is a member, and is now operated in collaboration with Public Health England. The scheme is […]
The RAPPORT research team are delighted announce that the report “ReseArch with Patient and Public invOlvement: a RealisT evaluation – the RAPPORT study” has been published in the Health Services and Delivery Research journal on the NIHR Journals Library website. The study set out to find evidence showing whether or not Patient and Public Involvement […]
Identifying Regional Research Priorities Using Roadmapping Techniques The roadmapping event built on an earlier CLAHRC EoE workshop held in January 2015 which brought together community providers from across the Eastern Region. This first workshop was attended by twenty representatives from four different community services providers and included medical directors, research […]
The Health Foundation are pleased to announce their new research funding opportunity. The Health Foundation‘s new Behavioural Insights Research Programme aims to support research over a two to three year time-frame that designs, tests and evaluates behavioural interventions that can improve efficiency and reduce waste in health care services in the […]
The Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative (SFARI) seeks to improve the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorders by funding innovative research of the greatest quality and relevance. Objective of the SFARI Explorer Awards: This award program is designed to enhance the SFARI’s existing support of autism research by providing timely […]
An NIHR funded study, recently published in the The Lancet Psychiatry, assessed if increased liaison between primary and secondary care improves the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of detection of people with, or at high risk of developing, a first psychotic illness. The Liaison and Education in General Practices (LEGs) study, led by Principal […]
NatCen Learning, an independent social research agency are pleased to announce that their Autumn 2015 open course programme on research methods is available for booking. Highlights include: basic statistical analysis for the social sciences survey sampling questionnaire design and qualitative courses. The open workshops are taught by experienced applied researchers drawing […]
The Mental Health Foundation has teamed up with the Winston Churchill Memorial Trust to provide an exciting programme of travelling fellowships in 2016. The fellowships will directly support British citizens who want to travel overseas to gain knowledge, experience and best practice to benefit others in their UK professions and communities and […]
By Valerie Dunn The IMPACT Study (Improving Mood with Psychoanalytic and Cognitive Therapies, Goodyer et al., 2011) is a large randomized controlled trial (RCT) in Cambridge, North London and Manchester. The qualitative arm, IMPACT-ME (IMPACT My-Experience) is run by Dr Nick Midgley of the Anne Freud Centre and UCL, London. […]
“Well into Words’’ by Mr Barney Eden Personal Reflections on the International Bibliotherapy Conference Affiliated with and on behalf of the CLAHRC Prison Projects ‘Care to Older Prisoners’ and ‘Dementia Friendly Prisons’ – Dr Tine Van Bortel (P.I./ed.) “A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us. That is […]