NHS Research & Development North West is delighted to announce the appointment of Amanda Craig as our new Chief Executive Officer (Designate) from 1st December, 2021. Amanda has been appointed following a rigorous and innovative recruitment process called “Bridge to the New”, led by the current CEO Professor Stuart Eglin and supported by Health Education…
We’re pleased to announce that episode 7 of our #NHSWonderwomen films is here! Starring in our seventh film of the year is Dr Hazel Roddam, Consultant for Research and Evaluation in Allied Health Practice. In this, our penultimate film of the second NHS Wonder Women series, Dr Hazel Roddam tells us that we need to maximise what…
After the joy and excitement of Christmas, I always feel January is a rather flat month and this year it seems to be particularly so. Now don’t get me wrong, I fight against these feelings not least because there are small pleasures to be found and we both have birthdays in Jan and early February…
Written by Amanda Craig, Associate Director: This year because of the extraordinary circumstances of lockdown and quarantine – the team at NHS R&D North West decided that we would create a less formal CPD event for ourselves in the form of an online book club to read and discuss together. Choosing books that have inspired us…
GREAT NEWS – for those interesting in this year’s HEE North / NIHR bridging scheme we’ve extended the application date until the 30th November! More info can be found here: HEE / NIHR BRIDGING SCHEME
Earlier this year, we had planned a catalyst event with AQUA but due to the current situation it got postponed. Over the past few months we have thinking hard about how we can still deliver this event in a different way. We’re now pleased to announce that we are now able to deliver Virtual Catalyst…
Following on from the success of the fourth episode, we are pleased to bring you the fifth episode of series two from our NHS Wonder Women films. This series showcases some truly outstanding women from early career researchers to internationally renown professors. This series also celebrates the diversity of women in health and social care research and the unique…
We’ve finally got round to resurrecting our Facebook page! Hopefully this will help to spread the news of all the great stuff we have coming up in the next few months! If your on Facebook, why not pop over to our page and hit like 😉
We’re pleased to announce that Episode 4 of our #NHSWonder film series is finally here! This episode features the wonderful Dr Yeliz Prior from the University of Salford. In this short film Yeliz tells us about the importance of diversity in research and that we need more women to shape the future of health…
We took a break from launching the films earlier this year due to COVID-19 but we feel now is the right time to get them launched again. We’re super excited to announce that episode 3 of our #NHSWonderwomen film series is finally here! This episode features the wonderful Professor Laura Serrant OBE from Manchester Metropolitan University.…