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Children and Clinical Research: Ethical Concerns (link to http://nuffieldbioethics.org/project/children-research/) Well-conducted clinical research with children and young people is essential if we are to improve our understanding of childhood disease, and provide healthcare based on the best possible evidence. However, professionals and parents often feel uneasy about asking children to take...
Help Shape Research
Involving patients, service users and the public in the design and delivery of research is critical. Known as Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) it helps improve the quality and relevance of studies. Insights from lived experience, alternative views, and different aspirations and thoughts about health outcomes helps to ensure studies can be designed and delivered in more effective, relevant and cost effective ways. Members of the public involved in research would typically:
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Research Links ISD Scotland Involve Mental Health Welfare Commission for Scotland People in Research Royal College of Psychiatrists
Scotland's Health Research and Innovation Conference 2025
Healthcare is dynamic and rapidly evolving — from new drugs, therapies and vaccines to robotics, medical devices, digital tools, artificial intelligence (AI), precision and preventative medicine and data – and Scotland stands on the edge of incredible possibility This scientific and technological revolution represents an exciting future and vast opportunity for healthcare transformation underpinned by skilled, multidisciplinary teams united in efforts to support a modern,...
Cancer
Every year, about 30,000 people in Scotland are told they have cancer and trends predict that this number is likely to rise to almost 35,000 by 2020. This is due to our ageing population as life expectancy increases. Over the last twenty years, the majority of cancers have shown improvement in survival rates five years post-diagnosis. Survival from cancer in Scotland is similar to England and Wales and in the last decade,...
Scientific Programme Committee
The Scientific Committee (SPC), formed of a small group of senior clinician scientists from the Chief Scientist Office (CSO), NHS, and Universities across Scotland have been responsible for developing the overall conference theme and direction. We thank them for their investment of time and expertise.
Tiffany Stewart
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Coordinating Centre Professor Jürgen SchwarzeResearch Championjurgen.schwarze@ed.ac.uk Dr Pamela DicksManager/ PPI Leadp.dicks@abdn.ac.uk Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital, Craig Research Unit Maggie ConnonLead Paediatric Resea...
