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New Alzheimer’s disease drug trial opens across Scotland
People with Alzheimer’s disease who live in Scotland are being asked to consider taking part in a ground-breaking government-funded trial. The trial is investigating if a drug normally used to treat high blood pressure (hypertension) has additional properties that could slow down the progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in people with and without hypertension. Led by academics from the Universities of Bristol,...
Call for Comments - Site specific information for NHS/ HSC sites
The UK Four Nations Group is seeking views on the content and format of Site Specific Information (SSI) provided to sites for NHS/HSC permission of research. Scottish responses should be sent to the Chief Scientist Office - SSIcall@gov.scot by 18 December 2015. Further information is available via the C...
National Clinical Leads appointed in key specialties
National clinical leads have been appointed to Hepatology, Gastrointestinal Disorders, Oral and Dental, and Metabolic and Endocrine Disorders. These roles provide national leadership in the development of clinical research activity in Scotland and ensure the effective delivery of research projects within the specialty including increasing the number of patients enrolled into trials. Hepatology - Professor John Dillon, University of Dundee Professor John Dillon is P...
National Clinical Champion Appointments
As part of the restructuring of the NHS Research Scotland Network, the Chief Scientist Office is looking to appoint National Clinical Champions / Research Network Leads for the following Scottish Children's Research Network Scottish Diabetes Research Network
Pfizer Rare Disease Unit call for Collaborative Drug Discovery Research Proposals
The Chief Scientist Office in collaboration with the Pfizer Rare Disease Research Unit is pleased to invite a call for collaborative drug discovery research proposals in the area of rare diseases. The Pfizer Rare Disease Consortium (RDC) is a ground-breaking interaction between Pfizer and leading UK academic institutions. We are now announcing a call to advance the RDC model into repositioning...
Lorraine Kelly becomes 100,000th volunteer to join SHARE
Television presenter – and former Rector of the University of Dundee – Lorraine Kelly has become the 100,000th volunteer to join a Scotland-wide effort to help shape the medicines of the future. SHARE (The Scottish Health Research Register) is a unique initiative which aims to make it easier for researchers to identify suitable recruits from Scotland to carry out ground breaking medical research. SHARE also uses blood left over from routine testing to help improve treatment...
Clinical Research Specialty Group Lead roles
The Chief Scientist Office (CSO) of Scottish Government is seeking applicants for three Clinical Research Specialty Group Lead roles. These part-time posts are open to medical consultants working in Scotland with a research interest in one of the following areas: Clinical Genetics/Rare Diseases
Cross-border arrangements for provision of NHS R&D local site-specific information for cross-border studies
Over the next 6 months, the four Nations have committed to review the information required for study approval/confirmation of capacity and capability at the local NHS site level. This is with the aspiration of coming to a common UK position, that supports the timely set-up of studies and that meets the needs of sponsors, research sites, NHS patients and service users. This review will be facilitated through a series of workshops involving operational and policy leads f...
Network Champions appointed
Clinical Research Champions have been appointed to provide national leadership in the development of clinical research activity in Scotland. The appointments across Children's, Stroke and Diabetes networks will take up post on 1st June 2016. Prof Jürgen Schwarze (based in Edinburgh) - Children's Network Research Champion Prof Schwarze (FRCPCH) is the Edward Clark...
2016 iCAN Research and Advocacy Summit
The Young Person's Group, part of the Scottish Children's Research Network (ScotCRN), attended the International Children’s Advisory Network Summit in Barcelona helping improve paediatric health, medicine, research and innovation by sharing children’s voices in an impactful way.
