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Care Home Research Accessible Summaries
We aim to enable researchers to share findings, raise awareness, and bridge the gap between “everyday practice” and academia. An accessible summary is a short piece of content used to explain research to members of the public. By co-creating these summaries, we can foster the outreach of wider academics and/or care home researchers to engage with people with lived experience by sharing findings and showcasing these outputs to have lasting impacts. We have integrated media tools (
A Streamlined Pathway
To access tissue, researchers should contact their local Biorepository Manager who will provide advice to start the application process, discuss project requirements and produce an individual cost quotation. An expert committee assess the merit of each request on scientific, technical, and ethical grounds. If satisfied that the research is w...
Dundee Research Facility
Imaging Capability
Scotland was the birthplace of medical ultrasound imaging and MRI and works hard to maintain its position of excellence. SINAPSE, a partnership of six Scottish Universities - Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow, St Andrews and Stirling - make best use of Scottish facilities and expertise in medical imaging and develop skills for the next generation of professionals working in this field. Scottish researchers have access to all im...
Pain
The Scottish Pain Research Community (SPaRC) was established, with support from the Scottish Government, in 2009 to develop expertise in pain research for patient benefit. A strong network of pain researchers, clinicians, third sector organisations, patient groups and other key stakeholders across Scotland support internationally competitive pain research. This covers the full scientific range, from laboratory to the community, and encompasses important clinical areas such as addi...
About the Hepatology Specialty Group
The Hepatology Specialty Group oversees research that deals with the diagnosis and management of patients with diseases of the liver, biliary tree, and pancreas. Topics of Hepatology research include Acute and chronic liver disease including liver failure The impact of identifying, screening and treating viral hepatitis Liver fibrosis and cirrhosis Normal and abnormal liver metabolism Genetic studies including pharmacongenetics Biomark...
Jacqui Kerr
Resources
Working with the SDRN FAQs - Professionals. Reports and Strategies Scottish Government Diabetes Improvement Plan. Useful Links Diabetes UK
Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Groups
If you are interested in joining the patient and public involvement community in Scotland, several groups run across Scotland focused on a range of therapy areas. The sections below contain information on the groups, frequency of meetings and contact information.
Patient and Public Involvement
NHS Research Scotland's Mental Health Network plays a central role in supporting mental health research of all kinds in Scotland. Our Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Strategy, soon to be published, will lay out the outcomes we hope to achieve within the field of PPI over the next few years. What does Patient and Public Involvement mean? Patient and public involvement in research means research that is done 'with' or 'by' the public, not 'to', 'abo...
