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Scottish expertise continuing to make vital contributions to research on World Cancer Day

World Cancer Day (4 February) is set to be ‘United by Unique’ once more with Scotland’s researchers making important contributions to prevention, detection, and treatment The annual awareness day will be campaigning for inclusive care which meets unique needs with compassion and empathy for those affected by cancer, offering a “journey from raising awareness to taking action&...

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Supporting Research

Scotland operates a centralised system to support clinical research in Scotland and improve quality, efficiency and co-ordination. Working on a pan-Scotland basis a responsive infrastructure has been implemented to encourage researchers to bring studies to Scotland and ensure that obtaining R&D permission is a smooth and rapid process. This centralised system offers several advantages: Single submission of documents Co-ordinated access to clinical investigators and p...

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Poster Paints: How to Design a Conference Poster

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Preparing Poster and Presentations

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Dundee team celebrates contribution to global study success on World Cancer Day

A major blood cancer study success has been highlighted in a prestigious peer-reviewed journal with Tayside expertise making a proud contribution to its findings The NHS Research Scotland (NRS) Cancer Network congratulated the Dundee team on their hard work in supporting this vital study. Dr Gordon Marron, a Consultant Haematologist working at participati...

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Oral and Dental

Our role is to support the delivery of high quality Oral and Dental studies and manage participant recruitment to time and target, both for Oral and Dental studies which are led from Scotland, and studies led from other nations which Scottish sites are participating in.  We provide support in the following areas: Managing the study portfolio record Monitoring the attainment of recruitment targets Providing advice on study design and feasibility Tro...

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Collaboration with Industry

NRS works alongside industry to maintain Scotland’s position as a world leader in research. Scotland is a global centre of excellence for clinical research with an ability to deliver translational projects that meet research, clinical and commercial objectives. We efficiently support clinical research studies from all Life Science sectors including pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical technology companies; and simplify access to Scotland’s world-class clinical research...

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The Write Stuff: A Short Scientific Writing Course (Part 2)

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Introduction to Critical Appraisal

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Changes to studies to align with new clinical trials regulations

The Health Research Authority (HRA), working in partnership with colleagues in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, is introducing changes to how other types of health and social care research (non-CTIMPs) are processed and managed to align with the updated clinical trials regulations This will promote consistency across all UK clinical research and will streamline the regulatory process, making it simpler for sponsors and researchers to earn approvals. The HRA has

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