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Patient and Public Involvement Event organisers encourage community to get involved in ‘powerful showcase’ for 2025

NHS Research Scotland (NRS) will proudly host a powerful showcase next year championing the essential drive to ensure patients and the public play a part in the research that affects them Taking place on Tuesday 11 March 2025, the Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Event is set to bring together public partners, professionals, researchers, and policy makers to share, shape, and celebrate PPI in research across Scotland. It is the second consecutive year of the national confe...

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Neuroprogressive and Dementia Network reflect on learnings from Highlands and Islands engagement trip

Leading members of the NHS Research Scotland Neuroprogressive and Dementia Network (NRS NDN) Network have reflected on their ongoing efforts to engage with, and learn from, some of the country’s most rural and remote populations Network Champion Dr Tom Russ, Network Manager Jacqui Kerr, and Strategic Manager Dr Emma Law recently visited the Highlands and Islands, following a successful

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Midlothian GP practice sees benefits of embracing clinical research opportunities

A forward-thinking GP practice in Midlothian is actively embracing clinical research opportunities for the benefit of both its patients and staff Penicuik Medical Practice has welcomed involvement in a Long COVID trial as part of its first steps in expanding research opportunities with positive feedback from local participants. Part of the NHS Research Scotland (NRS)

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Next intake of Fellowships for ‘NHS underpinned by dynamic RDI’

A fresh round of Fellowship opportunities has been announced, supporting future leaders in research, development, and innovation (RDI), and helping to solve NHS challenges The Chief Scientist Office (CSO) of Scottish Government believes that creating a positive culture across the NHS — where all staff feel empowered and supported to participate in RDI — is vital. The Fellowships aim to fulfil that need, creating the capacity and capability for talented, d...

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Scottish Cross-Sector Networking Hub launches in partnership with The Academy of Medical Sciences

A new Cross-Sector Networking Hub has launched in Scotland which will draw on expertise and insight from people and organisations within life sciences and beyond to help address healthcare challenges Supported by The Academy of Medical Sciences (Academy) Cross-Sector Programme, The Hub will be hosted...

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New toolkit to support research carried out across borders in the UK

The Health Research Authority (HRA), in collaboration with NHS Research Scotland, Health and Social Care (HSC) Northern Ireland and Health and Care Research Wales, has launched a new toolkit to make it easier to set up research across the UK The ‘carrying out research across borders’ toolkit is designed to support r...

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UK’s first-ever norovirus mRNA vaccine trial launched

The first Phase 3 randomised clinical trial of an investigational mRNA norovirus vaccine will open across the UK within the next two weeks, it has been announced today The trial, sponsored by Moderna, is evaluating the efficacy, safety, and immunogenicity of an investigational norovirus vaccine, mRNA-1403. There are currently no licensed norovirus vaccines in use anywhere in the world.  The Phase 3 trial - called the ‘Nova 301’ trial - will take place at 39 si...

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Updated GDPR Transparency Wording Template

The Health Research Authority (HRA) has developed a series of GDPR templates to help ensure research participants have all the information they need to make an informed decision about the use of their data The updated GDPR transparency wording is relevant to anyone carrying out health and social care research in any of the four nations, with sponsors encouraged to start using the new template from Tuesday 22 October 2024. Changes to the template include more detailed informati...

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Cardiovascular Network partners with Glasgow University for public innovation showcase

The Cardiovascular Network of NHS Research Scotland (NRS) will be partnering on a cutting-edge innovation showcase, inviting attendance from patients, carers, and members of the public The free interactive event on Tuesday 26 November will see the Network linking up with SoftMech, an Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)-funded Centre of Mathematics for Healthcare at the University of Glasgow to showcase the latest advances in 3D heart modelling, virtua...

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‘Cornerstone gathering’ for cardiovascular and lipid research set to take place in Crieff next month

Registration has opened for next month’s Scottish Heart & Arterial disease Risk Prevention (SHARP) and Scottish Lipid Forum (SLF) annual meeting Taking place at the Crieff Hydro Hotel on Thursday 21 and Friday 22 November, the gathering will spotlight the latest advancements in cardiovascular and lipid research while providi...

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