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Academic Forum

Monday 14 October, 1-4pm

Frank Rifkin Lecture Theatre, Mayo Building, Salford Royal

As well as improving care and treatments to patients, research brings career benefits and opportunities for those involved, and makes NCA a more attractive place to work. Our strategy is to increase revenue streams through collaborative partnerships across industry, academic and charitable sectors to provide funded and protected research time for our workforce.

While the Trust has an international success record in key areas, there is greater untapped potential. We are now launching an Academic Forum to offer support to colleagues who want to undertake research. This first meeting will outline some of the possibilities and discuss important topics.

Please note this event is only open to colleagues from NCA. Email keeley.tannahill@nca.nhs.uk if you would like to attend in person or register for online attendance.

Time Topic
1pm Refreshments/networking 
1.20pm Introduction to R&I in the NCA – Dr Rafik Bedair, Chief Medical Officer 
1.30pm Key ambitions of R&I in the NCA

  • Inclusive ethos – encourage more staff to engage in research activity (emphasis on clinical trials; real world data; partnerships with local Universities; research leads in clinical teams; funded time in job plans; BRC)
  • Ensure that majority of research activity is aligned to cost recovery (trial income; adequate provision in academic grants; NCARC)
1.50pm Collaborative research development in your department

  • Building a research culture – the Donal O’Donoghue Renal Research Centre
  • Centre for Clinical and Care Research – Supporting Nurses, Midwives, AHPs to get involved in research – and the advantages of this to the team/department
2.10pm How to build basic science and data research collaborations

  • Expertise available through partnerships at Manchester Metropolitan University
  • The Geoffrey Jefferson Brain Research Centre and The University of Manchester
  • Value of NCARC
2.40pm How to fund research in a clinical service

  • Commercial trial activity and funding for PI and departmental infrastructure
  • Hybrid research/clinical posts to replace locum posts
  • Interaction with pharma
  • Value of real world data; NCARC
3.10pm Open discussion and questions
3.30pm – 4.00 pm Provisional finish time / Opportunity for tailored support 

 

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