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National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Associate Principal Investigator Scheme
The Associate Principal Investigator (API) Scheme aims to develop health and care professionals to become the Principal Investigators (PIs) of the future. It is a six month in-work training opportunity, providing practical experience for healthcare professionals starting their research career. People who would not normally have the opportunity to take part in clinical research in their day-to-day role have the chance to experience what it means to work on and deliver an NIHR portfolio...
Clinical Research Explained
Research and clinical trials are an everyday part of the work done in the NHS. Research doesn’t always involve staying or visiting hospital or a GP practice - important research can be done without leaving home, or can be supported by giving your permission for spare blood from routine tests to be used for research. Common types of research include:
Speakers
Over 60 inspiring and influential speakers offer a varied programme of presentations and discussions reflecting the diversity of health research and innovation activity across Scotland. Please check back here for speaker biographies, or join our
Get Involved
Glasgow Clinical Research Facility (GCRF) believes in a model of integrated public engagement, patient involvement and research participation – by working together to improve healthcare through research. It is our aim to make research involvement as accessible as possible and have a wide range of patients and public/lay representatives to steer our research and support researchers to identify and conduct high-quality clinical research. Learn more about participating in res...
Dr Tom Russ
Dr Maria Drummond
ENRICH Scotland
Enabling Research in Care Homes Improving the lives and health of people living in care homes is a major priority, but care home residents are generally underrepresented in research studies. Enabling Research in Care Homes (ENRICH) aims to change this by strengthening support for research outside the NHS. ...
What Happens to my Tissue?
Often doctors need to remove tissue as part of your treatment, for example during a surgical operation. Alternatively, they might take a small sample to help them find out what might be wrong with you (tissue collected for this reason is called a 'biopsy'). The samples that the NHS Research Scotland (NRS) Biorepository Network collects is material that is removed during a patient's routine clinical procedure, and which is surplus after all the necessary diagnostic tests have been concluded. O...
Venue
The conference will be held at the Teaching and Learning Centre, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital Campus, 1345 Govan Road, Govan, Glasgow, G51 4TF. The venue is fully accessible. Group Transport To support delegates to attend the conference and encourage sustainability, complimentary group transport has been offered. Coaches will depa...
Our Staff
NHS Research Scotland Cancer Research Network, Clinical Lead Prof Jeff Evans j.evans@beatson.gla.ac.uk Professor Jeff Evans is Professor of Translational Cancer Research, School of Cancer Sciences, University of Glasgow; Honorary Consultant in Med...
