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NHS Research Scotland Mental Health Annual Scientific Meeting 2024

'Balancing Viewpoints: Rights, Data and Empowerment' This year we are hosting a hybrid event, with the opportunity to join us in person at the venue or virtually online. Anyone with an interest or involved with mental health research in Scotland can attend. We are delighted to announce that Professor Dame Anna Dominiczak (Chief Scientist, Health) will be joining us to give the opening address. Please note, this event has now sold out. You can

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Jacqui Kerr

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News and opportunities

Providing information on the latest news from across the musculoskeletal research community and the clinical research community in Scotland more generally The latest news from NHS Research Scotland

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Project Updates

The four UK nations are committed to making it easier to carry out research in the UK. The aim is to make the researcher experience of study set up the same across the UK. Working together, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are developing compatible cross-border processes. If you have any queries about the programme, please contact the operational lead for your nation.  

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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...

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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...

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Scottish Diabetes Data Provisioning for Research, Innovation and Audit

Many diabetes research, innovation or audit projects are now seeking controlled access to the unique data sets available from SCI-Diabetes, NHS Scotland’s electronic patient record for diabetes.   The NHS Research Scotland (NRS) Diabetes Network acts as the initial contact for guiding and supporting diabetes data provisioning. A comprehensive basic guide for data provision is available upon request....

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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...

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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...

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Training and Events

The Network try to ensure a presence at relevant events across the country and share training opportunities of interest to the primary care research community. The Network is not responsible for the content on external pages. Primary Care Network offers conference funding opportunity to GP trainees and medical students A conference bursary is being made ava...

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