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Professor Susan Shenkin
Edinburgh Clinical Trials Management Course 2025
This two-day course has been running for more than two decades to support the professional development of anyone involved or interested in clinical trial management, including Clinical Trial Administrators, Trial Assistants, Trial Officers, Trial Co-ordinators, Trial Management Support Officers (TMSO), Assistant Trial Managers (ATMs), Trial Managers (TMs), and related roles The aims of
Get Involved
High quality research, good recruitment and improved health outcomes for children, depend on listening to the voices of children and young people, as well as their families and carers. Children, families, carers and members of the public can get involved by voluntarily taking part in research, or by helping to shape research. NRS Children's has set up a Young Persons’ Group to act as advocates for young people in clinical trials in Scotland. Role of the YPG:
Scotland’s diverse volunteers urged to Be Part of Research on International Clinical Trials Day
NHS Research Scotland (NRS) is proud to be supporting International Clinical Trials Day (20 May) with this year’s theme of ‘Rethinking Clinical Trials: Inclusivity in Practice’ encouraging more diverse participation The day is dedicated to celebrating clinical research and research enabled innovation around the world and acknowledges the first randomised clinical trial conducted in May 1747 by Scottish physician James Lind. NRS believes that research is the s...
Regional Working
The major research Boards across Scotland - North (NHS Grampian), East (NHS Tayside), South (NHS Lothian) and West (NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde) - play a leading role in supporting the delivery of research and R&D Directors from these Health Boards form part of the NRS Strategy Board providing regional expertise and an in-depth view of research activity across Scotland. Together with the Chief Scientist Office (CSO) they work to develop common, simplified systems to support bot...
Jacqui Kerr
The UK Stroke Research Workshop 2025
The UK Stroke Research Workshop is being held in Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK on Wednesday 3rd and Thursday 4th September 2025 This subsidised annual event is aimed at early career clinical and non-clinical researchers but also open to anyone who is involved in creating translational evidence to improve stroke knowledge and treatments. There are some great national and international speakers coming, plus opportunities to present abstracts, and overall is it incredible value! ...
National Contract Value Review
The national contract value review (NCVR) is a standardised, national approach to costing for commercial contract research From 14 October 2024, NCVR will include Early Phase (phase I and IIa) and Advanced Therapeutic Medicinal Products (ATMPs) studies. Since its introduction across the UK in 2023 it has helped speed up commercial research set up times, making the UK a more attractive place for commercial organisations to undertake research studies, ensuring UK patients have e...
Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Groups
If you are interested in joining the patient and public involvement community in Scotland, several groups run across Scotland focused on a range of therapy areas. The sections below contain information on the groups, frequency of meetings and contact information.
Pain
The Scottish Pain Research Community (SPaRC) was established, with support from the Scottish Government, in 2009 to develop expertise in pain research for patient benefit. A strong network of pain researchers, clinicians, third sector organisations, patient groups and other key stakeholders across Scotland support internationally competitive pain research. This covers the full scientific range, from laboratory to the community, and encompasses important clinical areas such as addi...
