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Shaping the Future of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Research in Scotland

Date: 18/03/2025 to 18/03/2025 Venue: The Barracks Conference Centre, Stirling

NHS Research Scotland's Gastroenterology and Hepatology specialty group's are jointly hosting their first free, in-person meeting on Tuesday 18 March at the Barracks Conference Centre, Stirling

Registration is now open. Focussing on the aims, opportunities and resources available in the gastroenterology and hepatology areas, the event is open to all but particularly targeted towards research nurses, trainees and those newer to research.

Programme

Programme is currently in draft, and therefore subject to change.

09:30-09:50

Registration

09:50-10:00

Introduction and welcome

Daniel Gaya, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Session One Chair: Daniel Gaya, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

10:00-10:20

National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Principal Investigator (PI) Pipeline Programme

Naomi Hickey, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and Jo Merrifield, University of Edinburgh

10:20-10:35

NIHR Associate PI Scheme

Ewan Forrest, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde and Jennifer Cathcart, NHS Grampian

10:35-10:50

ScotRIGHT

Josh Orpen-Palmer, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

10:50-11:10

Research pathways

Ruairi Lynch, NHS Tayside and Rahul Kalla, NHS Lothian

11:10-11:40

Coffee Break
Session Two Chair: Ewan Forrest, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

11:40-12:00

NHS Research Scotland (NRS) structure and funding

Alan McNair, Chief Scientist Office

12:00-12:30

R&D (I)

Kenneth Scott, NHS Lothian

12:30-12:45

Clinical Trials Units

Fiona Hogarth, Tayside Clinical Trials Unit, University of Dundee

12:45-13:00

Clinical Research Facilities

Dominic Rimmer, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

13:00-13:20

Roundtable discussion

 

13:20-14:20

Lunch and networking 
Session Three Chair: Madeleine Bayne, NHS Lothian

14:20-14:35

Scottish Health Research Register (SHARE)

Shobna Vasishta, SHARE

14:35-14:55

Safe Havens

Pamela Linksted, University of Edinburgh

14:55-15:15

Patient Organisations

Lesley Simpson, British Liver Trust 

Katie Nightingale, Crohn’s and Colitis UK

15:15-15:30

Closing Remarks

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