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Dundee Research Facility
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...
Scotland’s health informatics capabilities
Scotland has one of the most highly developed health informatics systems in the world and a long tradition of using linked health service data for research including: Evaluating interventions to deliver patient benefit Measuring long-term outcomes in clinical trials Assessing the safety of new medical interventions Supporting understanding of patterns of health and illness across the whole population. Few other countries have systems that...
Scientific Programme Committee
The Scientific Committee (SPC), formed of a small group of senior clinician scientists from the Chief Scientist Office (CSO), NHS, and Universities across Scotland have been responsible for developing the overall conference theme and direction. We thank them for their investment of time and expertise.
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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Avril Donaldson
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.
Resources
Useful links International Association for the Study of Pain North British Pain Association The British Pain Society
Ninewells Hospital recruits first patient for trial aimed at improving treatment of specific leukaemia
The University of Dundee and NHS Tayside has successfully recruited the first patient in the UK to a clinical trial that aims to improve treatments for a sub-group of patients affected by an aggressive blood cancer Led by Cardiff University, the OPTIMISE-FLT3 study officially opened for recruitment on 19 February, marking what the Co-Chief Investigators have called “a significant step forward” in evaluating new treatment strategies for FLT3-mutu...
