NIAA Update: November 2018
Welcome to the November newsletter
POMCTN Autumn Meeting 2018
19-20 November 2018
RCoA, London
There's now just over two weeks until the UK Perioperative Medicine Clinical Trials Network (POMCTN) Autumn Meeting on 19 & 20 November 2018, and it's not too late to book your place and join us. This is the first time the meeting will be held across two days and we're pleased to be able to showcase the growth of the Network since its official launch in 2016.
There is a packed agenda for the meeting including Ask the Experts sessions on patient recruitment, patient and public involvement, and starting out as PI. Plus the chance to hear about research proposals covering topics such as an inspiratory muscle training RCT and a study on recovery after colorectal surgery. There will be lots of opportunity for questions, networking and discussion and there are also sessions focused on trials-based skills training.
The single day delegate rate is £60, or you can make a saving by booking both days for £100. There is a 25% discount for trainees, research nurses, and medical students. Click here for details of how to book.
If you are not a POMCTN member but would like to be, please click here to join.
We look forward to seeing you there!
The Francis Crick Institute PhD for Clinicians scheme
Applications are currently being invited for the Francis Crick Institute 2019 doctoral fellowships for clinicians. These fellowships provide an opportunity for talented clinicians passionate about research, with a strong academic track record, to perform biomedical discovery research while following a three-year clinical PhD programme. The Crick's multidisciplinary research aims to understand why disease develops and to help improve disease diagnosis, prevention and treatment.
Successfully appointed Fellows will be based at the Crick with a primary supervisor from the Institute, and a secondary supervisor from one of its five London-based clinical PhD programme partners.
A variety of PhD projects are available, with funding from the Crick, Cancer Research UK, NIHR Great Ormond Street Hospital BRC and NIHR University College London Hospitals BRC. Applications must be received by Midday on Tuesday 13 November 2018.
For more information on positions, eligibility and how to apply, visit crick.ac.uk/doctoral-clinical-fellows
Regional clinical research fellowship vacancies in Health Services Research
The NIAA Health Services Research Centre (HSRC) based at the RCoA, in conjunction with the UCL Surgical Outcomes Research Centre (SOuRCe) and the University of Nottingham are currently recruiting for up to eight clinical research fellows to work on national health services research projects for one year, from August 2019.
The projects available include the National Emergency Laparotomy Audit (NELA), the RCoA's Seventh National Audit Project (NAP7 - see below for more details on this project), Data Science, and others. Each of the posts will be linked to a clinical commitment at one of nine partner hospitals in Middlesborough, London, Nottingham, Exeter and Bath.
Applications must be submitted by 9am on Monday 26 November 2018. Interviews will be held at the RCoA on Friday 7 December 2018 - applicants should ensure they will be available to attend this interview date.
For more information on these roles and how to apply please visit the HSRC website here.