11 Feb 2022
News and opportunities – 11 February
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Update from Friday 11 February 2022
EVENTS
ARC Knowledge Mobilisation and Implementation (SKIM) Theme Meeting
Tuesday 5 April, 1pm – 3pm
The event will include updates, presentations and space for discussion on topics linked to the theme.
To register please email [email protected] by 28 March 2022
Fuse – 5th International Conference – early bird tickets now on sale
Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 June – Newcastle Upon Tyne
Registration is now open for the 5th Fuse international conference – ‘Learning from Setbacks and Successes’. The two-day event will feature around 50 sessions on a wide range of topics and will be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Newcastle.
Developing funding proposals in applied health and social care: NIHR Funding Opportunities
Thursday 10 March, 10 am – 12.30 pm
The NIHR Research Design Service (RDS) North West is offering this online session for those who want to develop and submit a research funding application to one of the NIHR funding programmes.
This event is aimed at professionals and researchers in the NHS, public health and social care, as well as academics.
Conference: Learning Organisation Collaborative (LOC) in The Lakes 2022: Working differently for population health – inspiring change to reduce inequalities
17 – 20 May 2022, face to face and online events
LOC in the Lakes 2022 will focus on health inequalities, and consider how organisations can think and work differently to improve health and wellbeing for the people of north and west Cumbria. The event will feature a keynote address from Sir Professor Michael Marmot. Sessions will look at action that can be taken now to enable individuals to ‘start well, live well, age well and die well.’
TRAINING
Online training: Loss of a baby in multiple pregnancy – supporting grieving parents
This is a free, two-week course designed for health professionals working with expecting or recently bereaved multiple pregnancy parents in any capacity. Doctors, midwives, nurses, counsellors, and psychologists will find it valuable.
It provides in-depth guidance into what parents are going through, how to provide bereavement support, and how to celebrate each life in a multiple pregnancy.
The course has been co-developed by Professor Judith Rankin, our Supporting Children and Families theme lead.
Short training courses from the ARC East Midlands
The NIHR ARC East Midlands are offering a number of free, short training courses to all ARC members nationally.
Courses include a Twitter masterclass, implementation science/research frameworks, qualitative interviews and focus groups, systematic review, critical appraisal skills and more.
Follow this link to view the courses and to book
Save the date: NIHR Academy Members’ Conference 22 & 23 November 2022.
The theme of this year’s conference will be career pathways. The conference will be a hybrid event with further details to follow.
If you are an NIHR Academy members and would like to join the conference steering group then please follow this link to register your interest
Creating better PICE adverts – delivered by the NIHR ARC West
Monday 14 March, 1pm – 2pm
Find out how to create PICE adverts that work, and that can help to increase engagement and participation in your research. The session will include templates to get you started.
OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
Public Health Interventions Responsive Studies Teams (PHIRST) – call for Local Authority initiatives
The Public Health Research (PHR) Programme are accepting Expressions of Interest from Local Authorities (LAs) that have initiatives in need of research and evaluation. The shortlisted Expressions of Interest will be given to Public Health Intervention Responsive Studies Teams (PHIRST) to co-produce research into.
LAs are invited to submit an expression of interest to identify specific initiatives within their work programmes that will benefit from research or evaluation input. The PHR Programme has now appointed six fully-funded academic teams, ready to work in partnership with LAs to co-design and undertake robust research on prioritised initiatives.
Call for nominations – up to £1000 Mental Health Research Incubator Awards
The Mental Health Research (MHR) Incubator wants to recognise the most impactful work in mental health research today.
Nominate now for the chance to win an MHR Incubator Award of up to £1000 for the people, teams, or projects who are innovating through mental health research.
More about the Mental Health Research Incubator
The Incubator for Mental Health Research inspires and offers practical advice to current and aspiring researchers. Whether you’re undertaking research now, are working or studying in a related field, and/or wish to use your lived experience in research, there are lots of resources available on their website.
Research Fellow – Northumbria University
Decision Aid for Digital Mental Health Interventions
Applications are invited for a talented Research Fellow with expertise in mixed methods research to work on an ARC NENC-funded project. The project aims to co-design a prototype decision aid to support engagement of service users and primary care mental health practitioners in shared decision-making discussions about available options for digital mental health interventions (DMHIs).
Find out more and apply by 1 March
Senior Research Assistant/Research Assistant – Northumbria University
Understanding the implementation of ‘Making Every Contact Count’ (MECC) delivered by healthcare professionals in a Mental Health setting: A pragmatic process evaluation.
This role is to work on a research project funded by the ARC NENC (as part of the Prevention, Early Intervention and Behaviour Change theme). The aim of this evaluation is to inform the implementation plan for Making Every Contact Count (MECC) and facilitate successful implementation of the bespoke MECC training at scale. This project will be conducted within a mental health inpatient setting, and community treatment teams across Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW).