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20 May 2022

News and opportunities – 20 May 2022

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News and opportunities update from Friday 20 May 2022

NEWS
Deadline extended to apply for a funded Masters’ degree in applied health or social care research – closes Friday 17 June 2022

The ARC NENC is offering to fund places on selected Masters degrees in our region – and the opportunity is open to anyone working in, or interested in, applied health research in our region.

By funding these places, we aim to support more people to develop applied research skills and take the first steps on their research journey in health and social care.

We’re particularly keen to receive applications from those working within the field of mental health, in our region – including prevention, treatment, care and rehabilitation.

Your chosen course must involve an applied health or care research component, and you will be asked to link up with one of our ARC Applied Research themes for networking and support.

Find out more and apply

 

Join our new Mental Health Special Interest Group – and help to shape research and care in our region

Do you have an interest in mental health? If so, we’d like to invite you to join a new Special Interest Group for Mental Health in our region.

The purpose of the group is to join-up researchers with practitioners and public members, to help us share ideas and new developments related to an integrated approach to mental health research and care delivery.

As a member of the group, you’ll play an important part in helping to shape research and care in key areas of mental health concern in our region – including homelessness, suicide prevention, emergency care and mental health in schools.

Find out more and register to join us for the first meeting on 13 June.

 

New opportunity to join our ARC as a Methodology Intern this summer

We’re offering an exciting opportunity for promising undergraduates to experience research in applied health research methodology.

Five funded internships (for two months) are available in a range of institutions and disciplines across the ARC North East and North Cumbria, and there will be projects available in biostatistics, evidence synthesis, health economics, qualitative research and more.

Each project will involve experiencing working for two months as part of a vibrant research group and conducting a research project under the supervision of a supportive team of supervisors. There will also be opportunities to hear about careers in applied health research and to present your work.

We’re looking for individuals who are considering a career in health research, who are curious and keen to make the most of this opportunity.

The posts are full-time and salaried for two months, starting in July 2022. Please share this opportunity with anyone you think may be interested.

Find out more and apply by 8 June.

 

Last chance to apply: Research Assistant/Associate/Senior Associate, Health Inequalities

We’re looking for a talented and ambitious Research Assistant/Research Associate or Senior Research Associate to work within our ARC and across all ARCs to support our national leadership work in Health Inequalities.

The post is based at Newcastle University.

Find out more and apply by 26 May

 

Funding opportunity: NIHR Programme Development Grant (PDG) Scheme – Developing Innovative, Inclusive and Diverse Public Partnerships. 

This Programme Development Grant call is in response to feedback that more time and space is needed to plan and develop relationships and ways of working together for more relevant and impactful research.

The PDG scheme invites applications to carry out and evaluate novel partnership-based development activities that break new ground in research involvement and engagement, including with groups who have been under-served by research.

It is expected that these awards will provide a springboard for long lasting research collaborations and relationships.

The call opens on 27 July

Find out more.

Join an information webinar on 12 June

 

Help us to understand lipid management in deprived communities

Are you a GP/nurse working within an area of disadvantage in the North East and North Cumbria? If so we’d like to hear about your experiences of how you deliver routine lipid management with your patients, via an online interview. You’ll receive a £50 Amazon voucher for your time.

Find out more about the project

If you’d like to take part, please email [email protected]

 

Book now for the Fuse International Conference – 15 & 16 June, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Newcastle

The Fifth Fuse International Conference on Knowledge Exchange in Public Health is a two-day conference taking place – with a theme of ‘Learning from setbacks and successes’.

The conference aims to create a safe space in which academics, practitioners and policy makers can reflect together on the potential threats to successful knowledge exchange, in order to develop important lessons on how knowledge exchange practices and research can be improved, turning setbacks into successes.

Who should attend?

·       Public health professionals and researchers

·       Academics – PhD students and early career researchers through to senor academics

·       Local practice partners, including regional and national directors of Public Health

·       Public Health organisations

·       International partner organisations

Find out more and book

EVENTS
Public lecture: ‘Running towards the bullets’: Moral injury in critical care nursing in the Covid-19 pandemic

Delivered by Durham University

8 June, 12pm – 1 pm (online)

Exploring the strain placed on staff in intensive care units (ICUs) during Covid-19.  The lecture will consider the implications of repeated moral injury of ICU nurses ranging from experiences of debilitating anxiety to PTSD as well as widespread feelings of anger and guilt leading to an intention to leave the profession.

Find out more and book

 

Integrated health and social care seminar series – delivered by Northumbria University

The Multidisciplinary Research Theme (MDRT) in Integrated Health and Social Care (IHSC) at Northumbria University are hosting a seminar series around the project:​ ‘Integrating realist and economic evaluation methods (REEM) to better understand and evaluate the benefits and costs of complex health and social care interventions: why, what, and how?’

Seminar 3: Wednesday 22 June, 11 am – 12 pm

‘What is the point of the context-mechanism-outcome-configuration?’

Find out more and book

RDS NENC NIHR Fellowships Information Event

6 July, 1pm – 3.30pm

This online event will provide a range of information to support an NIHR Fellowship application, including: an overview of the current fellowships offered by the NIHR Academy, tips from previous successful applicants and optional one to one session with an RDS advisor.

Email [email protected] to book a place.

 

Researchers needed for Ideation Workshops: 31 May and 8 June

The NIHR Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) Office has a programme of work to deliver improvements to the health and social care research ecosystem for researchers, the public, and research delivery staff.

They have identified through user research the need for clear ‘entry points’ for researchers to discover, engage and manage the services the NIHR offers.

To understand this in more detail, they are facilitating two ideation workshops. Within these workshops they want to collaboratively map out what the ideal digital journey should look like.

If you are a researcher and want to get involved please contact [email protected] with your availability.

Fuse event – Exploring and understanding access to community mental health and substance use services for people experiencing homelessness

Thursday 9 June, 9.30 am – 11.30 am

The Core, Newcastle Helix

This event brings together Experts by Experience (people with lived experience of homelessness, mental ill-health, and/or substance use), service providers, and academic colleagues to discuss research findings from a study exploring access to community-based mental health and substance use services for people experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The event will showcase the co-produced findings from interviews with 26 people experiencing homelessness and 19 people who provide support – and will include an opportunity to see the findings brought to life as colour illustrations. Delivered in partnership with the ARC North East and North Cumbria.

Find out more and book

 

Newcastle Health Innovation Partners (NHIP) – two-year anniversary celebration event

13 June, 11 am – 12.15 pm (online)

NHIP will hosting a free online event on 13 June to celebrate the two-year anniversary of the partnership. At the event NHIP will share ambitions for 2025 and provide progress updates on a number of initiatives, including:

  • NHIP academy
  • NHIP fellowships
  • Patient and citizen engagement

Find out more and register

Journey to Primary Care Research Event – hosted by North of England Commissioning Support (NECS) Research and Evidence Team

Friday 17 June, 9 am – 3.30 pm

Newcastle University

This is an event for researchers and all professionals in primary care to share new findings, ideas and networking.

Find out more and book

If you have any questions, please email  [email protected]

 

National Applied Research Collaborations Shared Learning Event: The value of seldom heard voices in ageing research

Wednesday 15 June, 10 am – 12.30 pm (online)

This event will explore how to reach and engage with diverse older population and those that are seldom heard. It will be delivered by the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration’s Healthy Ageing, Dementia and Frailty National Priority Programme.

The programme’s public involvement team will be sharing approaches and experiences from the Ageing Dementia and Frailty theme and guest speakers will share their innovative approaches and learning from engaging voices from our communities.

Find out more and book

 

Transforming Evidence – online event series (external event)

Developing effective connections between research, policy and practice

7, 21 and 28 June – online (free to register and attend)

The aim of this event series is to grow understanding of intermediary organisations and share practical insights from a range of sectors and countries.

The series is aimed at anybody with an interest in intermediary organisations – in the public sector, NGOs, funding bodies, think-tanks, and universities.

Find out more and register

 

NIHR Research Design Service (RDS) webinar:  How to apply Public Involvement Effectively to your Research Application

6 July 2022, 1.30pm to 2.45pm (online)

Aimed at   researchers applying for NIHR Fellowship Awards and staff accountable for public involvement.

Discover how to incorporate your public involvement programme successfully into your research, and gain insights from fellow researcher and public involvement representatives that you can apply to your programme of work.

Find out more and register

 

TRAINING
Visit the Virtual College for training and development opportunities

Our Virtual College Training Hub brings together hand-picked training and development opportunities for ARC NENC researchers, members and partners.

Take a look and browse the latest courses and resources

 

OTHER OPPORTUNITIES
Research Assistant / Associate – Newcastle University

This is a great opportunity for up to three talented and ambitious Research Assistants/Research Associates, with qualitative, quantitative, and/or mixed methods skills to join a research programme around homelessness, multiple disadvantage, and oral health and aging.

It includes work on a National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Policy Research Programme project identifying effective and sustainable interventions to improve the oral health and related behaviours for people with severe and multiple disadvantage and a NIHR Public Health Policy Research Unit project on evaluating worked well and less well for improving physical and mental health outcomes, including substance misuse, from implementing the ‘Everyone In’ initiative to provide housing accommodation to people sleeping rough during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Find out more and apply by June 8

Research Associate/Senior Research Associate Health Inequalities

NIHR School for Public Health Research (SPHR)

Applications are invited for a talented and ambitious Research Associate or Senior Research Associate to work within the NIHR School for Public Health Research as part of the national Health Inequalities programme.

Find out more and apply by 26 May

 

Research Assistant – Northumbria University

To support a project exploring Criminal Exploitation and Serious Violence targeted at vulnerable people in Newcastle.  The project is being delivered in partnership with Newcastle City Council and Northumbria Police and with colleagues from other local universities.

Find out more and apply by 30 May

 

Neurodiversity clinical co-ordinator vacancy – Children North East

Children North East are looking to recruit a Neurodiversity Clinical Co-ordinator who is experienced in working with children and young people with autism, to support their ‘Masquer-aid’ project.

Find out more and apply by 3 June

 

NIHR School for Public Health Research – Fellowships Competition

The NIHR School for Public Health Research have launched their fellowships competition, full details can be found here.

The closing date for applications to both schemes is 12 noon Monday 27th June 2022.