13 Aug 2021
News and opportunities – 13 August 2021
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Each week, we publish a round-up of the latest news, events and opportunities that we hope our members and partners will find useful and relevant.
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Bulletin from Friday 13 August 2021
New opportunity: Gain research experience with an ARC Practitioner Research Fellow secondment
Do you work in health or social care? Are you interested in gaining research experience, or moving towards a career in research?
We are looking to appoint a number of NIHR Practitioner Research Fellows (as secondments) who will work between the NIHR ARC North East and North Cumbria, and regional health and care providers, to develop and deliver high quality applied health research directly related to local health and care priorities.
This is an ideal opportunity for motivated individuals already working within health or social care settings to gain formal experience in applied research, as well as develop new skills in evaluation and project management.
To apply, you’ll need to be a professional working in health or social care including the third and voluntary sectors. This includes doctors, dentists, allied health professionals, social workers and other practitioners working for health and care providers or support organisations.
Newcastle Health Innovation Partners (NHIP) Lightening Talk: Unequal Pandemic – COVID-19 and health inequalities
Monday 13 September, 2pm-2.30pm
Speakers Professor Clare Bambra from Newcastle University and Tom Hall from South Tyneside Council will examine the relationship between existing inequalities in chronic diseases and the social determinants of health. Both Clare and Tom lead on the ARC NENC’s Inequalities research theme.
Watch again: Understanding the research landscape in the North East and North Cumbria
In our region, there are a number of NIHR (and other) bodies delivering health and care research. An event held earlier this year, and aimed at anyone new to delivering or participating in health and care research, explains more about our local research infrastructure. It is now available to watch online.
Find out more and watch the presentation
The legacy of the CLAHRCs (Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care)
A new document – ‘The legacy of the CLAHRCs 2014-19’ – has been released, which compiles key research projects from the NIHR Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRCs) delivered between 2014 and 2019.
The 13 CHLARCs in England were replaced by 15 Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) in October 2019 – which was when our Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) for the North East and North Cumbria (NENC), was created. Prior to that, we did not have a CHLARC for our region, so are therefore not included in this document.
The ARCs continue the work of the CLAHRCs, improving outcomes for patients and the public, improving the quality, delivery and efficiency of health and care services, and increasing the sustainability of the health and care system both locally and nationally.
Find out more and read the report
Event: Managing multi-morbidity seminar. Led by NIHR ARC East Midlands with contributions from across the ARCs
Tuesday 5 October, 1pm-4pm
Featuring a keynote presentation from Professor Chris Whitty and with contributions from across the country, including examples of good practice and research in multiple long term conditions.
Reminder: Funded Masters’ Degree places available on courses at Newcastle and Northumbria University – apply by August 31st
To support the development of research skills in our region, the ARC North East and North Cumbria are funding a number of Masters’ degree courses at Newcastle and Northumbria Universities in a range of health, social care and other applied research topics. This is fantastic opportunity for anyone looking to start their journey in applied health or social care research.
Visit the website to find out more info and apply.
ARC-linked PhD opportunity – Northumbria University
Understanding fall risk in real world settings for people with Parkinson’s Disease (PD)
This opportunity is jointly-funded by the ARC NENC and Northumbria University. The project will investigate AI based approaches and computer models to categorise and analysed free-living environments and better determine levels of fall risk in PD. Closes 31 August.
ARC-linked Research Assistant or Associate opportunity – Newcastle University
This post will involve working with ARC colleagues from across the country on a multi-site project around tobacco control and smoking cessation. It is part of the NIHR’s National Priority Area Research Programme ‘Prevention including Behavioural Risk Factors’ Consortium – which is led by the ARC North East and North Cumbria. Closes 5 September.
NIHR Funding alerts
The NIHR Policy Research Programme has just announced a number of public health and applied research-related opportunities which may be of interest to ARC members – all close on 14 September.
You can sign up to receive NIHR funding alerts each Friday by following this link
The impact of lockdown on young people in the North East
ARC Senior Research Fellow, Dr Steph Scott spoke to Radio Newcastle last week about an ongoing research project to understand the impacts of COVID-19 restrictions on teenagers.
Her interview is available to listen to here until the end of August – listen from 39 mins