18 May 2023
Lewis Deakin, a communications manager at the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) has written this blog in memory of his grandmother Edna for Dementia Action Week.
03 May 2023
We spoke to our new Clinical Research Practitioner, Ellie Tanner. Ellie is a paramedic, and she wants to use her unique skills and insight to help our Direct Delivery Team (DDT) give everyone in south London a chance to access vital health and care research.
06 April 2023
We spoke to our Lead for Research Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Professionals (NMAP), Clair Harris, about her plans to champion the vital role of NMAPs in supporting, delivering and leading research.
31 March 2023
We spoke to PhD candidate Kate Luxion about their NIHR-supported UCL research project Legacies and Futures, looking at resilience and vulnerability in pregnancy and birth outcomes for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and/or queer (LGBTQ+) parents.
21 March 2023
We spoke to Dr Dan Bailey, Consultant Geriatrician at King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, about why research needs to be shaped by, reflective and inclusive of the needs of LGBTQ+ communities in south London.
08 March 2023
For International Women's Day, we hear from Jo Morgan, associate director of research development at Barts Health NHS Trust, about her career to date, the challenges she’s faced and the support she’s had.
24 February 2023
In this Q&A, Raine Astin- Chamberlain, Senior ED Research Nurse at Barts Health NHS Trust, discusses the approach needed for successful emergency medicine research after the Barts Health team won a national research award.
10 February 2023
For International Day of Women and Girls in Science, which is on February 11, community research nurse Laura Jeffers, of Whittington Health NHS Trust, tells us about her drive for research.
03 February 2023
Sairanne Wickers, a consultant therapeutic radiographer, at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, talks about her career for World Cancer Day.
10 January 2023
Elly French, Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Officer gives an update on the Research Ready Communities project in the South West.
06 December 2022
Our Research Specialty Lead for Public Health, Professor Mark Ashworth, speaks about his work for CRN South London, achievements this year, and hopes for 2023.
05 December 2022
Ana Gonzales knew she wanted to work in research, but was not sure what path she would take. Then the CRN North Thames graduate scheme opened up....
24 November 2022
Lead Research Nurse Sittana Abdelmagid speaks about her path in research.
23 November 2022
CRN South London's Direct Delivery Team delivered a bi-lingual presentation at a community organisation to promote an NIHR-supported study aimed at helping women who have given birth manage weight.
22 November 2022
Can 1.25 million people make a difference? Well, unsurprisingly, ‘yes’ – for that is the number of people - patients, carers, members of the general public – who, each year, contribute to healthcare research.
14 November 2022
CRN South London Study Support Service Specialist Christopher Ward describes a lightbulb moment, when he realised the importance of inclusive research.
14 November 2022
CRN South London Inclusivity Advisor Dr Josephine Ocloo speaks about her research journey.
09 November 2022
As Part of the Your Path in Research campaign, Professor Rosaline Raine talks through her career and what those thinking of embarking in a career in public and population health research should consider
08 November 2022
As part of the NIHR's Your Path in Research campaign, which aims to highlight how people can make research part of their career, we spoke to Dr Deborah Chinn, a Senior Lecturer at King's College London.
10 October 2022
On World Mental Health Day, Alan Beattie, a Clinical Studies Officer at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, explores just why mental health research is so important in this blog post.
29 September 2022
In this blog to mark ITP Awareness Week, Louise Taylor, of Barts Health NHS Trust, tells us about her work.
30 August 2022
In July, Emma Barbon and Laura Trebble, nurses from the CRN Kent, Surrey and Sussex Research Delivery Team delivered a talk about careers in healthcare and research to a school in Sussex.
27 July 2022
In a blog published to mark South Asian Heritage Month, Sadiyah Robbani, Senior Portfolio Officer at CRN North Thames, explains how her heritage guides and humbles her.
11 July 2022
In this blog four NIHR Advanced Leadership Programme (ALP) alumni share how they support each other and others and also share their top tips for being resilient.
