22 January 2021
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) CRN South London Administrative Assistant Angharad Linnard shares her pride in supporting the scientific community during a global pandemic. The aspiring author also talks about writing a novel while working full time.
18 December 2020
CRN South London's Research Champion Clara MdB talks about her drive to break down barriers through her work in advising researchers.
30 November 2020
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) CRN South London Research Delivery Manager for Primary Care and Community Ana Guerra speaks about her research career and family’s zest for life.
25 November 2020
Research Delivery Manager Pam writes about the challenges of delivering the Falcon-MoonShot Study at three sites in the West Midlands
13 November 2020
Moonshot, an arm of the FALCON study, was classed as the highest priority study from the Department of Health and Social Care. Zoe Lampshire, Clinical Research Practitioner at the CRN West of England (CRN WE) tells us about her experience of working on the study.
04 November 2020
CRN West Midlands Communications Lead Claire Hall writes about why she is taking part in a Covid-19 vaccine trial.
30 October 2020
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) CRN South London Study Support Service (SSS) Lead Dr Ji Luo talks about the SSS team, research and her love of experiencing new cultures, foods and countries.
14 October 2020
The PRINCIPLE study is the first clinical trial in UK COVID-19 patients taking place in primary care. As COVID-19 disproportionately affects people aged over 65 years old or over 50 years old with comorbidities, the study aims to test a range of treatments for this population. Dr Jenny Eachus tells us about COVID-19 research at Westbury-on-Trym Primary Care Centre in Bristol, and about their experience of setting up and launching the PRINCIPLE trial during the early days of the pandemic.
13 October 2020
As part of this year’s Your Path in Research campaign, we are sharing some inspiring stories from research staff in the West of England. We spoke with Dr. Nikki Cotterill PhD BSc (Hons) RN to find out more about her research journey and her advice for anyone looking to start a career in research.
06 October 2020
We spoke with Professor Jane Blazeby, Professor of Surgery at the University of Bristol and Honorary Consultant Surgeon at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, who set up a COVID-19 research group, to find out more.
25 September 2020
National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) CRN South London Communications Manager Lewis Deakin talks candidly about how his involvement in research was shaped by his grandparents. He also spoke about his whirlwind year that has seen him move from a Band 4 role into a Band 6 managerial position.
21 August 2020
Assistant Clinical Studies Officer Cynthia Nebo, who works for CRN South London, has spoken about why she is involved in research.
23 July 2020
How supporting families of patients during COVID-19 brought me to tears
22 July 2020
Study Support Service Facilitator Richard Rotimi has spoken about why he is involved in research with the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) CRN South London.
10 July 2020
Paramedic Josh tells how he went from working in clinical studies to being part of one
08 July 2020
Jane describes working as an 'Antibody Angel' collecting plasma for COVID-19 clinical trials '
02 July 2020
The RECOVERY (Randomised Evaluation of COVid-19 thERapY) trial has announced that the steroid dexamethasone has been identified as the first drug to improve survival rates in certain coronavirus patients. We spoke to Samantha Clarke, Lead Research Nurse at North Bristol Trust, about her experience working on the RECOVERY trial and what this news means to her.
30 June 2020
Recruiting to the RECOVERY Covid-19 Trial at County Hospital, Stafford
19 June 2020
Clinical Research Practitioner Natalie Long works for the NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) South London and she is currently helping to deliver the national RECOVERY trial at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH). Here, Natalie speaks about the pride she feels in helping to play her part in the global search for a treatment for COVID-19.
11 June 2020
Helen Talbot is a Senior Research Nurse in the West of England CRN. This is her experience of working on COVID-19 research.
20 May 2020
International Clinical Trials day is a celebration of the vital research taking place and the teams who deliver it. We want to take this opportunity to announce the launch of Research Learning Resources, a "Hitchhiker's Guide" to the Clinical Research Network.
14 May 2020
Great Western Hospitals have recruited 5 patients to the REMAP-CAP trial and have consented 102 patients to the RECOVERY trial. Lead Research Practitioner, Suzannah Pegler, tells us how staff at Great Western Hospitals have so effectively prepared for and carried out these studies.
12 May 2020
Today marks International Nurses Day, and we want to take this opportunity to thank the incredible research nurses working in the West of England for their great work. With the recent focus on COVID-19 research, we spoke with Emma Gendall, Senior Research Nurse – Acute Care at Southmead Hospital to find out how the pandemic has affected her role.
30 April 2020
Heart of Bath comprises three sites. We continue to run our clinical trials unit from Junction Road Surgery, where we set up once the COVID-19 Hot Hub was installed at Oldfield.
30 April 2020
CRN WE has a flexible research delivery workforce known as the WE ReACH (West of England Research fAcilitation in Community and Healthcare Settings) team. The team has been supporting COVID-19 research across the region. We asked Shaolin Chidavaenzi, one of our Clinical Research Practitioners, to update us on what she has been working on this week.