20 May 2022
Robert Lane, 73, is a retired electrical engineer from Berkshire. Since being diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2015 he has taken part in several trials at the Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust in Guildford.
12 May 2022
Claire Pegg is Lead Research Nurse at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
06 May 2022
Emma Meadows is a Research Midwife at St Richards Hospital in Chichester.
24 February 2022
Fiona Brophy is 48 and lives near Tonbridge in Kent. Fiona spoke to CRN KSS about her interest in dementia research and why she signed up to Join Dementia Research.
21 February 2022
Miriam Davey is Senior Critical Care Research Nurse at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust in Kent. Miriam is also CRN Kent, Surrey and Sussex Speciality Research Lead for Anaesthetics, Perioperative and Pain.
08 February 2022
Clinical Research Network Kent, Surrey and Sussex supported researchers from Brighton and Sussex Medical School on the successful delivery of the 'Examining healthcare professionals’ understanding and experience of ethical preparedness in the practice and delivery of genomic medicine (EPPiGen)'study.
08 February 2022
Natalie Akenzua-Sanderson from Surrey has been taking part in a national priority study into the use of antiviral treatments for COVID-19.
05 January 2022
Holly Taylor is a Clinical Trials Pharmacist at Wexham Park Hospital, part of Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust. Holly previously worked as a Clinical Rotational Pharmacist and took the opportunity to become the hospital’s Clinical Trials Pharmacist, first on secondment and then permanently.
25 November 2021
Professor Mahmood Bhutta is Chair in Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) at Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Honorary Consultant at University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust and is ENT Specialty Lead for CRN Kent, Surrey and Sussex.
18 November 2021
Research practitioner Charlie Piercy talks about his motivations, inspirations, work on COVID-19 studies and his new sepsis study.
21 October 2021
Aimée Williams is a Clinical Research Practitioner (CRP) at Medway NHS Foundation Trust. She is working towards becoming an accredited CRP and has joined the CRP Directory.
14 October 2021
Jack Barrett is a research paramedic at South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb). He is undertaking an NIHR Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship (CDRF). The CDRF scheme funds registered healthcare professionals to undertake a PhD by research and, concurrently, to undertake further professional development and clinical practice.
14 October 2021
Pete Eaton-Williams is a research paramedic and paramedic practitioner at South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SECAmb).
07 October 2021
Dr Rahuldeb Sarkar is a respiratory and intensive care consultant at Medway NHS Foundation Trust in Medway, Kent.
04 October 2021
Professor Geeta Menon is a Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, Clinical Director of National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network Kent, Surrey and Sussex (CRN KSS), and Postgraduate Dean at Health Education England (South London).
23 September 2021
Sisters Laura and Rebecca joined a study to increase surgical options for women who, like them, were diagnosed with the BRCA gene mutation.
09 September 2021
After a career in PR and communications, Frances Kirkham retrained and qualified as a doctor five years ago. She is now undertaking her core medical training and was inspired to add research to her portfolio to improve patient care on a larger scale.
07 September 2021
Dr Stacey Rand, senior research fellow and Dr Barbora Silarova, research associate from the Personal Social Services Research Unit at the University of Kent have used Join Dementia Research to recruit volunteers to two of their studies.
18 August 2021
Two hospices in Kent and Sussex have been recognised for their work on NIHR Portfolio studies.
06 August 2021
Early career researcher Jonathan discusses his motivations, inspirations and the ups and downs of being a research novice while juggling a busy clinical role.
08 July 2021
Manju has received NIHR Clinical Research Network Kent, Surrey and Sussex Greenshoots funding – dedicated funds to support healthcare professionals to become principal investigators – for her project investigating how artificial intelligence can help reduce hospital waiting times by screening and diagnosing people with a common eye condition called diabetic retinopathy.
11 June 2021
Sean Clark, 47 from Bognor Regis is a participant in the PLATFORM Trial (Planning treatment for oesophago-gastric cancer: a randomised maintenance therapy trial).
08 June 2021
Oncology Dietitian Lindsey received NIHR Clinical Research Network Kent, Surrey and Sussex Greenshoots funding – dedicated funds to support healthcare professionals to become principal investigators – for her project investigating whether a four-stage diet can improve the quality of life for gynae-oncology or colorectal cancer patients who are at risk of a bowel blockage.
03 June 2021
Laurence Penn, 55 from Worthing, is participating in a study that is using smartwatch technology to observe the recovery of patients who were hospitalised in critical care with COVID-19.
03 June 2021
Simon became a Research Champion to do something to benefit others by using his experience of being a patient and his knowledge of working in the pharmaceutical industry.
