02 February 2023
The South West MS Research Network is a new, NIHR-supported initiative aiming to boost MS research in the region and increase opportunities for those with the disease to trial new treatments.
23 December 2022
Rebecca Barnard is a Research Practitioner at Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. In this Q&A she explains how a career in research offers her the chance to constantly learn new things and develop.
22 December 2022
Ali James is a Research Administrator at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust. In this Q&A she explains what she loves about her role – including speaking to people from all over the world.
21 December 2022
Abby Farzaneh is a Research Nurse at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust. From medical secretary to research nurse, here Abby talks about her path in research.
20 December 2022
Tessa Dean is a Research Midwife at Somerset NHS Foundation Trust. Here she talks about how research is different to traditional ward-based work.
19 December 2022
Stacey Horne is a Research Practitioner at Devon Partnership NHS Trust. Here she talks about how research offers her a career that helps to evolve and improve healthcare for all.
18 December 2022
Roxy Hill is a Mental Health Social Worker Research Champion at Livewell Southwest. Here she talks about how research can help create fairer outcomes for underserved communities.
17 December 2022
Tanja Christensen is a Research Practitioner at Devon Partnership NHS Trust. Here she talks about how research offers her a varied career.
16 December 2022
Daniel Scott is a Research Practitioner at Devon Partnership NHS Trust. Here he talks about how why he would recommend a career in health and care research.
15 December 2022
Anne McGahey is a Respiratory Nurse Specialist and Research Nurse at Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Here she talks about how she found her path in research after wanting to know more about how clinical decisions are made.
14 December 2022
Fenella Johnson is a Research Administrator and Research Champion at North Devon Hospital, part of Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Here she talks about how no two days are the same in research and why she thinks health and care research is vital.
13 December 2022
Emma Reid is a Senior Research Nurse at the NIHR Patient Recruitment Centre: Exeter, part of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Here she explains why she hopes to become a Principal Investigator.
12 December 2022
Pauline Aspa began her path in research in March this year and now works as a Research Nurse at Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust. She explains in this Q&A why working in health and care research makes her so proud.
11 December 2022
Helen Clough is a Community Research Nurse in the Clinical Research Network South West Peninsula’s Agile Research Delivery Team. Here she explains why she enjoys working in health and care research.
06 December 2022
Beatriz Almeida is a Research Assistant Practitioner within the Agile Research Delivery Team for the NIHR Clinical Research Network South West Peninsula. In this article she explains what she loves about working in health and care research.
05 December 2022
Kyla Brady is a Research Physician Associate in Oncology Clinical Trials at University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Foundation Trust. Here she explains how and why she began a career in research and what research brings to her patients.
04 December 2022
Timothy Townend is a Senior Research Data Officer at Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust. Here he explains why embarking on a career in health and care research was an easy choice.
02 December 2022
Rebecca Stride is a Research Radiographer specialising in CT scanning at Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust.
15 November 2022
Marina Bozic is a Research Dental Nurse at Peninsula Dental Social Enterprise (PDSE) in Plymouth.
10 November 2022
Dr Alessia Rose is a Public Health Research Support Officer based at Devon County Council.
07 November 2022
Recently appointed as a new Public Health Research Support Officer for the Clinical Research Network South West Peninsula, Emily Taylor is working to increase the capacity for research in non-NHS settings in the region.
03 November 2022
Penelope Welbourne is Specialty Research Lead for Social Work in the NIHR Clinical Research Network South West Peninsula, and Associate Professor in Social Work at the University of Plymouth.
14 October 2022
To mark Baby Loss Awareness Week 2022, we spoke to Midwife and mother Hannah about her experience of taking part in the PRISM study, looking at the use of progesterone to reduce the risk of miscarriage in some women.
23 August 2022
Colin Wells from Exmouth got involved in two clinical research studies thanks to doctors at the town’s Claremont Medical Practice, one of which markedly improved his health.
25 May 2022
This year around International Clinical Trials Day we are celebrating the Trialblazers - those people who get involved in research as a study participant, or who volunteer to support health and care research in a different way.
