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30 June 2020
CRN Wessex will have a new Industry Operations Manager in post from mid-July.
18 June 2020
A Wessex-based researcher has won the Principal Investigator 2020 award.
11 June 2020
Dr Katrina Cathie has been appointed as Division 3 Lead for CRN Wessex.
29 May 2020
At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, nurses Heidi Canham and Shirley Mumford were redeployed to Hampshire Hospitals' research team to support the delivery of urgent public health COVID-19 studies.
20 May 2020
At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, CRN Wessex Research Nurse Ruth Jackson was redeployed to work in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at University Hospital Southampton. In this interview, she discusses her experience of working in ICU, the importance of research and why she's proud to be a nurse.
20 May 2020
The Clinical Research Network south supra region launch new range of learning resources on International Clinical Trials Day.
19 May 2020
Cindy Whitbread, a Lead Research Nurse and 70@70 nurse leader discusses how she's been working alongside colleagues to deliver urgent public health research during the coronavirus pandemic.
15 May 2020
Ahead of International Clinical Trials Day 2020, CRN Wessex spoke with Jo Samways, a Lead Research Nurse at The Royal Bournemouth & Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (RBCH), who shared her experience of nursing during the COVID-19 pandemic and why she's proud to be working in research.
12 May 2020
On International Nurses Day 2020, CRN Wessex spoke with Sue Jackson, a Neurology Research Sister, about her experience of nursing during the COVID-19 pandemic and why she's proud to be working in research.
12 May 2020
This year, NIHR CRN Wessex senior research nurse Arlene Lee was given the honour of carrying the lamp, on what would have been Florence Nightingale’s 200th birthday.
20 April 2020
Researchers at University Hospital Southampton and the University of Southampton are set to begin trials of a vaccine pioneered in the UK which could protect against COVID-19.
07 April 2020
Staff at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust have recruited their first participants to a trial exploring potential drug treatments for COVID-19.
01 April 2020
Professor Saul Faust has taken up the role of Clinical Director for CRN Wessex.
30 March 2020
Staff at Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust have recruited the first two patients in Wessex to an NIHR funded trial exploring potential drug treatments for COVID-19.
26 March 2020
The latest statement from the Department of Health and Social Care issues guidance on the impact of COVID-19 on research funded or supported by NIHR.
23 March 2020
The SG016 trial, led by Professor Tom Wilkinson a consultant in respiratory medicine at University Hospital Southampton and Professor of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Southampton, will initially involve 100 patients at Southampton and up to ten other NHS hospitals taking part.
13 March 2020
Jocelyn Walters, CRN Wessex Research Delivery Manager, and Jac Samuel, a Senior Research Nurse for Cancer Research UK, have received an award for their contribution to research.
05 March 2020
Graham Jackson is a Research Champion at Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. In this role, he helps to spread the word about the importance of health research. Find out about his experience, his reasons for getting involved and how he's helping to develop the role.
05 March 2020
In this piece, Dr James Colton, a Senior Research Practitioner at Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust, details his work with Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) teams and discusses the impact of research.
05 March 2020
In this piece, Anthony Austin, a research amabassador at Dorset County Hospital, shares his experience of the role and how he's hoping to develop his own research project.
04 March 2020
Research supported by the NIHR hopes to improves outcomes for people living with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
04 March 2020
Research supported by the NIHR aims to discover how viral infections can be prevented in patients with lung disease.
20 February 2020
In February 2020, Wessex hosted its inaugural brain ageing and dementia research conference, with the aim of linking researchers across the region and growing the network for clinical trials.
29 January 2020
After living with a rare cancer for 17 years, Pete Verey, a Hampshire resident, is promoting the importance of health research as a way of developing new treatments and technologies.
27 January 2020
Students from The Arnewood School in New Milton have been involved in a research programme, which consisted of working alongside a fine art photographer and spending several weeks using their smartphones to capture young people’s views on food, exercise and health.