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Research design. This section of the RDS NW website provides information on research design in health and social care research including news, events and self-help resources.

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UKCRC Registered Clinical Trials Units

This site offers a resource for clinical researchers and funders wishing to identify Clinical Trials Units (CTUs) that have expertise in centrally coordinating multicentre clinical trials, as well as in trial design, data management, and analysis.

It provides comprehensive information and direct access to high quality CTUs across the UK which have achieved UKCRC Registration status.

The information provided on this site is aimed at the following groups, both within and outside the UK: Clinical researchers and investigators, Clinical research network and Funders of clinical research (both industry and non-industry).

For more information visit the UKCRC Registered Clinical Trials Units website.

Registered CTUs

This site offers a resource for clinical researchers and funders wishing to identify Clinical Trials Units (CTUs) that have expertise in centrally coordinating multicentre clinical trials, as well as in trial design, data management, and analysis...visit the website

NCRM

NCRM develop innovative research methods, while conducting cutting-edge social scientific research. They support the social science research community by running methods focussed training and events...visit the website

NHS Evidence

The principle aim of the NHS Evidence service is to provide easy access to a comprehensive evidence base for everyone in health and social care who takes decisions about treatments or the use of resources...visit the website

RSS Latest news

  • NIHR supports International Clinical Trials Day 22 May, 2013 3:56 pm
    News Title: NIHR supports International Clinical Trials Day News Content: International Clinical Trials Day is celebrated around the world on or near 20 May each year, to commemorate the anniversary of the very first clinical trial by James Lind. As the main public funder of trials in the UK, the NI […]
  • Getting more active: evaluating the health benefits 21 May, 2013 4:14 pm
    News Title: Getting more active: evaluating the health benefits News Content: The NIHR Public Health Research (PHR) Programme is supporting ‘National Walking Month’ (Walk to Work Week -13-17 May and Walk to School Week - 20-24 May). The NIHR PHR Programme, evaluates public health interventions to im […]
  • Artificial pancreas to revolutionise the treatment of patients with Type 1 diabetes 21 May, 2013 4:11 pm
    News Title: Artificial pancreas to revolutionise the treatment of patients with Type 1 diabetes News Content: A new clinical trial is testing an ‘artificial pancreas’, with patients under the age of five, who are too young to recognise the warning signs of a drop in their blood. Using an off-the-she […]
  • Paper on regenerative medicine techniques in cardiovascular disease published 17 May, 2013 4:01 pm
    News Title: Paper on regenerative medicine techniques in cardiovascular disease published News Content: A paper authored by Dr Claire Packer, Beth Boddice and Dr Sue Simpson, of the NIHR Horizon Scanning Centre, titled ‘Regenerative medicine techniques in cardiovascular disease: where is the horizon […]
  • Too much body fat hardens arteries after middle age 17 May, 2013 4:00 pm
    News Title: Too much body fat hardens arteries after middle age News Content: Researchers have found that after the age of 50 increasing body fat is associated with stiffer arteries in both men and women. In young people, blood vessels appear to be able to compensate for the effects of obesity. But […]

Latest research design links

  • NHS Trust's R & D contact finder 4 April 2013
    Use this page to find the R & D contact in a particular NHS [...]
  • Greater Manchester Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) 15 January 2013
  • Clinical Trials Toolkit 15 January 2013
  • The North West Coast Academic Health Science Network website 7 January 2013
  • NIHR: Focus On Diabetes 28 November 2012

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Latest research design events

  • NIHR Health Technology Assessment conference
    9 Oct 2013, London

    The emphasis of the conference will be to:

    • Examine the impact, nationally and internationally of the programme in clinical effectiveness research (CER)

    • Consider the influence of the programme within the NHS and on UK [...]

  • Second Clinical Trials Methodology Conference
    18 Nov 2013, Edinburgh
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