09:15-09:20
Welcome & Introduction
Sophie Hyndman, Deputy Director RDS South Central
09:20-09:40
Routes into Research
Sarah Brien, Principal Research Fellow & Portsmouth Site Lead, RDS South Central & Sophie Hyndman
09:40-10:00
What makes a good research question?
Jane Vennik, Senior Research Adviser, RDS South Central
10:00-10:30
Establishing the evidence-gap: libraries, literature searches & systematic reviews
Christine Keen, Adviser in Health Research Information, RDS East Midlands
10.30-10.40
COMFORT BREAK
10.40-11:00
First steps in research: a personal account
Eileen Morrow, successful PCAF applicant and Orthotist, Oxford Gait Laboratory, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust
11:00-11:20
How to find a good supervisor
Sophie Hyndman
11:20-11:40
An introduction to PPI
Claire Schwartz, PPI Manager NIHR Oxford & Thames Valley Applied Research Collaboration & Polly Kerr, PPI Manager, Oxford Biomedical Research Centre
11:40-11:50
COMFORT BREAK
11.50-12.30
PANEL: Finding training and funding to develop research ideas
- Chair: Sophie Hyndman
- Sarah Brien, Selection Committee Member, HEE-NIHR Pre-doctoral Fellowships
- Rachel Evley, RDS East Midlands (training & funding opportunities in East Midlands)
- Kay Mitchell, Associate Director, Southampton Academy of Research & Career Development Lead for Southampton Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)
- Katherine Tucker, Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) Training / Career Development Lead
- Kelly Adams, Workforce Development Lead, Wessex Clinical Research Network
- Kinda Ibrahim, Associate Academic Career Development Lead for ARC Wessex
- Nana Theodorou, Head of Research & Innovation, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS (small grants)
- Liz Tunbridge, Training Lead, Oxford Health BRC
- Helen Walthall, Director of Nursing & Midwifery Research & Innovation, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Chris Pugh, Director, Oxford University Clinical Academic Graduate School (OUCAGS) & Chair, Oxfordshire Health Services Research Committee
- Karen Bell, NIHR Oxford BRC Training and Education Manager
12.35-13:20
PANEL: Sources of other support for undertaking research
- Chair: Sophie Hyndman
- Zoe Davey, HEE-NIHR ICA Internship Programme Manager for Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire & Berkshire region & Frimley ICS, OxInMAHR, Oxford Brookes University
- Rachel Evley, RDS East Midlands
- Emma King, Wessex REACH
- Nana Theodorou, Head of Research & Innovation, Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS
- Katerina Samouri-Christodoulos, Thames Valley & South Midlands Clinical Research Network (CRN) Study Support Service
- Ugochi Nwulu, Senior Programme Manager (Incubators), NIHR
- Nia Roberts, Oxford Healthcare Libraries
- Stephen Zingwe, Research & Development Manager, Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
13.20-13.30
Next steps
Issy Reading, RDS South Central
14.30-16.00
One-to-ones with RDS advisers (pre-arranged)