Community and Health Research Unit
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Vanessa Botan joined CaHRU this June 2020 as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Medical Statistics to work on national NIHR funded studies of Community First Responders and studies using ambulance data investigating implementation and improvement as part of the NIHR Continue reading Vanessa Botan joins CaHRU as a medical statistician
The latest edition of the CaHRU Newsletter (Winter 2019-2020) was published in March 2020. The newsletter presents the work of the research centre over the past three months and includes articles from the CaHRU blog covering publications, conferences and funding. Continue reading CaHRU Newsletter (Winter 2019-2020)
Members of CaHRU have started this February 2020 a major NIHR-funded study on Community First Responders (CFRs) which aims to understand their role in the current and future rural healthcare workforce. CFRs are members of the public who have received Continue reading New NIHR study begins exploring Community First Responders’ role in rural healthcare workforce
You may have seen ‘The placebo experiment: can my brain cure my body?‘ recently broadcast on the BBC. This was a fascinating programme in which doctor and broadcaster Dr Michael Mosley, who I met recently at his ‘Great Lives’ lecture Continue reading Placebos and sleep
Dr Coral Sirdifield and Dr Rebecca Marples from CaHRU are continuing to engage with parliament and raise awareness of the research that they are doing around healthcare for people on probation. Earlier this month they met with Dr Phillip Lee, Continue reading Continuing to Work with Parliament