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Subject: NWTPHN - E Bulletin - January 2008
E Bulletin - January 2008
This is the third E-Bulletin from the NW Teaching Public Health Network.
Bulletins are circulated monthly.
If you would like any further details about the Network, then please contact
Sue Powell, Co-ordinator ([log in to unmask]) or by phone at
0161-217-4338).
Contents
1.. NW Teaching Public Health Network Website
2.. News
2.1 HEA Health Sciences and Practice Public Health Special Interest Group,
Higher Education Academy
2.2 Health R&D NW, 3rd Round of TRAM Scheme
2.3 NHS Health Research shapes up for the future
2.4 Healthy Weight, Healthy Lives: A Cross Government Strategy for England
2.5 The Methodology Research Programme
2.6 National Public Health Leadership Programme
3. Diary Dates
1. NW Teaching Public Health Network Website
The North West Teaching Public Health Network (NWTPHN), part of a national
project funded by the Department of Health, to build public health
capability and capacity.
The activities of the Network are to be found on the web site at
http://www.nwph.net/NWTPHN/default.aspx
Contact: For further details, please contact Sue Powell, Co-ordinator
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2. News
2.1 Higher Education Academy, Health Sciences and Practice Public Health
Special Interest Group.
You are invited to attend the forthcoming meeting of the group to be held
at the University of Brighton on Thursday 3rd April. The theme will be:
Critical Thinking in Public Health Details and registration can be found at:
http://www.health.heacademy.ac.uk/news-events/eventsbox/2008/publichealthsig
71 There is no charge to attend this event, though you will need to
register.
2.2 Health R&D North West, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)
funded research support service are pleased to invite applications to the
third round of their TRAM scheme.
The TRAM scheme is a small, health research proposal development bursary
scheme. It provides support, advice and mentorship to a value of up to
£3000 over a year for individuals or groups to develop applications for
personal awards or applied health research projects for submission to peer
reviewed health research funding sources. Examples of the support provided
include:
· Support to design research applications for doctoral/post doctoral
fellowships or project funding
· Supporting a new research group to develop a proposal
· Support to strengthen an existing proposal (e.g. one that may not
have been funded in the past)
· Substantive advice in key areas (e.g. methodology/user
involvement/study design/statistics)
TRAM funding is available to access funding from a range of sources,
including the NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB) programme, other NIHR
research programmes, research councils and major charities. Indeed,
feedback from the Director of the Research for Patient Benefit Programme
recommends applicants contact their local R&D support service before
submitting their RfPB application:
http://www.nihr-ccf.org.uk/site/programmes/rfpb/director/default.cfm
The feedback also mentions that some good research ideas are not funded
because of inadequately developed methodology, lack of patient and public
involvement or contextual information. Health R&D North West has a large
cohort of experts with a vast range of skills and experience, who can help
with these areas.
If you are interested, please have a look at the website at www.hrdn.org
<http://www.hrdn.org/> where you will find further details and a short,
easy to complete application form. The deadline for applications is 25
February 2008.
2.3 NHS Health Research shapes up for the future
A progress report published on the 17th January 2008 by the National
Institute for Health Research (NIHR) summarises the advances in health
research since the Government launched the Best Research for Best Health
strategy in January 2006.
The report focuses on the progress made in implementing an infrastructure,
programmes and systems to facilitate better health research. This includes:
• the NIHR clinical research networks set up to support clinical trials
throughout England, which have resulted in an increase in patient and public
participation in health research
• £450 million invested in 11 new biomedical research centres set up to
investigate major causes of illness and death such as cancer, heart disease,
asthma, HIV, mental illness, blindness, childhood diseases and ageing
• The Health Technology Assessment Programme funding 22 new projects in
2006-07.
Also launched today is a new section of the NHS Choices website, designed to
give patients and members of the public information about how to get
involved in clinical trials.
Full details found at http://www.dh.gov.uk
2.4 Healthy Weight, Health Lives: A Cross Government Strategy for England.
The Government's new strategy to help everyone maintain healthier weight
and lead healthier lives is now published: Healthy Weight, Healthy
Lives: A Cross Government Strategy for England. It announces a new £372
million investment to support the creation of a healthy society - from
early years, to schools and food, from sport and physical activity to
planning, transport and the health service. The five key elements of the
strategy are:
The healthy growth and development of children.
Promoting healthier food choices.
Building physical activity into our lives.
Creating incentives for better health.
Personalised advice and support.
The strategy can be found at:
http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/index.htm
The Food Standard Agency's response to the obesity strategy can be found at
http://www.food.gov.uk/news/newsarchive/2008/jan/obese
2.5 The Methodology Research Programme
The Methodology Research Programme is a new funding programme led by the MRC
as part of the MRC/NIHR single health research strategy.
The MRP will fund investigator-led and commissioned research proposals from
across the UK.
The programme includes research on methods development to underpin the
biomedical sciences, experimental medicine, clinical trials, population
health sciences, health services research and health policy, including:
· Methods for the design and analysis of PRIMARY descriptive and
evaluative studies.
· Methods for the design and analysis of SECONDARY studies involving
reviews and evidence synthesis of descriptive and evaluative studies.
· The design, process and analysis of clinical trials including
improved methods for the assessment of risk, efficacy, safety and other
issues related to regulatory approvals for new medicines, devices and
diagnostics.
· Methodologies in the applied disciplines underpinning research in
the health science, for example, health economics, biostatistics and
quantitative analysis, modelling, decision sciences, epidemiology,
behavioural sciences and health psychology, qualitative analysis and mixed
methods, medical sociology, organisational and management science and
bioethics.
· The measurement and validation of health, health outcomes and
satisfaction.
The remit of the MRP does not include research projects aimed at technology
development, but may support analytical approaches and research methods
linked to new technology.
The MRP’s focus is on research with methods development as its primary
purpose and methodological outputs that are applicable beyond a specific
case-study.
Further information at:
http://www.mrc.ac.uk/ApplyingforaGrant/CallsForProposals/MethodologyResearch
Programme/index.htm
There are no current commissioned research calls but investigator led
proposals can be made with the following deadlines.
Submissions by 4pm on
Peer-review
Panel meeting
6 February 2008
February- June 2008
7-8 July 2008
28 May 2008
June to October
5-6 November 2008
1 October 2008
October – January
2-3 March 2009
2.6 National Public Health Leadership Programme 2008
Cohorts 7, 8 and 9 of the Public Health Leadership Programme are now being
recruited.
The start dates for the 3 cohorts of the programme are;
Cohort 7 - London 22nd – 25th April 2008
Cohort 8 - NW (Manchester) 20th – 23rd May 2008
Cohort 6 – NE 1st – 4th July 2008
Each cohort will have 3 residential modules of between 2 and 4 days and a
final one-day session.
Application forms and information packs are available from Marion Deacon or
the Imperial College Website from the 21st January 2008.
Please contact: Marion Deacon, Manager, National Public Health Leadership
Programme, Dept of Primary Care and Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine,
Imperial College London, 3rd Floor, Reynolds Building, St Dunstan’s Road,
London W6 8RP. Tel: 020 7594 5197, Mob: 07951 136461 or Email:
[log in to unmask]
Applications will be accepted in the first instance until 12.00 noon,
Monday, 25th February 2008.
3.0 Diary Dates
Healthy College Network meeting
20th Feb 2008, MANCAT, 10.00-2.00
Contact Kate Birch at [log in to unmask]
NW Teaching Public Health Network Curriculum Group meeting to explore the
relationship between public health curricula and public health competencies.
All tutors in HEIs and FECs are welcome.
3rd March 2.00-4.00, Edge Hill University, Ormskirk
Contact: Sue Powell at [log in to unmask]
Healthy Colleges Conference
23rd April 2008
Midland Hotel, Bradford
Contact: Kate Birch at [log in to unmask]
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