Dear all,

Hope you are well. I wanted to make you aware of the following new competition launched by the MRC with co-funding from NIHR. This is for consultant level clinicians looking to increase research skills and experience. Whilst this first pilot round has been targeted at medics, non-medical clinicians are also able to apply. The following is from the guidance:

The pilot scheme is targeted at addressing known barriers within medical and dental careers. Although it is anticipated that the majority of awards made will be to medics and dentists, research-qualified clinical professionals working in the NHS at the equivalent of consultant level within their profession who consider they could submit a strong proposal are able to apply. It is recognised that there are barriers to engaging with research across clinical professions, and consideration of appropriate support to address the variety of barriers encountered across different professions will inform progress beyond the pilot.

Further information can be found on the MRC website here:

https://mrc.ukri.org/funding/browse/carp/clinical-academic-research-partnerships/

Jane Sandall CBE PhD MSc BSc RM HV RN

Professor of Social Science and Women's Health

NIHR Senior Investigator
Lead Maternal Health Systems and Implementation Research Group

Lead maternity and women’s health theme NIHR CLAHRC South London

Academic leader King’s Centre for Implementation Science.

Department of Women and Children’s Health

School of Life Course Science l Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine | King’s College London I North Wing l St. Thomas' Hospital London| SE1 7EH

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http://www.clahrc-southlondon.nihr.ac.uk/

Adjunct Professor

Centre for Midwifery, Child and Family Health,

Faculty of Health, University of Technology, Sydney

PO Box 123, Broadway NSW 2007 Australia.

Latest publications:

McCourt C, Rance S, Rayment J, Sandall J. Organising safe and sustainable care in Alongside Midwifery Units: findings from an organisational ethnographic study. Midwifery. 2018 Jul 4.

Kennedy HP, Cheyney M, Dahlen HG, Downe,S, Foureur MJ, Homer, CSE, Jefford E, McFadden A, Michel‐Schuldt M, Sandall J, Soltani H, Speciale A, Stevens J, Vedam S, Renfrew MJ. Asking different questions: A call to action for research to improve the quality of care for every woman, every child. Birth. 2018;00:1‐10.

Carter J, Tribe RM, Shennan AH, Sandall J. Threatened preterm labour: women's experiences of risk and care management: a qualitative study. Midwifery. 2018 Jun 11.

Easter A, Howard LM, Sandall J. Mental health near miss indicators in maternity care: a missed opportunity? A commentary. BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 2018 May;125(6):649-51.

Tribe RM, Taylor PD, Kelly NM, Rees D, Sandall J, Kennedy HP. Parturition and the perinatal period: can mode of delivery impact on the future health of the neonate?. The Journal of physiology. 2018 Mar 13.

Mackintosh N, Sandall J, Collison C, Carter W, Harris J. Employing the arts for knowledge production and translation: Visualizing new possibilities for women speaking up about safety concerns in maternity. Health Expectations. 2018 Jan 17.

Nathan HL, Duhig K, Vousden N, Lawley E, Seed PT, Sandall J, Bellad MB, Brown AC, Chappell LC, Goudar SS, Gidiri MF. Evaluation of a novel device for the management of high blood pressure and shock in pregnancy in low-resource settings: study protocol for a stepped-wedge cluster-randomised controlled trial (CRADLE-3 trial). Trials. 2018 Dec;19(1):206.

Vousden N, Lawley E, Nathan HL, Seed PT, Brown A, Muchengwa T, Charantimath U, Bellad M, Gidiri MF, Goudar S, Chappell LC. Sandall,J. Shennan,A. Evaluation of a novel vital sign device to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity in low-resource settings: a mixed method feasibility study for the CRADLE-3 trial. BMC pregnancy and childbirth. 2018 Dec;18(1):115.

athena swan silver

MSc in Implementation and Improvement Science