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Research & Innovation Monthly E-bulletin
November 2013
Welcome to this edition of the R&I Monthly E-bulletin. This
month’s issue provides the usual funding opportunities,
updates from our charitable partners and departmental
news. If you have an item to add to December’s bulletin
please email it to [email protected] by
Friday 13 December.
This month’s message from David Wynick
Welcome to the November issue of our e-bulletin.
The message from the Department of Health is that “Research is even more
important when resources are under pressure” (White Paper “Equity and
excellence: Liberating the NHS” July 2010). This is more pertinent than ever as
we face the increase in winter pressures and the inevitable increase in
challenges to recruiting patients into trials.
Looking back to earlier in the year, in June our weighted recruitment was well
below target, I am delighted with the current position we are in shown in our
latest weighted recruitment figures up until October below:
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The WCLRN will review these weighted recruitment figures to determine our funding allocation for 2014/15.
Therefore the turnaround in our figures is fantastic and will be essential in influencing our ability to sustain our
research workforce to deliver NIHR studies in this Trust.
Whilst weighted recruitment is essential to our funding allocation, one of our key reported performance metrics on
first patient first visit (FPFV) is a vital requirement by the Department of Health. This metric was introduced to
promote faster, more efficient delivery of clinical research, and again I am delighted with our current progress. The
latest submission to the Department of Health indicated that 38% of our clinical trials are meeting the 70 day FPFV
benchmark. This is down to your hard work so congratulations and thank you to all. Having overcome difficult
challenges earlier in the year I am hoping that we can continue this throughout the winter.
As always if you are struggling with study recruitment please talk to a member of the Research and Innovation
department on 0117 342 0233.
With best wishes,
Professor David Wynick Director of Research
Contents List
1. R&I Departmental News: This month’s EDGE Handy Hint, Is there enough information about research in
your work area? and Multi-Centre studies lead by a BRU/BRC/CLAHRC.
2. Celebrating Successes: Adult BMT Trials RIC UCBT, Studies Meeting 70 Day Benchmark and World Diabetes
Day.
3. Feature: The SYCAMORE Study.
4. Above & Beyond: Your hospitals’ charity Above & Beyond is proud to support a UK research first in
children’s cardiology... and Above & Beyond Christmas Star Concert.
5. Upcoming Events: NIHR Workshop on long-term conditions in children and young people - Researcher
Briefing Event, Health Technology 2014 Event, SOCS Plenary Research Seminars 2013-14, RDS Residential Research
Retreat 2014, Autumn Learning and Development Programme 2013, Short Courses and Trauma Day.
6. Grants & Upcoming Awards: Royal award for saving babies' lives around the world, Apply for a Research
Grant for Sarcoma, Elizabeth Blackwell Institute Clinical Primer Scheme: call for applications, The Elizabeth
Blackwell Institute for Health Research - Funding opportunities, University of Salford Research and Innovation
Annual Conference 2013, 2014 Taubman Prize Nominee Solicitation, NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research
(HS&DR) Programme Bulletin and NIHR Themed Call: Early Announcement - UPDATE.
7. Training & Employment Opportunities: Equator Network - Declaration of Transparency.
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1. R&I Departmental News
This month’s EDGE Handy Hint # 15: Use the ‘Statistics tab’ on EDGE to review recruitment compared to
other sites in multi-centre studies.
Is there enough information about research in your work area?
The NIHR have developed sets of ‘patient screens’ which can be modified to your research area and printed as
posters. We encourage that these are used and displayed wherever possible to promote the importance of research
at this Trust. These are available here to download and adapt for use so please start spreading the word!
Multi-Centre studies lead by a BRU/BRC/CLAHRC
If a research study is being conducted within an NIHR Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), NIHR Biomedical Research
Unit (BRU), NIHR CLAHRC (Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care) or Patient Safety
Translational Research Centre (PSTRC) funded programme of research, it is eligible for NIHR Clinical Research
Network support. Funding for NIHR Centres and Units is “self-contained”, therefore funding for both research costs
and NHS infrastructure for research (including NHS Support Costs) will have been included in the award and the
funding provided directly to the NHS partner in each NHS/University collaboration.
Single-centre studies that have been funded as part of one of the above programmes will not therefore require
infrastructure support from the NIHR CRN, and although not eligible for the NIHR Clinical Research Network
Portfolio, such studies should apply for NHS Permission through the NIHR Coordinated System for gaining NHS
Permission (NIHR CSP) which is accessed via the Integrated Research Application System (IRAS).
Multi-centre BRC/BRU/CLAHRC/PSTRC studies may require Clinical Research Network support if study activity (e.g.
recruitment) is occurring in sites external to the NHS Trust coordinating the research study. Applications for these
studies to be considered for CRN support should be made via CSP (NOTE: by selecting ‘No’ to question 5a on the IRAS
Project Filter form, question 5b in generated. Select ‘Yes’ to Question 5b "Do you wish to make an application for the
study to be considered for NIHR Clinical Research Network (CRN) Portfolio?"). If deemed eligible for CRN support the
study will be added to the Portfolio Database and recruitment data should be provided on a monthly basis for all UK
sites (i.e. both the CRN and the NHS Partner site-BRC/BRU/CLAHRC/PSTRC).
It is recognised that the requirement for CRN support may change during the lifecycle of the study; for example, a
BRC study may need to open in new CRN supported sites to achieve the study's recruitment target. Should this
situation arise, an application for CRN should be made to the Network providing the Coordinated Network Support
Service.
For further information follow this link to the National Institute for Health Research Clinical Research Network
website: http://www.crncc.nihr.ac.uk/about_us/processes/portfolio/p_eligibility/faqs
2. Celebrating Successes
Adult BMT Trials RIC UCBT
The Trust has been awarded top recruiter to trial overall and top recruiter to the study this year, having recruited 9
patients to the trial out of 57 patients overall. Only a further 3 patients need to be recruited before the trial closes.
This study is for patients with haematological diseases who receive cord blood transplants from unrelated donors
using a reduced intensity conditioning regimen.
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Congratulations to the team!
Studies Meeting 70 Day Benchmark
Congratulations to all of the other teams below who have also recruited within the 70 day benchmark!
Study Title Number of days to
first patient
Principal Investigator
Clinician decision making for children with minor respiratory
illness
35 Leah Bowen
CCRN 2232 - PROMETHEUS: Visual impairment due to VEGF
driven Macular Oedema (CRFB002G2302)
49 Clare Bailey
GWAS in children with DDH 22 Mr Martin Gargan
MK-5172 + MK-8742 + Ribavirin in genotype 2 Hepatitis C
Infection
30 Dr Fiona Gordon
MASTER II Trial 25 Dr Andreas Baumbach
WntSIDS 14 Prof Robert Tulloh
World Diabetes Day
Kate Green and Ali O’Keeffe from JCRU talk
to nurses from the Pre-Op Assessment unit
at the World Diabetes Day drop-in session.
To acknowledge World Diabetes Day on Thursday 14 November, a
drop-in session was held in the Joint Clinical Research Unit (JCRU).
Staff at UH Bristol were given the chance to discuss any concerns or
questions about Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes.
The drop-in session received a good response and the people who
came were all very interested to hear about the Diabetes Research
that’s taking place in the Trust. Although the focus wasn’t just about
research, the JCRU were able to ‘spread the word’, and felt that it was
a very useful session.
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3. Feature – The SYCAMORE Study
The Medicines for Children Research Network and delegated staff
at the Bristol eye hospital have been congratulated for recruiting
the 50th patient to the Sycamore study. The Sycamore study is a
Randomised Controlled Trial of the Clinical Effectiveness, Safety
and Cost Effectiveness of Adalimumab in Combination with
Methotrexate for the Treatment of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis.
Just over two years ago the team in Bristol were responsible for
recruiting the first patient to the study and now they have the
honour of recruiting number 50.
Well done to all the team in Bristol.
Team pictured left to right: Sue Mannix, Jude
Piper, Dr. Catherine Gully, Dr AV Ramanan,
Sandra Dymond, Dr Ester Carreno and Suzanne
Sketchley
4. Above & Beyond
Your hospitals’ charity Above & Beyond is proud to support a UK research first in children’s cardiology...
Dr. Guido Pieles – National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Academic Clinical Lecturer in paediatric cardiology and
Dr Graham Stuart - Consultant Congenital Cardiologist at the Bristol Congenital Heart Unit – have been working with
Professor Craig Williams and his team at the University of Exeter on a ground breaking new echocardiography research
project.
This exciting research – the first of its’ kind in the UK - is investigating the effect of exercise on children with congenital
heart disease. The three year research partnership is being supported by Toshiba Medical Systems Ltd - who are
providing state-of-the-art ultrasound scanning technology allowing Dr. Pieles and Professor Williams to scan a total of
80 children: 40 children born with a heart condition, compared to 40 healthy children and adolescents.
To date echocardiograms in children have traditionally been used while child patients are at rest, making it more
difficult for clinicians to assess early stages of heart function abnormalities. What marks this project out is that it is
investigating the heart performance under stress, while exercising.
Dr. Pieles explains: “It’s our aim that this clinical research benefits the NHS through better understanding of the role of
exercise in life-long care for children born with congenital heart disease.” He adds:
“Through this research we aim to improve scanning protocols and applications that will enable better, more precise
and earlier diagnoses of heart function abnormalities and to quickly identify effective treatment pathways for children
with congenital heart disease. Additionally we’ll also be able to better assess the benefits of exercise for children with
obesity and other conditions caused by poor diet and sedentary lifestyles.”
The initial pilot study for the research involved testing of a healthy group of volunteers and was funded by local
hospitals’ charity Above & Beyond. The charity funds many innovative research studies at University Hospitals’ Bristol.
Without the charity’s pump-priming for the pilot study for his project, Dr. Pieles believes it would have been “almost
impossible” to have secured the larger funding needed to further develop this groundbreaking project.
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Above & Beyond Trustee Drummond Forbes explains:
“It was awe-inspiring to hear about the children’s cardiology research that Dr. Pieles, Professor Williams and their
teams are doing. We were delighted to learn that the seed funding our charity provided has enabled Dr. Pieles to carry
out the pilot study that we know was crucial to establishing the credibility of the wider research project.
“As a charity we are committed to providing the money to pump-prime pilots for research such as this, which expert
clinicians can then use to leverage larger scale funding and support - such as the fantastic partnership with Toshiba
Medical Systems Ltd.
“At Above & Beyond we are absolutely delighted to have played a part in the development of such ground breaking
work – a UK first in research that will be very important to children with heart disease, their families and all the
dedicated healthcare professionals involved in their care.”
For more information about Above & Beyond and research grants available from the charity please contact Grants
Manager Debbie McPhee on direct dial: 0117 3700 848 or email: [email protected]
For more information about the charity’s work to raise funds for all Bristol’s city centre hospitals log onto
www.aboveandbeyond.org.uk
Above & Beyond Christmas Star Concert
Don’t miss the magical Christmas Star Concert for our hospitals, with musical
stars of Bristol and the West...
On Thursday 19th December at 7.30pm at Bristol Cathedral the Christmas Star
Concert, a magical evening of carols, festive readings, and beautiful music will be
raising funds for Bristol’s city centre hospitals.
Performers will include the Bristol Metropolitan Orchestra, internationally
renowned cellist Sara Lovell, and flautist Dr. Catherine Maytum who performs
with Bristol Opera, as well as the Above & Beyond Singers, the Taunton Deane
Male Voice Choir and the Ashley Down School Choir.
“We hope you will join us on the evening of 19th December to celebrate the spirit
of Christmas. The Christmas Star Concert offers a stellar line up of musical talent
from Bristol and the South West. Everyone coming along will not only enjoy a
magical evening - but also be supporting our charity’s £6M Golden Gift Appeal
raising the funds needed to help transform our hospitals - making them even
better for millions of patients in our city and region, now and for generations to
come. We very much look forward to welcoming you at Bristol Cathedral on the
night!”, says Toni Collier of Above & Beyond, the local hospitals’ charity
organising the event.
Tickets are £10 and all funds raised by the Christmas Star Concert will go to
Above & Beyond’s Golden Gift Appeal.
Don’t miss internationally renowned
cellist Sara Lovell - just one of the
talented performers at the Christmas
Star Concert for our hospitals on 19th
December!
Photo: Chas Breton
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In perfect harmony: your hospital and Trust
colleagues in the Above & Beyond Singers are
busy rehearsing for the Christmas Star Concert
at Bristol Cathedral on 19th December.
Photo: Chas Breton
Projects the appeal will fund above and beyond what the NHS can
provide include:
- The region’s first dedicated adult Bone Marrow Transplant
Unit,
- A world-class intensive care monitoring system,
- New individual rooms for our sickest patients and family
rooms for their loved ones.
Tickets for the Christmas Star Concert are selling fast. To book
yours, just go to www.aboveandbeyond.org.uk or contact Toni
Collier at Above & Beyond on direct dial: 0117 3700 486 or email:
For more information about the appeal please go to
www.goldengiftappeal.org.uk
5. Upcoming Events
NIHR Workshop on long-term conditions in children and young people, Researcher Briefing Event,
Wednesday 5 February 2014
In February 2014 the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) will issue a call for evaluative research for long-
term conditions in children and young people. The research will aim to provide the evidence base to improve the
health outcomes for children and young people that result from long-term conditions. The call is in support of the
2012 annual report of the Chief Medical Officer entitled “Our Children Deserve Better: Prevention Pays”.
This call is a key component of the NIHR response to the need for further research-based evidence for long-term
conditions in children and young people up to the age of 25 through:
- supporting capacity building across a wide range of disciplines working with children's health and disabilities;
- increasing the volume of high-quality research on the efficacy, effectiveness, delivery and organisation of
interventions and services for children and young people.
The purpose of this workshop is to inform the research community about research funding opportunities presented
by the themed call. Representatives of a range of NIHR programmes and supporting NIHR infrastructure will attend
to advise on the various funding routes available and provide help and guidance on developing and submitting an
application.
The workshops will be made up of three identical sessions and delegates will be able to register to attend either in
the morning, afternoon or early evening.
To register your interest in attending the event, please visit https://bookwhen.com/nihr. Once the booking form has been completed, you will receive an email asking you to click on the link to confirm your interest in attending. Please ensure you do this to register your interest.
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Registration will close at 12 noon on Wednesday 11 December. Note that places may be limited per organisation. We will be in touch by 19 December to let you know if you have been allocated a place at the event and to which session.
If you aren’t allocated a space, you will be able to view the presentations and supporting information online following the workshop.
If you have any questions, please contact [email protected] or visit www.themedcalls.nihr.ac.uk/
Health Technology 2014 Event, Thursday 30 January 2014, Central London
On the 25 March 2013, the Department of Health announced that by 2015, all hospitals are to keep patient records
electronically rather than on paper, so staff only need to collect and record information about patients once. This
should make things more efficient, reduce the chance of mistakes that might compromise patient safety and make it
easier for health and social care services to work together.
Parallel to this, the NHS needs to make up to £20 billion worth of efficiency savings by 2015 though the QIPP
initiative, with £3 billion worth of savings identified through the use of digital technology.
With this in mind, Inside Government would like to invite you to our hugely popular event, 'Health Technology 2014:
Achieving Better Health Outcomes for Patients Through Technology.' Delegates attending this forum will benefit
from the following:
- Identify savings of up to £3 billion that will contribute to the £20 billion QIPP targets
- Examine methods for engaging with Patients and Staff Through the use of Mobile Technology
- Review plans to digitalise patient records in a paperless NHS
- Discuss safeguarding patient confidentiality and data in a digitally and technologically evolving health system
- Hear from policy makers in central government and leading experts in healthcare technology
Click here to view the full agenda: http://insidegovernment.msgfocus.com/c/12EsIur6JpIo81b4DyW0TjGc5f Register online: http://insidegovernment.msgfocus.com/c/12EsH4Fx7VCL8JCGqynnbmaG67 or by phone: 0845 666 0664
LIMITED PLACES AVAILABLE - SECURE YOUR PLACE TODAY!
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SOCS Plenary Research Seminars 2013-14
Please click here to see the programme for the University of Bristol School of Clinical Sciences Plenary Research talks
this year. Alternatively, here is a link to the website, which provides more detail: http://www.bris.ac.uk/clinical-
sciences/seminars/socs-research-seminars.html
These are a blend of up and coming research stars and world leading established researchers. The seminars are all at
lunch time and are purposefully on different days and in a variety of locations in order to allow as many people as
possible to attend. Lunch will be provided and also transport where required.
Please do make an effort to attend them as we hope they will be informative and inspirational to all staff and
students in the School and also to those from other departments.
RDS Residential Research Retreat 2014
- Do you have a great idea for a research project?
- Do you need to apply for significant research funding?
- Do you need a sustained period of quality time with dedicated support to develop your research project?
The Research Design Service South West is offering a unique opportunity to researchers in health and health care
across the South West of England. The Residential Research Retreat provides an opportunity for research teams to
develop high quality research proposals suitable for submission to national peer-reviewed funding schemes. The aim
of the Retreat is to provide the environment and support to promote rapid progress in developing proposals over a
relatively short time period.
This Research Retreat is open to health professionals and academic partners working within the South West. Your
team could win a place on the Retreat, which will be held at the Ammerdown Conference Centre, near Bath in
Somerset from 1 - 6 June 2014 inclusive.
Visit the Residential Research Retreat webpages at: www.rds-sw.nihr.ac.uk/rrr.htm to find out more, or contact
Russell Holloway, Knowledge Manager, Research Design Service South West, on:
Tel: 01823 342792 / Fax: 01823 342780 Web: www.rds-sw.nihr.ac.uk
Autumn Learning and Development Programme 2013
Following on from our highly successful learning and development programme offered over the last year, we are
producing an exciting range of generic and networking events to suit the needs of our members and to encourage
new people to join the organisation. Please view the learning and development pages of our website (link below) to
see the events on offer, and remember to check regularly for updates to the programme: http://www.prwe.org.uk/
Short courses
The School of Social and Community Medicine provides a programme of high quality short courses covering a range
of health services research, biostatistics, human genetics, health protection and epidemiological research methods.
They are aimed at university staff and post-graduate students, public health specialists, health-care professionals and
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members of the pharmaceutical and medical device industry. Please visit the short course website for further
information about the courses and how to book: http://www.bris.ac.uk/social-community-medicine/shortcourse
Trauma Day
A Study Day entitled “The Psychological Impact of Traumatic Injuries” is commencing on 13 December 2013, Lecture
Theatre 3, UH Bristol Education and Research Centre.
The study day has come about due to ‘The Impact of Injuries study’, which UH Bristol helped to recruit patients to
last year. This course will introduce:
Common psychological reactions to trauma
How to recognise the symptoms
Who is at greatest risk
How to identify the need for specialist support
Long term implications
Please email [email protected] for more information and to book a place.
6. Grants & Upcoming Awards
Royal award for saving babies' lives around the world
The University of Bristol has been awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher Education - the highest accolade for any academic institution - in recognition of its leading-edge research in obstetric and neonatal practice, which has made a positive difference to mothers and babies throughout the world.
Please follow the link for further detail: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2013/9977.html
Apply for a research grant from Sarcoma UK
Sarcoma UK has launched its latest call for sarcoma-specific research proposals. We have £250,000 available for grants this year. We invite applications for: * Small pump-priming grants of around £25k that will test out new ideas and generate preliminary data. (Maximum grant considered will be £50k.) * Grants of around £100k for larger projects, although we will consider funding one exceptional grant of around £200k We intend to fully fund the chosen projects. We will consider applications from the UK-arm of international studies that fit our criteria. We invite you to apply, and we hope that you will pass this information on to your colleagues. The deadline for submitting applications is 5pm on Wednesday 19 February 2014. Funding decisions will be made and successful applicants informed by the end of June 2014. For further information and to download the application form, please visit our website:
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http://www.sarcoma.org.uk/researcherinfo
Elizabeth Blackwell Institute Clinical Primer Scheme: call for applications now open
Are you or do you know someone who is considering a career in academic medicine but want to experience life as
a researcher first?
The Elizabeth Blackwell Institute is making funding available as part of its Clinical Primer Scheme.
This scheme is aimed at clinical graduates and is designed to give outstanding early career clinicians the chance to
experience a world-class research environment for the first time. Successful candidates will undertake six months of
biomedical research "primer" projects at the University of Bristol, with a view to preparing them for a PhD fellowship
application.
Applicants must be fully-qualified medical doctors, entitled to work within the European Economic Area (EEA) and
will have started, or be ready to start, their specialist training.
An application form and further information about the scheme are available from
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/blackwell/funding/
Deadline for submissions is 12 December 2013.
If you have any queries please email [email protected]
The Elizabeth Blackwell Institute for Health Research
Funding opportunities
I am very pleased to announce that the EBI has been recently been awarded a third year of funding from the
Wellcome Trust to continue its work at the University of Bristol. This means that all of our funding schemes will run
again this year. For more information on these schemes, including any changes to our criteria and application
deadlines, please go to the EBI website:
http://www.bris.ac.uk/blackwell/funding/
This year we are particularly interested to hear from you if you have ideas around building new interdisciplinary
collaborations across two or more faculties, and which will address major questions in health research. We will
support the best ideas by bringing these communities together and providing pump priming (‘Catalyst’) funds if
necessary.
We will also be running a ‘Clinical Pull’ programme this year in which we will first identify a number of specific
problems faced by the clinical community before then identifying research groups within UoB that have the expertise
to find a solution to the problem. The launch of this scheme will be announced in the near future.
Our Clinical Primer and EBI Early Career Fellowship schemes will be announced over the next month. Indeed, when
each of our schemes is opened, you will receive an email via your School Managers and/or Research Themes. Keep
your eyes peeled!
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If you have any questions please do not hesitate to ask Lars Sundstrom ([email protected]), Nina Couzin
([email protected]) or myself ([email protected]). We are keen to hear from you and work with you!
Growth through Research and Innovation
Research and Innovation Annual Conference 2013: Universities, Collaboration and Growth
Thursday 5th December, 09:00 - 17:00
University of Salford, Manchester
REGISTER today and receive £100 discount*
(*use discount code SPD100x)
This event will bring key stakeholders together from across the world of Research and Innovation.
Key points to be addressed on the day will include:
Turning great ideas into commercial realities Further investment to innovation Supporting businesses and developing new technologies Laying the foundations for the high-growth businesses of the future Keeping the UK at the forefront of global innovation Getting Universities to play a bigger role in driving growth and being more accessible to smaller businesses How to be innovative in harder times Understanding the power of technology in transforming relationships Utilising partnership working across boundaries Unlocking the vast opportunities for people within and across organisations to successfully work together
through the potential of digital technology Giving people a stake in society Accelerating the adoption of best practice across sectors Commercialising innovation and research
You can find the course agenda on our website, click here.
Full conference details here or contact Dave Hall on 0161 295 2654
2014 Taubman Prize Nominee Solicitation
In June, the A. Alfred Taubman Medical Research Institute at the University of Michigan awarded the second annual
$100,000 Taubman Prize for Translational Medical Science to Dr Brian Druker of the Oregon Health & Science
University, and Dr Charles Sawyers of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. They are honoured for their
research which has transformed chronic myeloid leukaemia from a routinely fatal disease to a manageable condition.
The prize was established in 2011 to recognize the clinician-scientists making the most significant contribution to
translating basic research findings into medical practice. Each year, a new recipient will be presented the prize and
asked to serve as the keynote speaker at the Taubman Institute’s annual symposium, which is scheduled for 10
October 2014.
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The deadline for entries for the 2014 award is 01 February 2014. We would be grateful if you would inform your
faculty members of the opportunity offered by the Taubman Prize to reward great work in translational research.
A panel of nationally prominent clinician-scientists will judge nominees based on their contribution to translating
basic research findings into clinical applications and by the manner in which their clinical practice connects to their
research. All clinician-scientists, regardless of country, are eligible, excluding U-M researchers.
Contest rules and nomination forms can be found at: http://www.taubmaninstitute.org/taubman-prize
NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research (HS&DR) Programme Autumn Bulletin
Please view the online bulletin by following this link: http://www.netscc.ac.uk/hsdr/bulletin.html
NIHR Themed Call: Early Announcement - UPDATE
Preventing the development and spread of Antimicrobial Resistance
We are pleased to announce that the NIHR Antimicrobial Resistance themed call has been launched. Application
forms are available from participating programmes’ websites until December 2013, with the EME and HTA
Programmes opening first. This call is for research into the evaluation of public health measures, health care
interventions and health services to reduce the development and spread of antimicrobial resistance and consequent
morbidity.
This call for research is part of a coordinated response by the NIHR to the publication of the 2nd volume of the 2011
Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer: Infections and the rise of antimicrobial resistance. It will also support the
Department of Health-led UK Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy which sets out how the challenges outlined in the
report will be met.
This call is intended to cover all aspects of translational, clinical and public health research that could, through new
developments or changes in practice, contribute to a reduction in the spread or occurrence of antimicrobial
resistance and consequent infections. Research may encompass better prevention, improved surveillance and
monitoring and diagnosis as well as the more effective use of existing antibiotics, improved education and training
and the development of new antimicrobial therapies and better treatment strategies.
The following NIHR programmes will participate in this call for research:
• Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME)
• Health Services and Delivery Research (HS&DR)
• Health Technology Assessment (HTA)
• Invention for Innovation (i4i)
• Programme Grants for Applied Research (PGfAR)
• Public Health Research (PHR)
• Research for Patient Benefit (RfPB)
• Fellowships programmes
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Further information on this call will be available online at www.themedcalls.nihr.ac.uk/amr from mid-July.
7. Training & Employment Opportunities
Equator Network - Declaration of Transparency
A recently published BMJ editorial proposes that authors of research papers are asked to sign a declaration that their
paper is not misleading. Journal editors can help by asking authors to sign a declaration of transparency and the BMJ
and BMJ Open are already leading the way by implementing this policy immediately.
Reference: Altman DG, Moher D. Declaration of transparency for each research article. BMJ 2013;347:f4796.
Find out more on the EQUATOR website
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