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Patient and Public Involvement Event organisers urge community to get inspired for abstract submissions

Organisers of a third powerful showcase of Scotland’s patient and public involvement (PPI) initiatives have opened a call for the submission of inspiring abstracts Oral, workshop, and poster submissions are being encouraged for the sharing of vital learnings across the community. Hosted by NRS and the Chief Scientist Office (CSO) of Scottish Government, the Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) Event 2026 will take place at Stirling Court Hotel — part of the Un...

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Principal Investigator Roles and Responsibilities Workshop

Pay by Cheque: please make out a cheque, payable to NHS GG&C Endowment Fund CG0337 and bring it with you on the day. Pay by Credit or Debit Card: can be arranged. (Please note your details will be stored in our database but not passed on to any other parties). If you have any queries in respect of your course fee, please telephone 0141 314 0206. Thank you.

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Cardiovascular

Our role is to support the delivery of high quality clinical research. We help to manage participant recruitment to time and target, both for studies which are led from Scotland, and studies led from other nations which Scottish sites are participating in. We provide support in the following areas: managing the study portfolio record monitoring the attainment of recruitment targets providing advice on study design and feasibility troubleshooting issues...

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Scottish Primary Care Research Network Staff

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Research Governance

Research Governance concerns setting standards to improve research quality and safeguard the public. It involves enhancing ethical and scientific quality, promoting good practice, reducing adverse incidents, ensuring lessons are learned and preventing poor performance and misconduct. A broad range of regulations, principles and standards of good practice exist to achieve, and continuously improve, research quality across all aspects of healthcare in the UK and worldwide. Researc...

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National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Associate Principal Investigator Scheme

The Associate Principal Investigator (API) Scheme aims to develop health and care professionals to become the Principal Investigators (PIs) of the future. It is a six month in-work training opportunity, providing practical experience for healthcare professionals starting their research career. People who would not normally have the opportunity to take part in clinical research in their day-to-day role have the chance to experience what it means to work on and deliver an NIHR portfolio...

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Bridging the Gap: An NHS Research Scotland and Chief Scientist Office research day for orthopaedics

We are delighted to invite you to "Bridging the Gap", a dedicated research event hosted by NHS Research Scotland (NRS) and Chief Scientist Office (CSO) for the orthopaedic research community This interactive day will bring together clinicians, researchers, and stakeholders to explore key developments in orthopaedic research across Scotland, foster collaboration, and highlight opportunities to translate research into improved patient care. ...

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Virtual ‘mini conference’ set to showcase research and primary care infrastructure developments

A free lunchtime ‘mini conference’ will be held virtually next month, aimed at engaging primary care clinicians, practice staff, GP trainees, and medical students in research The NHS Research Scotland (NRS) Primary Care Network event — hosted live on Microsoft Teams — will take place on Thursday 11 September from 1-2pm. Introduced by Network Manager Dr Ellen Drost, the...

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Samantha Holden

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Anaesthesia, Perioperative Medicine, and Critical Care

Our role is to support the delivery of high-quality clinical research in Anaesthesia, Perioperative Medicine and Critical Care and manage participant recruitment to time and target, both for studies which are led from Scotland, and studies led from other nations which Scottish sites are participating in. We provide support in the following areas: Managing the study portfolio record Monitoring the attainment of recruitment targets Providing advice on study design...

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