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University of Cambridge Research Impact & Engagement Awards

Tuesday October 15, 2019

The Vice-Chancellor’s Research Impact and Engagement Awards were established in 2016 to recognise and celebrate excellence across the University of Cambridge. This year, two PLRH projects were nominated for the ‘collaboration’ category: My Sjögren’s Diary, and chronic pain in autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease. Unfortunately we weren’t lucky enough to take home an award, but […]

University Collaboration Budget success!

Tuesday October 1, 2019

We are very pleased to have been awarded the 2019 University Collaboration Budget in partnership with Cambridge University Press and the University of Cambridge Public Engagement team! We aim to host a patient led research conference, showcasing co-produced healthcare research with an added focus on open access publication and transparency. We would love to hear […]

PLRH quarterly: October

Tuesday October 1, 2019

Check out our latest newsletter: 2020 Patient Led Research conference on the way, proposal updates, and publications in the works… it’s been a busy few months! Read the newsletter here, and sign up to the mailing list here!

UK Clinical Research Collaboration: request for public involvement/engagement resources

Wednesday September 25, 2019

The PLRH represents the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit on the UKCRC Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPI&E) Task and Finish Group. The Group is now moving forward with recommendations set in its 2018 report, and is aiming to create a central PPI&E repository for Registered CTUs. Many CTUs create their own resources and training […]

My Sjögren’s Diary prototype workshop

Thursday September 19, 2019

Patient members of Sjögren’s Cambridgeshire have been working closely with database programmers from the Cambridge Clinical Trials Unit to design My Sjögren’s Diary, and a prototype is now complete! We hosted a workshop on 19 September for Sjögren’s Cambridgeshire members to trial the website, and are now working to further refine its form and function. […]

University of Cambridge Public Engagement Conference

Wednesday September 18, 2019

As a recipient of the University of Cambridge Public Engagement Starter Fund (for our Ring 20 & Ketogenic Dietary Therapy project), we were invited to showcase our work at their annual Public Engagement Conference. Although this was a closed event, it was an excellent opportunity to network with public involvement and engagement colleagues across the […]