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Patient Led Research Conference: share your views!

Wednesday December 18, 2019

We’re hosting a patient led research conference in 2020 with Cambridge University Press and the University of Cambridge Public Engagement Team! We will showcase co-produced healthcare research with an added focus on open access publication and transparency. We would love to hear your ideas on how to present the research pathway, which speakers to invite, […]

new DRINK publication

Monday November 4, 2019

Congratulations to Ragada El-Damanawi, PKD Charity, and the entire DRINK research team for publishing their study results as an open access manuscript with QMJ! You can read the article here! DRINK was our first PLRH project: we’ve really enjoyed working with Ragada and PKD Charity, and look forward to collaborating on many more proposals!

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 […]