nihr delivering better health through training researchers 19 september 2011 dr david cox deputy...
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NIHR Delivering Better Health Through Training Researchers
19 September 2011
Dr David Cox
Deputy Director – Research Faculty
Established 2006 as a vehicle for implementing Government’s strategy for applied health research.
Almost £1b spend each year.
National Institute for Health Research
Strategic AimTo improve the health and wealth of the nation through research
• outstanding individuals• working in world-class facilities• conducting leading-edge research• focused on the needs of patients and the public.
National Institute for Health Research
Vision
To create a health research system in which the NHS supports:
Infrastructure
Clinical Research Facilities & Centres
Clinical Research Networks
Research
Research Projects & Programmes
Research Governance
Systems
Research Information
Systems
Systems
Patients&
Public
Universities
Investigators &Senior
InvestigatorsAssociates
Faculty
Trainees
Research Units & Schools
NHS Trusts
What is the Faculty?
What is the Faculty?
….is the community of people that NIHR funds to:
•train as health researchers•undertake and
•support research
What is the Faculty?
….is the community of people that NIHR funds to:
•train as health researchers•undertake and
•support research
With the purpose of creating..
Investigators &Senior
InvestigatorsAssociates
Faculty
Trainees
“a vibrant community focused on research and innovation to improve the health and well-being of the nation”
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Trainees
Goals of the NIHR Faculty
• Build a leading research capability to attract, develop and retain the best research professionals with a national collegiate ethos
• Focus talents of Faculty members on health research that meets the needs of patients and the public
• Value leaders and collaborators• Provide support to the academic training paths for all
healthcare professionals and other key disciplines involved in health and social care research
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Investigators
• Engaged directly in research work• Main part of salary funded by NIHR programme, unit or
centres of the Policy Research Programme
Senior Investigators
• Most eminent NIHR researchers• Funded through national competition • 203 appointed
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Trainees
Associates• Support Research• Salary supported by NIHR
• Dental and Medical ‘principal investigators’• Nursing and Midwifery Professions and Allied Health
Professionals• Administration, Management and Data Management• Health Care Scientists• Pharmacists• Research support • Clinical Psychologists
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Trainees
• Schemes to support Clinical Lecturers, Academic Clinical Fellows, Healthcare Scientists and Research Fellows
• Masters Training in Health Economics and Medical Statistics
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What does Faculty membership mean?
• You are a member of a prestigious national research system
• NIHR believes in your abilities and potential
• NIHR will support your development
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What Faculty membership offers?
• Prestige from being a part of national research system
• Networking and collaboration opportunities with individuals working to the same end goal – better patient care
• Career development opportunities
What Faculty membership offers?
• Funding to train and develop as a researcher – NIHR now funds from Masters through to Chair
• Development for current and future health research leaders• Senior Leaders: significant leadership role
in NIHR• Development Leaders: come forward
through open competition, supported by a Senior Leader
• Trainee Leaders: identified by NIHR TCC, in early leadership roles
• A source of potential mentors• Career development opportunities – research
training camp
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What do you need to do?
• Capitalise on the opportunities that being part of NIHR offers - including this meeting
• Collect a mentor• Connect – network; your future Colleagues
may be in this room• Collaborate – health research benefits from
different professionals and disciplines working together
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What do you need to do?
• Culture your career during your studies – this time is not just about learning to be an academic
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And what do you need to do in Leeds?
• All of the above ...• This is a great opportunity to
discover things and meet people• NIHR organises this event each
year because it believes in your potential – improvements in health will depend on you. No pressure.
• And a bit of celebration is permitted