From Ian Wellwood I recently travelled to Glasgow, Scotland along with fellow physiotherapist, Peter Hartley (Cambridge University Hospital Foundation Trust (CUHFT)) to present a piece of research at the European Stroke Organisation (ESO) conference. The conference, the first run by ESO, included patients, clinicians, scientists, researchers and other health care professionals who had gathered in […]
Archives for May 2015
NIHR SPCR PhD Studentship in Primary Health Care
Based in The Primary Care Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care. Applications are invited for this national PhD studentship competition for 3 year awards from individuals with a strong academic record who wish to develop a career in primary care research. Awards will normally be taken up in October 2015/January 2016. The goal […]
Notes on Nursing: Florence Nightingale
On the 6th May I went to the Florence Nightingale Memorial Service at Westminster Abbey. I was accompanied by 2 nursing colleagues of mine from the US and of course many colleagues from Cambridge and across the UK. It was a lovely and moving ceremony filled with tribute and tradition, and the symbolic passing of […]
Advert for Senior Investigator Scientist
The MRC Epidemiology Unit studies the genetic, developmental and environmental determinants of obesity, type 2 diabetes and related metabolic disorders and contributes to their prevention. The Unit is a department within the School of Clinical Medicine at the University of Cambridge and is situated in the Institute of Metabolic Science. This is an exciting opportunity […]
Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) and Addenbrookes’ Charitable Trust (ACT) Research Fellowships for Nurses, Midwives and AHPs.
We are proud to announce that we have funded our first internal CUHFT research fellowships for nurses, midwives and AHPs (NMAHPs). These fellowships are to support staff to develop competitive applications for doctoral research fellowships to the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), HEE/NIHR Integrated Clinical Academic Pathway or to an equivalent charity or research […]
Newly designed MPhil in Primary Care Research still open for applications
The new MPhil in Primary Care Research launches this autumn with places for eight students here at the Primary Care Unit. The course has been completely redesigned to integrate with the well-established MPhils in Epidemiology and Public Health at the Cambridge Institute of Public Health, where the Primary Care Unit is based. Students will have […]