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Opportunities
32 opportunities found
Evaluating Virtual Wards for Acute Respiratory Infection
Location: South Central
This opportunity involves being part of a PPI advisory group for an NIHR funded virtual ward project
Patient and Public Involvement opportunity in Ipswich
Location: East of England
Seeking patient and public involvement to help develop musculoskeletal research in Ipswich, Suffolk.
Recovery following a pelvic fracture
Location: UK wide
We want to speak to older adults who broke their pelvis following a fall, or their carers.
Help shape palliative care and bereavement research
Location: UK wide
Join an online meeting to help prioritise our research questions
Barriers, enablers, and potential health inequalities of talking therapies delivered remotely
Location: All of England
Gain the views of Stroke survivors around receiving psychological therapy remotely.
Improving early detection of liver cancer
Location: UK wide
Exploring how data science research can improve early detection of liver cancer
Can you help us improve others’ experiences of abortion care?
Location: All of England
We want to explore the support people receive from their GP before and after having an abortion
Vacancies for patient representatives on Scientific Advisory Panel
Location: UK wide
We are looking for members who have used pharmacy services and are interested in research
Do you have an interest in deafness and helping individuals with cochlear implants?
Location: UK wide
Our research looks at using virtual reality games to help deaf children with cochlear implants.
Survey of problems with chest-drains
Location: UK wide
Exploring which complications of chest drains are the most frequent or the most troublesome
Help shape future research on pain and ageing
Location: UK wide
Do you have lived experience of dementia or frailty? Join us to shape work on pain and ageing
Evaluating NHS Trusts Readiness for Adopting Wearable Technologies for In-Hospital Vital Sign Monitoring
Location: [Not applicable]
Focus group to discuss views on wearable tech for monitoring vital signs
Steering Group Member
Location: UK wide
Join twice yearly online meetings to discuss the work of our evidence synthesis research group
A Delphi survey to identify a core set of items for sharing the results of randomised trials with patients and the public
Location: [Not applicable]
Help shape how trial results are shared—take our 15–20 min survey for patients & the public.
Wearables, smartwaches, and Apps in Cancer Care
Location: UK wide
Interested in digital health? Join our focus group to help design and shape new digital health trial
PTSD focus group
Location: UK wide, London
Focus group on PTSD trial seeking feedback from people with lived experience
Ethnicity and Breast Cancer Project
Location: UK wide
We are looking for women with experience of breast cancer to help us shape this project.
Gestational diabetes and future risk of developing type 2 diabetes
Location: UK wide
Share your thoughts on genetic testing after gestational diabetes – 5-min anonymous survey
Revolutionary New Percutaneous Catheter Fixation Device
Location: South Central, South West
Patients/Public who are familiar with indwelling percutaneous drainage catheters
Smoking and financial support services
Location: UK wide
Looking for people who have experience using financial support services and smoke to shape research.
Designing an exercise-based weight management intervention aimed towards individuals who are overweight and/or living with obesity.
Location: Northern Ireland
Attend a PPI focus group session for research focusing on exercise based weight management.
Inner speech after stroke and its role in memory and attention
Location: East of England, East Midlands, London
We are looking for stroke survivors with ongoing aphasia or who have had aphasia in the past
Promoting and supporting participation and social connectedness for people with progressive neurological conditions to reduce loneliness and isolation
Location: Wales
Neurodegenerative disease and social participation
The Birmingham Concussion Home Intervention Programme
Location: UK wide
We are looking for people with experience of a concussion to help design an app to improve recovery
Have you had back surgery for leg pain?
Location: UK wide
Designing a pre-surgery programme for lumbar spinal stenosis
Efficient use of “external” information in the design and analysis of clinical trials
Location: UK wide
This project is to develop statistical models to include information external to the clinical trial.
Co-designing a study to advance Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST) for dementia
Location: UK wide
Advancing Cognitive Stimulation Therapy
The development and evaluation of the first fertility preservation patient decision aid to support boys and young men with cancer: Cancer, Fertility and Me for Boys and Young Men
Location: UK wide
Are you a young male aged 11-25 who has had cancer (or a family member of)?
Does your breath differ when tested in a hospital versus a GP?
Location: London
Comparing breath of adults when tested in Hospitals versus a GP
Mental health symptoms in Lewy body diseases
Location: UK wide
Survey for people affected by Lewy body disease on opinions/experiences of mental health symptoms
Get involved in new blood biomarker research for Alzheimer’s disease
Location: UK wide, London
I am looking for patients, carers or members of the public with experience or interest in dementia
