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Opportunities
25 opportunities found
National Institute for Health and Care Research Patient Engagement in Clinical Development Service: Opportunity to shape the design of a clinical trial for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).
Location: UK wide
An opportunity to review documents involved in the design of a commercial trial.
Inform a research proposal to make prostheses care more environmentally friendly
Location: UK wide
Help shape a new research project to improve the care of patients using lower limb prostheses.
Physiotherapy and intensive care unit rehabilitation research: how should we support patients from under-served communities e.g. ethnic minority groups?
Location: UK wide
Seeking people with experience of an intensive care unit, from an ethnic minority background
Provide feedback on a new treatment trial for acute myeloid leukaemia (AML)
Location: UK wide
Join an NIHR delivered focus group for a commercial leukaemia trial
Embedding lived experience into research funding decisions with the Medical Research Foundation
Location: UK wide
Seeking lived experience experts to review fellowship applications researching Suicide and Self-harm
TARGET – Using gases to evaluate personalised therapies in oesophageal cancer.
Location: UK wide
A focus group to guide the implementation of the TARGET study
Join Our Public Advisory Panel – Help shape research that protects the UK from emerging infections
Location: UK wide
Use your personal experience to help shape research on new and spreading infections.
National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Patient Engagement in Clinical Development (PECD) Service: Opportunity to shape the design of a clinical trial to support children to reach a healthy weight.
Location: UK wide
An opportunity to review documents involved in the design of a commercial trial.
Study of awake prone positioning (lying on your tummy) with Respiratory failure
Location: UK wide
We are looking for someone with experience of awake prone positioning
Patient & public engagement - Seeking spouse and partners caring for someone living with dementia
Location: UK wide
We are looking for current or bereaved informal carers of someone living with dementia.
Which people are more at risk from viruses that affect breathing?
Location: UK wide, All of England
Share your thoughts on whether NHS data should be used for this kind of research.
Cardiac arrest- shaping research in adult cardiac arrest
Location: UK wide
We are looking for support from people affected by cardiac arrest
Parents and carers of babies and children who’ve had reflux
Location: UK wide
Parents/carers with experience of baby reflux who can help us design and run our study
Eastern European Voices: Tell Us How You Manage When You Have a Cold or Chest Infection
Location: UK wide
Eastern Europeans in the UK: tell us how you care for coughs, colds & chest infections.
Patients and carers needed to help improve patient safety when ambulance crews do not take patients to hospital
Location: UK wide
Tell me about your experiences in a 1 hour phone/online interview
Understanding Shin Wounds: Can Early Care Prevent Leg Ulcers
Location: UK wide
Wounds to the shin, especially in the elderly can be hard to heal. Can we improve how we treat these
Parents of Children with Dysphagia – PAID Interview Opportunity via MS Teams
Location: UK wide
Calling all parents of children with dysphagia! Help shape paediatric dysphagia research
PiLot Study To Assess The AdhereNcE In School Age Children With Asthma (PLANES)
Location: UK wide
Join our PPI group to shape a pilot study on reducing school absences in children with asthma
Pilot feasibility study assessing the effectiveness of NHS Active 10 App for inactive older adults in NHS health checks
Location: UK wide
We want to find out the best way to support people to stay active, for health and wellbeing.
PPI Contributor – Supporting Research into Smoking in Pregnancy
Location: UK wide
Help shape research to support pregnant women reduce smoking using nicotine replacement therapy.
Priority setting for childhood limb fractures
Location: UK wide
Join the steering group for a James Lind Priority Setting Partnership (PSP)
Social Media, Misinformation and Vaccines
Location: UK wide
Get Involved in Shaping Research on Social Media, Misinformation and Vaccines
Did you take medication at any point during your pregnancy?
Location: UK wide
We are looking for input from people with lived experience of medication use in pregnancy
Patient Advisory Group member to Lymphoma Benefits and Risks Team at Oxford Population Health
Location: UK wide
We are seeking people with lived experience of lymphoma to contribute to research in online meetings
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
