Event Details

In January 2020, the Academy of Medical Sciences released the report – Transforming health through innovation: Integrating the NHS and Academia https://acmedsci.ac.uk/policy/policy-projects/nhs-academia-interface

One of the actions set out in the report, which the Academy believes is essential for enhancing the interface between the NHS and the UK’s academic biomedical and health research sector, is streamlining research through Joint R&D Offices.

The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly raised the profile and importance of medical science and research, and in particular Team Science where colleagues from across the research systems came together to research, develop, implement and adopt – at unprecedented pace and scale, a vaccine programme. This collaborative approach allowed the NHS to be the first healthcare system in the world to offer the vaccine in December 2020.

The joint ARMA/NHS R&D Forum Session on 3 February between 11:00 and 12.00pm will focus on the importance of Team Science and systems leadership in biomedical and health research.

Hear from Chris Duncan, a Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Career Development Fellow and Honorary Consultant https://www.ncl.ac.uk/medical-sciences/people/profile/christopherduncan.html about his experience as the Newcastle PI for the Oxford Vaccine Study and the importance of Team Science; Angela Topping, Head of the Newcastle Joint Research Office https://www.ncl.ac.uk/research/support/people/profile/angelatoppingnclacuk.html#background about her experience as Head of a Joint R&D Office and how this allowed Newcastle to be a pioneer in Medical Research and be one of the best research performing Trusts nationally; Simon Denegri, Executive Director of the Academy of Medical Sciences https://acmedsci.ac.uk/about/administration/staff-directory/executive-director/simon-denegri  about the science of team science, next steps in relation to their January 2020 report and how we can support the agenda and Catherine Adams from the Health Research Authority about lessons learned during the COVID pandemic and how, as a regulator of health Research, they can work closer with the research community to reduce bureaucracy and truly embed research into everyday clinical practice.

This one-hour session will have time for panel Q&A and we encourage you to submit questions in advance of the session. Please email any questions to enquiries@arma.ac.uk by 14.00 on 1 February.

Joining details will be emailed out one week before the event to all who have registered. Places are limited so book early to avoid disappointment.

This is the first session of what we hope will be many more where we can bring colleagues from the Academic and NHS research communities to shape and support the UK research and innovation landscape though collaboration, teamwork and common purpose.