Joint Health Research Conference:  
  Committed to better research in the NHS
     
  Friday 16th October 2009
Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool

Registration from 9.00am - Close at 4.30pm
 

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Mike Farrar CBE
Chief Executive, NHS North West

Presentation
   
  Dr Ruth Hussey OBE
Regional Director of Public Health/ Medical Director, NHS North West
Presentation
   
  Professor Dame Sally C. Davies
Director General of Research and Development, Department of Health
Presentation
   
  Andrew Riley
Managing Director, NIHR Clinical Research Network Coordinating Centre
 
   
13.45 Interactive seminar session 1:
   
  1.1 Getting more NIHR money for your research
 

Dr David King
Director, NIHR CCF

Presentation
  Dr Ruairidh Milne
Director of Strategy & Development, NETSCC
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  1.2 Working with the life Sciences industry: Creating medical technologies meeting NHS needs – maximising the potential in the North West
 

Jill Dhell
Innovation and Industry R&D Relations Manager, Department of Health

Presentation
  Dr Geoff Davison
Sector Head Biomedical and Director Bionow, North West Development Agency
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  Keith Chantler
Director of Academic Affairs and Innovation/Executive Director TrusTECH, Central Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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  1.3 More R&D in primary and community care
 

Dr Peter Bower
Reader, NIHR School for Primary Care Research

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  Professor David Challis
Associate Director, NIHR School for Social Care Research and Director PSSRU, University of Manchester
 
   
  1.4 NIHR research training opportunities in the North West
 

Dr Lisa Cotterill
Director, NIHR Trainees Coordinating Centre

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  1.5 North West Biomedical Research Centres
 

Professor David Ray
Deputy Director, NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre

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  Professor Peter Winstanley
Director, NIHR Liverpool Biomedical Research Centre
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14.45 Interactive seminar session 2:
   
  2.1 Disseminating research evidence
 

Phil Vaughan
Programme Manager, UK PubMed Central
Alison Booth
Research Fellow in Dissemination, Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
Professor Ruth Boaden
Deputy Director and Implementation Lead for NIHR CLAHRC for Greater Manchester

 
   
  2.2 Removing the barriers to research
 

Dr Jane Pearson
Lead RM&G Manager, Greater Manchester Comprehensive Research Network

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  2.3 Public Involvement in research
 

Dr Lucy Simons
Public Involvement Advisor, INVOLVE Coordinating Centre
Dr David Britt
Chair, PRIMER (Primary Care Research in Manchester Engagement Resource)

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  2.4 Getting your research off the ground
 

Professor Jennie Popay
Director, NIHR Research and Design Service for the North West

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  2.5 Spreading innovation in the NHS
 

Melanie Ogden
Associate Director Quality Assurance and Self Care, NHS North West
Dr Richard Deed
Innovation Unit Manager, TrusTECH NW NHS Innovation Hub

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15.40 Industry sponsored research: A challenge for the UK?
  Dr Tim Cave
Medical Director, Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd
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