What's going on in Science and
Research?
The College's Science and Research activities
are overseen by the Vice-President for Science and Research,
Professor Neena Modi.
The work of this department also includes the
Quality Improvement Programme. Please go to the
Clinical Effectiveness
page.
Collaborative Research Proposals
The department welcomes the opportunity to work collaboratively
with universities and other institutions. Applicants wishing to
make a joint funding application with the College should consider
the role of the College and how it will enhance the project.
Sufficient time should be allowed for project development and for
internal approval and sign-off prior to submission. Please
note the contribution of the department has to be costed on the
basis of a full economic cost recovery.
Please contact for preliminary discussion:
linda.haines@rcpch.ac.uk or
n.modi@imperial.ac.uk
Funding for Obesity Research
The NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre
(NETSCC) have launched a themed call for Obesity Evaluation
Research. This joint Health Technology Appraisal and Public Health
Research programme call opens on 10th November, the deadline
is 13:00 on 20th January 2010. The call aims to fund
evalautions of obesity interventions and proposals must include a
primary outcome of weight or BMI. Guidance is available to help
applicants decide which scheme to apply to, evaluations of
interventions which take place in the NHS should be directed to the
HTA and others to the Public Health Programme.
Visit
http://www.netscc.ac.uk/funding/obesity_themed_call.asp for
further information and for the slide presentation given at a
recent briefing event.
Contact:
linda.haines@rcpch.ac.uk
for further details
Current activities:
An NHS Diabetes commissioned project to find out
the number of children and young people under the age of 18 who
have diabetes in England. The
report Growing
Up with Diabetes: Children and Young People with Diabetes in
England is now available.
A consortium, led by Professor Terence Stephenson, has been
formed between the RCPCH, RCGP, College of Emergency Medicine, NHS
Direct and Academic departments of the Universities of Leicester
and Nottingham to conduct research into urgent and emergency care
pathway for children, supported by the NICE Feverish Illness
guideline.
Swine flu
Committee
The BPSU has set up a sub-committee to fast track the
application process of any swine-flu related studies. For more
details please
contact richard.lynn@rcpch.ac.uk
Annual report
The
BSPU 2008-9 annual report has recently been
published.
For further information on BSPU
activities visit http://bpsu.inopsu.com
or contact Helen
Friend for more details.
Paediatric
Workforce Census 2009
The College's biennual census has been sent to Clinical
directors and leads. For further information and copies
of forms click on the link below.
Census 2009
Previous College
censuses
If you are a health professional interested in writing a leaflet
please contact
isla-kate.morris@rcpch.ac.uk or
visit
www.medicinesforchildren.org.uk for
information and to see the medicines and conditions leaflets
available, this is being updated frequently with new materials.