Academic Trainees Day 2025

This event is aimed at postgraduate doctors training in paediatrics who have existing experience in research. If you would like to develop your understanding of research infrastructure, explore research methodologies and learn more about research collaboration and research tools, join our online learning event!
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This event is free of charge.

About the event

There will be two plenary sessions and six workshops throughout the day, you will have the opportunity to attend two workshops, one workshop in the morning session (11:00 - 12:30) and one workshop in the afternoon session (13:30 - 15:30). 

Programme

09:45 - 10:00 Welcome and Introductions
10:00 - 11:00
 
How to conduct research with minimal or no funding
 
Led by: Dr Louisa Pollock, Consultant in General Paediatrics and Paediatric Infectious Diseases; Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow 
 
Morning Workshops

11:00 - 12:30
  (short break included)

How to put together a multi-centre research project

Led by: Professor Damian Roland, Head of Service, Children’s Emergency Department; Leicester Royal Infirmary  

Translating Questions into Data: Study Design for Paediatric Research

Led by: Dr Emma Thorley, Clinical Research Fellow; The Institute of Cancer Research

Utilising large data sets to support research

Led by: 

Dr Anna Moore, Assistant Professor in Child Psychiatry and Medical Informatics; University of Cambridge

Dr Rachel Sippy, Postdoctoral Research Associate; University of Cambridge

 12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
Afternoon Workshops

13:30 – 15:00
  (short break included)

Born in Bradford: the power of life course birth cohorts to improve child health

Led by: Professor John Wright, Director of Research; Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical trial units: their role, how they work and how to access their support

Led by: Professor Amos Burke, Professor of Paediatric Oncology, Head of Department and Director of Cancer Research UK Clinical Trials Unit; University of Birmingham  

AI in Paediatrics and Child Health: From Promise to Practice

Led by: Professor Paul Dimitri, Vice President for Science and Research; RCPCH

15:00 - 16:00

Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) in Research

Led by: Emma Sparrow, Head of Children and Young People Engagement; RCPCH

16:00 - 16:15 Closing Remarks

Highlights of the event from last year's delegates

The sessions were very informative and I gained a lot from them

An inspiring day

Really useful and engaging 

Catch up on last year's event

If you were unable to attend last year's event or would like to re-watch the content, you can now access the workshop recordings. 

The sessions covered topics such as:

  • How to write and apply for grants
  • How to write papers and abstracts 
  • NIHR clinical academic training pathway 
  • How to engage consultants in your research
  • Wider applications of child health: community child health and digital health 

View the event recordings on the RCPCH Learning Platform