When Lisa Southon was a student nurse, she had absolutely no interest in doing clinical research. However, 15 years later as a band 7 senior clinical research nurse she is a research pioneer at MFT.
Mr Titus Augustine was recently appointed as Manchester’s first Chair of Transplantation via the MAHSC Honorary Clinical Chair Scheme. He shares his career journey and goals for the future.
Rebekah Goulston is a diagnostic radiographer at the University Dental Hospital of Manchester. Below, Rebekah blogs about her experience of the Formal Research Radiography Mentoring Scheme (FoRRM).
Nursing Now is a three year global campaign developed by the International Council of Nurses and the World Health Organization to tackle the changing needs of 21st century healthcare.
Professor Jørgen Vestbo blogs about respiratory research funded by the NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre and improving diagnosis and treatment of respiratory conditions.
Catherine Chmiel, Safeguarding Lead for R&I sets out to raise awareness that safeguarding in everybody's business and discusses how and why it is important to report concerning behaviour.
As a clinician you get first-hand experience of the benefits, but also limitations, of existing treatments, and naturally identify questions that can often be answered through research.