Dr Emma Crosbie’s Womb Cancer Alliance video highly commended in NIHR New Media Competition
Dr Emma Crosbie, Senior Lecturer, The University of Manchester and Honorary Consultant in Gynaecological Oncology, Saint Mary’s Hospital was recently highly commended in round six of the NIHR New Media Competition for her video on the Womb Cancer Alliance.
The NIHR New Media Competition invites researchers from across NIHR to submit videos that communicate their research and engage the general public about the benefits and impacts it has had. Round six specifically looked for videos that were raising awareness of research and explained clearly why the research is important, how it is being done and any impacts that have already arisen or may happen.
Dr Crosbie’s highly commended video featured representatives, including healthcare professionals, patients and charities, from the Womb Cancer Alliance talk about the importance of joint working across these groups to undergo priority setting exercises to help come up with the most relevant and important research questions.
The mission of the Womb Cancer Alliance is:
- To identify the important womb cancer research questions that matter to patients, carers and clinicians
- To publish the ‘top 10’ questions and source funds to set about answering them
- To raise public awareness about womb cancer.
Watch the video in full below.
Dr Crosbie, who is also an NIHR Clinical Scientist, said: “I am delighted to receive this recommendation. I believe that involving patients and the public in shaping the research agenda is critical to success. It ensures the right questions are asked and that potential solutions are acceptable to patients.
“I am passionate about raising public awareness about womb cancer and promoting much needed research into womb cancer prevention, diagnosis, treatment and survivorship. I hope our work encourages funders, researchers and the public to work together to deliver research to improve the lives of women affected by womb cancer.”
Listen to Dr Crosbie below talk more about the Womb Cancer Alliance.
Find out more information about on the Womb Cancer Alliance website.
