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At Glasgow Royal Infirmary ICU we are enthusiastic about providing our patients with access to clinical research and are active participants in multi-centre trials. In addition, we have close links to the University of Glasgow Academic department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care and run our own original research program.
We welcome research fellows to work in ICU and in our research group to gain experience in collaborating and leading research often leading to the award of higher degrees. We have successfully supported ICM trainees during a Specialist Study Year (Research) and offer opportunities for trainees including Associate PI scheme and study involvement.
ORCID | Scholar | ResearchGate
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Our original research has focused on long-term outcomes following ICU and Post-Intensive Care Syndrome with intervention studies including the InS:PIRE program. We have an interest in multi-morbidity with previous research focusing on Cancer, Renal disease, Deprivation and Immunocompromise. As the national Burns centre for Scotland we have an interest in Burns critical care research and have expertise in long-term outcomes following burn injury.
We have significant experience using routine national data to explore long-term outcomes for ICU survivors. In addition, we have implemented multi-site post-ICU intervention studies.
Pinderfields is a large DGH, including a regional Adult Burns Centre. We have a 20 bedded ICU, including 2 Burns ICU beds. We are involved in multiple ICU, Burns and Anaesthesia studies, and encourage participation from our trainee doctors as well as permanent staff, including outreach and physiotherapy staff. The team is led by Dr Brendan Sloan, assisted by several research nurses and clinical trials assistants. We have been a consistently high recruiting site for several of our studies.
Sister Sarah Buckley
ICU Research Nurse
Ms Amy Major
ICU Research Nurse
Sister Alex Metcalfe
Senior ICU Research Nurse
Abigail Crew
Clinical Trials Assistant
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Burns
Critical Care
Anaesthesia
Physiotherapy / Rehabilitation
NIHR portfolio studies (RCTs, observational studies)
Service Evaluations
Trainee Led Collaborative Projects
Platform Studies
The Bristol Anaesthesia, Pain and Critical Care Research group is a multi-disciplinary collaboration aiming to transform patient care by providing new evidence from basic science through to applied clinical studies. The group develops novel methods to tackle important questions relevant to patients, clinicians, scientists and the NHS and is working to inspire and train new generations of junior clinicians and scientists to undertake high quality research. We host undergraduate students, clinical and basic science PhD students, as well as Special Academic Foundation Program trainees, Academic Clinical Fellows, and Clinical Lecturers.
Prof Tony Pickering
Prof Tim Cook
Prof Jerry Nolan
Jules Brown
Consultant in Anaesthesia & Critical Care
Ben Gibbison
Associate Professor in Cardiac Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
Hannah Gill
Honorary Senior Lecturer
Ronelle Mouton
Honorary Associate Professor in Anaesthesia
Jasmeet Soar
Honorary Senior Lecturer
Mike Ambler
Clinical Lecturer in Intensive Care Medicine
Jim Dunham
Clinical Lecturer in Anaesthetics
Martin Lewis
Matt Thomas
Honorary Research Associate & Consultant in Anaesthesia & Critical Care
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COVID-19 related research, including airways and aerosol measurement
Randomised controlled trials in perioperative medicine and critical care
Resuscitation, trauma and pre-hospital care
Innovation in techniques, investigations and therapies
Fundamental and applied neuroscience (Pain, Autonomic Control, Sleep and Cognition)
Cardiac physiology and organ protection
National audits of clinical practice
Patient and public partnerships
The Conway Morris group work on neutrophil biology, immune dysfunction in critical illness and the biology of pneumonia. Comprising a mixture of clinical fellows and pre and post-doctoral fellows, we undertake a range of work ourselves and in collaboration with other groups in Cambridge and beyond.
Dr Andrew Conway Morris
ORCID | Scholar | ResearchGate
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Flow cytometry
Advanced light microscopy
Proteomics and phosphoproteomics
Transcriptional profiling
Pathogen focussed PCR/rapid microbial diagnostics
Clinical data analysis
The EPPiC research group based at Warwick Clinical Trials Unit is a multidisciplinary research comprising methodologists, doctors, nurses, and paramedics. We specialise in large pragmatic clinical trials, health services research, and evidence synthesis.
Please do contact us if you are interested in collaborative research or want to work with us on the next stage of your academic journey.
Professor Gavin Perkins
Professor in Critical Care Medicine
Professor Ranjit Lall
Professor of Clinical Trials
Professor Cyprian Mendonca
Professor of Anaesthesia
Professor Jerry Nolan
Professor of Resuscitation Medicine
Professor Kirstie Haywood
Professor in Patient Reported Outcomes
Dr Keith Couper
Associate Professor in Emergency and Critical Care/ Nurse
Dr Joyce Yeung
Associate Clinical Professor in Anaesthesia and Critical Care
Dr Terry Brown
Assistant Professor
Dr Chris Smith
NIHR Clinical Lecturer in emergency medicine
Dr Mike Smyth
Assistant Professor in Emergency and Critical Care/ Paramedic
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Yes
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Cardiac arrest
Emergency care
Critical care
Peri-operative care
Pre-hospital care
Data science
Clinical trial methodology
Derriford Hospital
Hospital ICU Research Group and South West Critical Care Research Community of Practice (Claire West is CRN coordinator)
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Royal Cornwall Hospital
Treliske Hospital
We are a team of 4 critical care research nurses that work apart from the Research and Development team at Royal Cornwall. We provide a 7 days service
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Watford General Hospital
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Oxford Critical Care Research Group
University of Oxford
Mutidisciplinary Group
The Oxford Critical Care Research Group is a highly multi-disciplinary team, including clinicians, nurses, physiotherapists, biomedical engineers and statisticians.
We have a successful history of conducting research in and around the critical care environment, focussing on early patient deterioration and long-term clinical outcomes of patients who have been admitted to an intensive care unit. Further details of our research themes can be found here: Research themes — Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences (ox.ac.uk).
The group has strong and ongoing collaborations with the Department of Engineering at the University of Oxford, the Centre for Statistics in Medicine at the University of Oxford, ICNARC and the universities of Southampton and Portsmouth. These collaborations bring additional expertise in the fields of artificial intelligence, advanced statistical modelling and clinical trial management.
The group’s research activities are also supported by several NHS Trusts and their clinical teams, for example the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust ICU, South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust.
We host postgraduate projects and provide research secondment opportunities for doctors and allied health professionals. We are heavily involved in the NIHR academic foundation and academic clinical fellowship programmes, providing academic training to junior clinicians.
Professor of Intensive Care Medicine
Critical Care Researcher
Doctoral Research Fellow
Doctoral Research Fellow
Clinical Research Fellow
Clinical Research Fellow
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Yes
Early detection of deteriorating patients
Improving diagnosis and treatment of patients in the ICU
Improving monitoring and follow-up of patients after critical illness
Early detection of deteriorating patients
Improving diagnosis and treatment of patients in the ICU
Improving monitoring and follow-up of patients after critical illness
Critical Care and Peri-operative Medicine Group
Mutidisciplinary Group
Within our team we have a wide range of research expertise allowing us to tackle research questions through a variety of research methods from laboratory experiments to large clinical trials, epidemiological studies and qualitative research. Our research is carried out at our hospitals: the Royal London, St Bartholomew's, Newham, Whipps Cross and in the laboratory facilities at the William Harvey Research Institute.
Rupert Pearse
Gareth Ackland
John Prowle
Zudin Puthucheary
Yize Wan
Tim Stephens
Tom Abbott
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Yes, for medical and non-medical staff
Perioperative medicine
Acute kidney injury
Implementation Science
Data Science
Acquired Functional Disability
Global Health
Translational Research
Manchester Academic Critical Care (MACC)
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Mutidisciplinary Group
Manchester Academic Critical Care (MACC) is a collaboration between The University of Manchester’s teaching hospitals. Our research focuses on data synthesis and hypothesis testing in the critically ill. We develop research skills in local researchers and trainees through placements on our projects. We conduct novel and innovative primary research, partner with industry, and support recruitment to NIHR portfolio studies.
Prof Paul Dark
NIHR Specialty Cluster Lead. Professor, Critical Care.
Dr Tim Felton
Senior Clinical Lecturer. Theme lead (precision diagnostics)
Prof Brendan McGrath
DAS Honorary Professor of Anaesthesia & Airway Management. Theme lead (airways & tracheostomy)
Prof Andrew Bentley
MAHSC Honorary Professor. Theme lead (acute respiratory failure)
Prof Dan Horner
RCEM Prof and Hon Senior Lecturer
Dr Peter Alexander
Honorary Senior Lecturer
Academic Consultant Speech & Language Therapist. Intensive Care Society AHP lead
Sarah Wallace OBE
Academic Consultant Speech & Language Therapist. Intensive Care Society AHP lead
Dr Gareth Kitchen
NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer
Dr Jonathan Bannard-Smith
Honorary Clinical Lecturer
Dr Anthony Wilson
Honorary Clinical Lecturer
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Yes. Medical and non-medical opportunities for a wide range of staff at all levels. Flexible opportunities to combine research roles with clinical commitments with support to undertake full or part-time higher degrees.
Our purpose is to develop a collaborative academic centre of excellence with an international reputation, delivering significant benefits to critically ill patients in Manchester and beyond.
Our priority areas are:
rapid diagnosis and optimal precision management of infection;
optimal management of acute and chronic respiratory failure;
optimal management of tracheostomy and the airway;
preparation, perioperative management and rehabilitation of high-risk surgical patients who require critical care.
Our research focuses on data synthesis and hypothesis testing in the critically ill.
We collaborate with industry to deliver a diverse portfolio of trials.
We have a strong track record in securing grant funding to answer new questions.
We deliver NIHR portfolio studies across the 11 hospital sites in our Trust.
Queen’s University of Belfast Critical Care Research Group
Mutidisciplinary Group
The Belfast critical care research group is a highly productive, growing, multidisciplinary research group encompassing all aspects of critical illness.
We have a range of interests from basic science, translational research, clinical trials and evidence synthesis, encompassing paediatric and adult emergency medicine, critical care, and perioperative medicine. Our diverse background includes scientists, physicians, nurses and allied health professionals.
We work closely with the Intensive Care Units at Royal Victoria Hospital (regional trauma and neurosurgical centre, 32 beds) and Belfast City Hospital (elective surgery, haem-oncology centre, 10 beds), and with other clinical departments in the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. The Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine in which we are based is a state-of-the-art research environment for laboratory science, and we work closely with the NI Clinical Research Facility for early phase clinical trials.
We welcome interest from potential collaborators, students, or research fellows, and are always happy to discuss opportunities to come and work with us, either in person here in Belfast or remotely wherever you are.
Prof Danny McAuley
Professor of Critical Care, QUB / Consultant in Critical Care Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Prof Bronagh Blackwood
Professor in Critical Care, QUB
Prof Cecilia O’Kane
Professor of Respiratory Medicine/ Consultant Respiratory Physician Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Prof Judy Bradley
Director of the Wellcome Trust-Wolfson Northern Ireland Clinical Research Facility / iREACH User Lead
Prof Ronan McMullan
Consultant Microbiologist, Belfast HSC Trust / Professor of Medical Microbiology, QUB
Dr Bronwen Connolly
Senior Lecturer, Critical Care, QUB
Academic Consultant Speech & Language Therapist. Intensive Care Society AHP lead
ORCID | Profile | PhD Supervisor
Dr Jon Silversides
Clinical senior lecturer in Critical Care, QUB / Consultant in Critical Care & Anaesthesia, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust / Co-lead for NI Clinical Research Network critical care group
Dr Murali Shyamsundar
Consultant in Critical Care, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Dr Thomas Waterfield
Clinical Lecturer in Paediatrics / Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine / Vice-Chair Paediatric Emergency Research in the UK and Ireland Network
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Dr Peter McGuigan (NICRN critical care co-lead, Belfast HSC Trust)
Dr Brenda O’Neill (University of Ulster)
Prof Mike Clarke (Director MRC Methodology Hub
Surrey Perioperative Anaesthesia Critical Care Collaborative Research group (SPACeR)
Prof Lui Forni
Professor of Critical Care, QUB / Consultant in Critical Care Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
Lui’s main research interests are Acute Kidney Injury including the use of novel biomarkers for early detection as well as novel therapies including new pharmaceuticals as well as blood purification techniques. Further research on kidney replacement therapies investigating effects on myocardial performance and prediction of haemodynamic instability.
Dr Ben Creagh-Brown
Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine
Ben’s main research interests are the prevention of complications of surgery (pulmonary, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, neurological and muscular), and the complications of sepsis, particularly pneumonia.
Both are involved in the international observational study named squeeze (squeezestudy.com) which has recruited over 15,000 perioperative patients to date (Jan 22).
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Royal Surrey offers research fellowships (50:50) in intensive care and/or anaesthesia, with clinical research. We have good experience of supervising MD and PhDs with this arrangement.
Edinburgh Critical Care Research Group
The Edinburgh Critical Care Research Group (ECCRG) is an enthusiastic, multi-disciplinary team, whose bench to bedside approach to research bridges from basic science through to large-scale clinical projects.
Within critical care, our research covers a wide range of areas including sedation, blood transfusion, genomics, sepsis, inflammation and optical imaging. Our neuroscience work focusses on the management of traumatic brain injury, and our team collaborates with University basic science colleagues in this area. We are also very interested in recovery from critical illness and have a multidisciplinary group of doctors, nurses, dietitians and physiotherapists all working together for the benefit of critical care patients.
The group also supports an expanding perioperative research portfolio where we have strong links with colleagues in surgery and anaesthesia.
Members of the ECCRG has extensive expertise in epidemiology and health services research, in particular, to use large linked databases in Scotland and the UK, to study outcomes following critical care and major surgery.
Prof Tim Walsh
Chair of Critical Care
Professor Manu Shankar-Hari
Chair of Translational Critical Medicine
Professor Kenneth Baillie
Personal Chair of Experimental Medicine
Professor Mike Gillies
Honorary Clinical Professor
Dr Annemarie Docherty
Wellcome Clinical Research Career Development Fellow
Dr David Griffith
Reader
Dr Nazir Lone
Reader
Dr Simon Biddie
NES/CSO Clinical Lecturer
Zoeb Jiwaji
Clinical Lecturer
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