NIHR UCLH CRF– Celebrating our research and making it more inclusive

• Interested in hearing about research that takes place at the NIHR UCLH Clinical Research Facility?
• Do you want to be involved in valuable discussions about making clinical research more diverse and inclusive?

If the answer to one or both of these questions is yes, then please join us on 11th October at the Wellcome Collection on Euston Road for an interactive day of presentations about our work as well as group discussions focusing on improving the inclusivity and diversity of clinical research.

Scheduled presentations will include talks on research studies we have delivered across therapeutic areas including cancer and neurology.

There will also be a breakout session for attendees to discuss in small groups what we should be doing to improve the diversity of the participants taking part in research.

The day will start at 10am with coffee and registration and end at approximately 4.30pm, with a buffet lunch.

This event is open to all, including patients and their relatives, healthcare workers, public funders of research and industry collaborators. We welcome all interested parties to attend, irrespective of your professional or personal background.

The Wellcome building is fully accessible. Please let us know if you have any specific mobility or dietary requirements.

We do hope you can join us.

AGENDA:

10am-10.30am

Registration and coffee

10.30am-10.35am

Welcome

David Probert, CEO UCLH

10.35am-10.45am

History of NIHR UCLH CRF

Professor Vincenzo Libri, Director NIHR UCLH CRF

10.45am-11.05am

Advances in gastrointestinal cancer

Professor John Bridgewater

11.05am-11.25am

A new dawn for the management of lung and head & neck cancers

Dr Martin Forster

11.25am-11.40am

Why we need research to be more inclusive and diverse

Amanda Lee-Ajala Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion UCLH

11.40am-11.45am

Introduction to breakout sessions on making research more diverse

Christine Menzies PPIE and Communication Lead UCLH CRF

11.45am-12.30pm

Breakout tables

Breakout tables led by facilitators

12.30pm-1.30pm

Buffet lunch

1.30pm-2.15pm

Feedback on breakout sessions

Amanda Lee-Ajala

2.15pm-2.40pm

Latest research in Parkinson’s disease and MSA delivered at UCLH

Professor Tom Foltynie & Colin Park

2.40pm-3.05pm

Tea

3.05pm-3.30pm

Progress on dementia research

Dr Catherine Mummery

3.30pm-3.50pm

Stress relief-progress in adrenal research

Dr Umasuthan Srirangalingam

3.50pm-4pm

Close of meeting

Professor Karl Peggs, UCLH Director of Research

Host or Publisher NIHR UCLH CRF