A recent issue of our News Blog focussed on the NIHR at 10, and we looked at work our Prevention and Detection of Diseases theme (3) is undertaking to evaluate the ‘Health Checks’ programme. A one-day ‘Health Screening Workshop’ was organised for screening professionals, which improved the understanding of screening programmes. We have now received feedback from the attendees too. For example, nearly three-quarters of participants told us that their knowledge about screening had increased a lot by the end of the day. Specific comments included that the workshop was “great”, “very well delivered”, had “fantastic and friendly speakers”, was “useful, informative and interesting”, and that it helped one individual to feel equipped to start their new role.

Congratulations to CLAHRC WM Research Assistant Trishna Rathod (Keele University) who recently won a highly recommended prize for her poster presentation at the NIHR Doctoral Research Training Camp, presented by Prof Chris Witty. She was also part of the team that won best group presentation, led by Gavin Bewick.

The NIHR are currently accepting outline applications to their researcher-led workstream. Applications must be within the remit of the HS&DR programme, and must be submitted before the deadline of 1pm on 8 September 2016. For more information, please visit their website.

Congratulations to Marie Murphy (PhD student in Theme 3, Prevention and Detection of Diseases) who won a Warwick Medical School faculty prize and best poster bonus for her poster “Ethnic inequalities in childhood overweight and obesity: The case in Coventry” at this year’s Student Careers and Skills Postgraduate Research Showcase. You can see the poster online here.

A new round of Knowledge Mobilisation Research Fellowships will open on Wednesday 20 July (deadline 15 September 2016), and there will be a webinar for aspiring award holders ahead of the launch on Thursday 7 July at 11:00. The webinar will cover:

A sub-group for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals (AHPs) has been formed within CHAIN (Contact, Help, Advice and Information Network) with support from the NIHR Clinical Academic Training Advocates to encourage greater linkage across communities, to promote clinical academic research, and to help and support those wanting to apply for NIHR awards and other sources of research funding.

Check out our latest YouTube video - Poet Matt Windle performs Weight of the World, a poem about mental health, written specially for our Shout Out for Youth Mental Health event on 7th June 2016. Watch it here.

This quote is from one of the young people who spoke at the recent ‘Shout out for Youth Mental Health’ dissemination event, which took place on 7 June 2016 at the Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) in Birmingham. The quote encapsulates the feelings of a young person experiencing mental health issues, afraid and confused by the overwhelming nature of what is happening to them and unsure about how, when and where to seek help.

CLAHRC WM Research Fellow Dr Rebecca Johnson of CLAHRC Theme 3 (Prevention & Detection of Diseases) has been nominated for the prestigious Warwick Award for Teaching Excellence, which celebrates excellence in teaching and the support of learning at the University of Warwick.