Research User Group Newsletter Keele University RUG Spring / Summer edition | Page 10

Research Institute for Primary Care & Health Sciences 
   Extension Complete
I
f you have been into the
centre recently you will 
have seen that following 12
months of building work, the
brand new extension to the
David Weatherall building is
now complete. The project has
been in the pipe line since 2014,
with approval for the
extension’s design granted in
June 2015. Detailed plans were
developed in the second half of
2015, after which building
started Jan 2016.
for 99 people, housed in 19
new offices. There are also
five new meeting rooms, a
new lift, a couple of cleaning
cupboards and store rooms,
as well as a new basement
to keep files. We would like
to say thank you for your
patience whilst the work has
been carried out and we
hope you enjoy the new look
meeting rooms when you
visit us for Advisory Group
work.
This has enabled the iPCHS to
expand, with new work stations
David Weatherall Building, 
Research Institute for Primary
Care and Health Sciences, 
Keele University
Visit by Chief Scientific Adviser, Department of Health
   Professor Chris Witty
A
t the start of April the Institute for Primary Care and Health Sciences welcomed Professor Chris Whitty,
Chief Scientific Adviser for the Department of Health, for a visit. 
The PPIE team were delighted to be a part of the day, with our own half an hour slot in which we showcased the
very best of the work of the Research User Group.
Our presentations started off with a brief
overview of what we do by Krysia, followed by a
fantastic discussion by Dr Zoe Paskins and RUG
member Ruth Haines about how input from the
RUG helped to develop osteoporosis research
projects here at Keele. This was then followed by
an opportunity for Professor Whitty to view a
selection of PPIE posters. RUG members chatted
to Professor Whitty about how they had been
involved in the work featured on the posters.
Professor Whitty has since commented to one of
our RUG members that Keele seems a perfect
place for patients to be involved in world leading
research and expertise.
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