Research User Group Newsletter Keele University RUG Summer newsletter 2018 | Page 12

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USER GROUP UPDATE
USER GROUP UPDATE
The National Institute of
Health Research
INVOLVE Conference
Carol Ingram and Steven Blackburn attended the
National Institute of Health Research INVOLVE
Conference on the 28th November 2017 in Westminster.
It was the 21st anniversary of INVOLVE and celebrated
the progress of public involvement in research and
considered the opportunities ahead.
As part of a team representing the Research Design
Service, Carol and Steven held a workshop on the
role of lay co-applicants on research grant
applications. The workshop followed a similar one
that took place at the Research Design Service
National Event on the 15th November.
Both workshops were great successes and stimulated
much conversation on Twitter on the hashtag
#laycoapp. As a result of the workshop, it is hoped that
new national guidance will be developed on this very
important topic.
Steven also presented a poster on behalf of PILAR,
about its role as the regional network for public
involvement in the West Midlands.
Other highlights of the INVOLVE conference, included:
• The next phase for the launch of the new national
standards for public involvement in research
were presented
“Both workshops
were great
successes and
stimulated much
conversation on
Twitter on the
hashtag
#laycoapp.”
The Neglected
Joints: Feet and
Hand Osteoarthritis
“The heading says it all”
says Robert our PPIE Lay
Representative on the MSK
Editorial Board.
“Often taken for granted and
neglected, Bulletin 13 gives an
excellent research overview of this
less well known but still common
and painful area of osteoarthritis
in feet.
See more at:
Keele.ac.uk/mskmatters
Data Sources for each Bulletin
include;
• A new international network of public involvement
organisations was launched • The Consultations in Primary
Care Archive (CiPCA)
•

• A high quality general practice
database containing
consultation from 14 practices
from Keele GP Research
Partnership.
The conference was closed with a farewell to the
outgoing chair of the INVOLVE Advisory Group after
6 years – Simon Dengri. Tina Coldham has become
the new chair.
Welcoming our
new members
We now have over 100 members of the Research
User Group!
10 new members attended a
special welcome morning in
September,