NIHR | Manchester Biomedical Research Centre

Events

We run regular events and training sessions for all BRC staff, students/fellows, and wider partners.

These aim to:

  • Highlight the breadth of BRC experimental medicine research and stimulate scientific discussion across the BRC community and collaborative work across BRC Clusters and areas;
  • Through the lens of experimental medicine research, develop insights into key core areas such as innovation, digital, patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE), Team Research, and how they are being applied across BRC research;
  • Create a diverse community of learning, share development opportunities and foster engagement for staff, students, public and patients and wider partners.

Some events, such as our Innovator Training Scheme, are run in collaboration with partners. Others, such as the Manchester Academic Health Science Centre (MAHSC) seminars, showcase our research contribution across the Greater Manchester health and care system.

Training Event and Seminar Series 2023 - 2024

This new series will highlight the breadth of our BRC’s experimental medicine research and stimulate scientific discussion and collaboration in a series of online and in person events.

Find out more about the Training and Event Seminar Series.

Next Generation Therapeutics Trial Clinics – March, April and May 2024

Following positive feedback from the pilot last year, the NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) Next Generation Therapeutics Theme are offering opportunities for colleagues to book a 45-minute ‘slot’ to discuss trial design and methodology for your projects with a trial statistician/methodologist.

These ‘Trial Clinics’ are designed to enable access to statistics and methodology expertise to help shape grant applications for future studies. This service can be used to provide advice on the following topics for your applications:

  • Advice on what constitutes a ‘Next Generation Therapeutic’
  • Choice of funding source
  • Suggested collaborators – both internal (UoM) and external
  • Overall trial design and sample size specification
  • Choices about randomisation, blinding, other design elements
  • Choice of outcome(s)
  • Analysis methods (including interim analyses)
  • Choice of (and contact with) Clinical Trial Units, if required

Please see below a list of ‘Trial Clinic’ dates available to book:

March
April
May

To book a slot in one of these clinics, please click on the appropriate date above, choose your preferred time, and provide a 1- 2 line summary of what you require advice on.

Dates for summer clinics will be released later in the year.

If you have any questions or require any further information, please contact Project Manager for Next Generation Therapeutics Theme, Mamoona Ahmed, via email Mamoona.Ahmed@mft.nhs.uk


A full list of upcoming and past events can be found on our events page. We also post useful materials from past events on our resources page.

Recordings of past events are also available to watch back on the Manchester BRC YouTube channel, including: