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The NHS is paying increasing attention to leadership within clinical teams. Leadership training can be delivered in different ways, for example, to the team leader alone or to all team members. However, it is not clear which approaches work best. Researchers looked at leadership training for surgeons, and asked what makes training effective.In this podcast, Helen Saul, Editor in Chief of NIHR Evidence, speaks with Amy Grove, Professor of Implementation Science and NIHR Advanced Fellow, Univer...

Professor Martin Tobin and Dr Catherine John talk to Professor Turi King about the first 10 years of the NIHR Leicester EXCEED Study, from its original aims through to the research questions its data is helping to answer today.EXCEED (Extended Cohort for E-health, Environment and DNA) is a longitudinal health study that looks at the causes of long-term health conditions by collecting information about genes and lifestyle. More than 11,000 people have already taken part in our research which i...

Discover how the UK is taking vaccine research delivery to the next level with NIHR support.During the pandemic the UK demonstrated its ability to deliver vaccine trials at pace and scale. In this podcast you will hear how that UK expertise and capability is being harnessed to drive rapid development of future vaccines. Professors Andrew Ustianowski and Saul Faust discuss four key areas of work now underway to develop the UK Vaccine Innovation Pathway. From growing our community of vaccine tr...

In this episode we are exploring public health research - what it is and how it can help people to live healthier and longer lives. For many people their only experience of public health research will be related to infection prevention and protection during the COVID19 pandemic. But that's just one area of public health research and this podcast explores the bigger picture of what public health research is and how it can benefit us all. Our host, Professor Turi King chats with Professor...

his short new NIHR podcast series hosted by Professor William Hope, Dame Sally Davies Chair of AMR Research and Co-Lead of the NIHR Infectious Diseases National Specialty Group, brings together experts in Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) to discuss the threat posed by AMR and what can and should be done to tackle the problem.In this third episode, William is joined by Professor David Paterson, Professor of Medicine at the National University of Singapore.

This short new NIHR podcast series hosted by Professor William Hope, Dame Sally Davies Chair of AMR Research and Co-Lead of the NIHR Infectious Diseases National Specialty Group, brings together experts in Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) to discuss the threat posed by AMR and what can and should be done to tackle the problem.In this second episode, William is joined by medical mycologist Professor Neil Gow, Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Research and Impact at the University of Exeter, to discuss ...