If the answer to one or both of these questions is yes, then please join us on 11th October at the Wellcome Collection on Euston Road for an interactive day of presentations about our work as well as group discussions focusing on improving the inclusivity and diversity of clinical research.
Scheduled presentations will include talks on research studies we have delivered across therapeutic areas including cancer and neurology.
There will also be a breakout session for attendees to discuss in small groups what we should be doing to improve the diversity of the participants taking part in research.
The day will start at 10am with coffee and registration and end at approximately 4.30pm, with a buffet lunch.
This event is open to all, including patients and their relatives, healthcare workers, public funders of research and industry collaborators. We welcome all interested parties to attend, irrespective of your professional or personal background.
The Wellcome building is fully accessible. Please let us know if you have any specific mobility or dietary requirements.
We do hope you can join us.
AGENDA:
10am-10.30am
Registration and coffee
10.30am-10.35am
Welcome
David Probert, CEO UCLH
10.35am-10.45am
History of NIHR UCLH CRF
Professor Vincenzo Libri, Director NIHR UCLH CRF
10.45am-11.05am
Advances in gastrointestinal cancer
Professor John Bridgewater
11.05am-11.25am
A new dawn for the management of lung and head & neck cancers
Dr Martin Forster
11.25am-11.40am
Why we need research to be more inclusive and diverse
Amanda Lee-Ajala Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion UCLH
11.40am-11.45am
Introduction to breakout sessions on making research more diverse
Christine Menzies PPIE and Communication Lead UCLH CRF
11.45am-12.30pm
Breakout tables
Breakout tables led by facilitators
12.30pm-1.30pm
Buffet lunch
1.30pm-2.15pm
Feedback on breakout sessions
Amanda Lee-Ajala
2.15pm-2.40pm
Latest research in Parkinson’s disease and MSA delivered at UCLH
Professor Tom Foltynie & Colin Park
2.40pm-3.05pm
Tea
3.05pm-3.30pm
Progress on dementia research
Dr Catherine Mummery
3.30pm-3.50pm
Stress relief-progress in adrenal research
Dr Umasuthan Srirangalingam
3.50pm-4pm
Close of meeting
Professor Karl Peggs, UCLH Director of Research