RWT and WHT Celebration of Research

There will be keynote presentations from:

Sir David Nicholson KCB CBE

Professor David Loughton CBE

Agenda

RWT & WHT Celebration of Research Event 15th September 2023

8.30 – 9.00 Registration & Refreshments

Main Event Room

Chair: Dr Manjeet Shehmar

9.00 - 9.30 Welcome and Celebration of the Vision for RWT & WHT Research

Pauline Boyle, Group Director of Research and Development, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and Walsall Healthcare NHS TrustProfessor David Loughton, Group Chief Executive, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

Sir David Nicholson, Chair of The Royal Wolverhampton, Walsall Healthcare, Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trusts and The Dudley Group NHS Foundation TrustCarly Craddock, Chief Operating Officer at NIHR Clinical Research Network West Midlands

9.30 – 9.45 Oral Presentation 1

9.45 – 10.00 Oral Presentation 2

10.00 – 10.15 Oral presentation 3

10.15 – 10.30 Oral Presentation 4

10.30 – 10.45 Oral Presentation 5

10.45 – 11.00 Oral Presentation 6

11.00 - 11.30 Refreshments, Poster Viewing & Exhibition Stands

Main Event Room

Chair: tbc

11.30 – 13.15 Dragons Den: Celebrating competitive grant applicationsPanel: Pauline Boyle, Group Director of Research and Development, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and Walsall Healthcare NHS TrustMr Fahad Hossain, Director of Research and Development and Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Walsall Healthcare NHS TrustCatherine Dexter, R&D Manager, Faculty of Research and Clinical Education (FORCE), Walsall Healthcare NHS TrustDr Ben Appleby, Principal Lecturer and Head of Nursing, Faculty of Education Health & Wellbeing, University of WolverhamptonMartin Levermore, Chief Executive Officer, Visiting Professor in Health, Education and Life Sciences at Birmingham City UniversityDr Ali Aries, AHP Research Lead, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS TrustDr Analisa Smythe, Research Matron, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

11.30 – 11.35 Introduction to the Dragons Den Session

Pauline Boyle, Group Director of Research and Development, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

11.35 – 11.50 Applicant 1

11.50 – 12.05 Applicant 2

12.05 – 12.20 Applicant 3

12.20 – 12.35 Applicant 4

12.35 – 12.50 Applicant 5

12.50 – 13.05 Applicant 6

13.05 – 13.15 Close of Dragons Den session

Pauline Boyle, Group Director of Research and Development, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust

13.15 – 14.15 Lunch, Poster Viewing, Exhibition Stands and Networking

Main Event Room

Chairs: tbc

14.15 – 14.45 Celebrating patient and public involvement in research

Patient representatives.

14.45 – 15.30 Breakout sessions: Celebrating your path in research (Choose 2 sessions. Each session 20 minutes duration, with 5 minutes for changeover)

Choice 1 - Getting involved in research at RWT & WHT – Sarah Glover, R&D Directorate Manager, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Catherine Dexter, R&D Manager, Faculty of Research and Clinical Education (FORCE), Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust and Professor Gwenllian Wynne-Jones, Chief Nurse Research Lead, LCRN West Midlands Core Team, NIHR Clinical Research Network

Room: tbc

Choice 2 - Research Design Service - What we can do for you to help develop yourresearch projects? – Professor Neil Thomas, Regional Director, National Institute for Health and Care Research - Research Design Service West Midlands

Room: tbc

Choice 3 - I have a research idea for a critically appraised topic- how do I get started? – Tina Hadley-Barrows, Consultant Physiotherapist, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and Dr Analisa Smythe, Research Matron, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Room: tbc

Choice 4 - Opportunities for research in an academic setting

University of Wolverhampton

Room: tbc

15.30 - 15.45 Comfort break, Poster Viewing & Exhibition Stands

Main Event Room

Chair: tbc

15.45 - 16.00 Best Poster Awards

16.00 – 16.15 Best Oral Abstract Awards

16.15 – 16.30 Dragons Den Competitive grant applications – awards

16:30 – 16:45 Event close and evaluation

Dr Brian McKaig, Chief Medical Officer, The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust and Dr Manjeet Shehmar, Chief Medical Officer Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust