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All media enquiries should be directed to Fiona Fleming, Communications Manager on 07549891564 or fiona.fleming@nrs.org.uk.
Major COVID-19 vaccine trial opens in Scotland
16th November 2020
Hundreds of people from across Tayside and Fife are being sought to participate in a Covid-19 vaccine trial to be led by the University of Dundee and NHS Tayside. From M...
Join the SPaRc/NRS Steering Committee
4th November 2020
An opportunity for an Early Career Researcher or trainee healthcare professional to join the SPaRC/ NRS Pain...
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Update on health and social care research projects for educational purposes
27th October 2020
A pause on health and social care research projects for educational purposes has been extended until September 2021 The decision is in line with national priorities fo...
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CSO Statement on guidance to protect research during a second wave of COVID-19 activity
22nd October 2020
Research, development and innovation are an integral and vital part of our NHS. The Chief Scientist Office (CSO) has been working with colleagues across the NHS to support the...
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Vacancy: NRS Communications Officer
20th October 2020
An exciting opportunity to join the Communication team supporting Scottish Health Innovations Ltd (SHIL), NHS Research Sc...
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Participants being sought to take part in national COVID-19 trial
12th October 2020
PRINCIPLE is a nationwide clinical trial to find COVID-19 treatments for the over 50s that can be taken at home Led by Oxford University, the Platform...
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Applied Research on Longer-Term Effects of COVID-19 Infection
6th October 2020
The Chief Scientist Office (CSO) are launching a call for applied research proposals designed to improve understanding of the longer-term effects of COVID-19 infection on phys...
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Over 250,000 volunteers now registered for new COVID-19 vaccine trials as recruitment begins for Novavax study
25th September 2020
Ten thousand UK volunteers have been invited to join the world’s first phase three COVID-19 vaccine study to test the effectiveness of the new Novavax COVID-19 vaccine
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10,000 NHS Scotland staff to take part in COVID-19 study
8th September 2020
SIREN (Sarscov2 Immunity & REinfection EvaluatioN) is a UK-wide study testing 100,000 health workers, which will provide information on immunity from and prevalence of COV...
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Over 100,000 volunteers now registered for COVID-19 vaccine trials
17th August 2020
As the number of people registered to take part in COVID-19 vaccine trials has now topped 100,000, we are encouraging others to follow their lead to help speed up efforts to d...
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