News
The information here will provide regular updates on the HRP work as it develops instigating during the phases of the project.
August 2023
The second Health Research Partnership Conference will be held on Thursday 19 October 2023. We invite contributions from researchers working in health and care across Sussex to make a short presentation, or poster, of their research. We are particularly interested in projects that showcase collaborations between institutions, across service providers and with community involvement and in research in one of the following areas: digitally enabled healthcare, sustainable healthcare, addressing inequalities, and life-long mental health.
Please submit your abstract here.
There is still time to register for the HRP conference, deadline for submission is now September 4th. Successful proposals will be notified by Sept 15th.
Register here >
July 2023
Recruitment of Public Advisers (x4) to the HRP
We are recruiting public advisers to become members of our Health Research Partnership public, community, involvement and engagement advisory group (HRP PCIE advisory group). The group is a new venture and is currently being established. The aspiration is to grow this group to reach 10 – 12 members. The group will initially be piloted for 3 years. The role of public adviser to the HRP is key to the promotion of the interests of the public and local communities in all aspects of research by providing patient and public perspectives operationally and in strategic development.
View the role profile here >
View the full advert here >
Recruitment open for new Research Manager role
Applications are open to join our team as Research Manager. View the role and apply below, or contact Zoe Boylan (Z.Boylan@sussex.ac.uk) for more info.
Apply for the role here >
June 2023
We are delighted to announce our second Health Research Partnership Conference, which will be held on Thursday 19 October 2023.The conference will be an opportunity to:
- Learn about the Partnership’s strategy for developing Health and Care Research in Sussex 2024-2030
- Find out how the Partnership can help you develop your research
- Help shape the work of the partnership
- Hear about different areas of health and care research across Sussex
- Highlight your research and strengthen its impact
- Build collaborations across the Partnership.
The event will include a light lunch and will be free, with places limited to 150 people.
This year at the conference there will be a wide range of talks and poster presentations to showcase the work of our Partners in delivering research excellence in health and care in Sussex.
We invite contributions from researchers working in health and care across Sussex to make a short presentation, or poster, of their research.
We are particularly interested in projects that showcase collaborations between institutions, across service providers and with community involvement and in research in one of the following areas: digitally enabled healthcare, sustainable healthcare, addressing inequalities, and life-long mental health.
Please submit your abstract here.
There is still time to register for the HRP conference, deadline for submission is now September 4th. Successful proposals will be notified by Sept 15th.
Register here >
Find out more here >
February 2023
We are delighted to announce that in early February Virginia Govoni joined us as the new Head of HRP and JCRO. Virginia has a Master’s Degree in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Technologies from the University of Bologna, and MPhil in Diabetes and Nutritional Sciences from King’s College London. She has 10 years’ experience in medical research settings, leading senior clinical academics to deliver major strategic and complex programmes and collaborations at Queen Mary University of London and King’s College London. Virginia joins us from Barts Charity, a healthcare charity based in East London, supporting local institutions to deliver innovative research and great healthcare to the local population. “I am very excited to start this new role. In the Brighton and Sussex area there is much potential to develop impactful research for the benefit of local institutions, staff and local communities. I am looking forward to developing these collaborations, building on local excellence and strengths in healthcare and medical research.”
View Virginia's full profile >
October 2022
The Health Research Partnership (HRP) was officially launched at a meeting on Friday 30 September. The meeting was well attended by representatives from across the partnership and number of stakeholders.
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September 2022
With the launch of the HRP, we conducted a brief survey to understand the research landscape across Brighton and Sussex Medical School and the academic and clinical partners (University of Sussex, University of Brighton, Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and University Hospitals Sussex NHS Trust). The survey is now closed. For a summary of the findings, please contact us at our email address below. The results of this survey will be used to map the strategies for the three HRP workstreams of Infrastructure, Research Capacity & Training, and Academic Groups.
June 2022
First HRP executive meeting. The work of the HRP began in earnest in June with the first meeting of the Executive. The group reviewed Terms of Reference of the Partnership’s workstreams and began work scoping the extent of partnership activity towards its first report to the Partnership Board meeting in September.