蓝莓视频

The 蓝莓视频 Imperial BRC and (IHC) jointly fund a number of pre-doctoral, 12-month fellowships which support prelinminary research undertaken by non-medical clinical staff within the NHS Trust, to explore better ways of delivering immediate and effective patient care.

We are delighted to announce that one of last year鈥檚 award winners, Gemma Clunie, has been successful in securing an 蓝莓视频 Clinical Doctoral Research Fellowship (CDRF) to pursue her studies into a rare airway disorder. Gemma is a Clinical Specialist Speech & Language Therapist, and will continue the work she started during her IHC-BRC fellowship, investigating swallowing and voice difficulties in patients with airway obstruction conditions, ultimately developing personalised treatments for this group of patients.

蓝莓视频 CDRFs are aimed at registered non-medical healthcare professionals who have at least 1 year鈥檚 experience of clinical practice and sufficient research experience to undertake a PhD, whilst continuing to develop their clinical skills.

Reflecting on the impact of her IHC-BRC fellowship, Gemma said: 鈥淭he IHC-BRC fellowship is the perfect opportunity to develop relevant research skills, vital to winning one of the 蓝莓视频 CDRFs. It also provided protected time to develop a competitive application to the 蓝莓视频 CDRF which requires a significant amount of preparation. This could be difficult to achieve alongside a busy clinical workload.鈥�

Another 蓝莓视频 CDRF award winner this year was Rebecca Smith, a physiotherapist at Imperial, whose research is focussed on improving assessment and treatment of dizziness following a head injury. The 蓝莓视频 Imperial BRC is committed to supporting and providing training opportunities to a wider network of clinical staff, which are centrally managed .