ArchiveKing’s academics top NHS research list
03 Apr 2008, www.kcl.ac.uk
The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) have announced the first 100 members of its College of Senior Investigators, eighteen King’s College London academics were awarded Faculty posts, the most of all the institutions included in the list.
Professor Lawrence Freedman, Vice-Principal for Research at King’s comments: ‘This is a tremendous vote of confidence in our top researchers and yet another indication that King’s is now to the fore in all areas of health research. This College now not only has more NIHR Faculty senior investigators, but also more biomedical research centres and more Medical Research Council (MRC) centres than any other university’.
The list comprises pre-eminent researchers in the NHS who are leading some of the most prestigious applied health and social care research projects in the country, and includes academics from key institutions such as Imperial College London (awarded 13 posts) University College London (9) Cambridge (7) and Oxford (3).
The NIHR is a virtual organisation that provides the framework for the Department of Health to work with key partners involved in the different elements of NHS research. The (NIHR) has been established by the Department of Health to deliver the Government's R&D strategy 'Best Research for Best Health'. The strategy sets out the direction for NHS research that will build a vibrant and world-class research environment in England. The college has been set up to support the people who are making the most outstanding contribution to people-focused health research in the NHS which is essential for decision-making in health and in social care. Senior Investigators will take up their posts from April this year. They will provide leadership to the NIHR Faculty, expert advice to the Director of the NIHR, and promote clinical and applied people-focused research in health and social care.
Sally Davies, Director General of Research and Development, Department of Health said: ‘We want to encourage the people who are leading applied health research in this country. Their work is crucial and already helping to shape the health and social care services of the future’.
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