Implementing research within the NHS: collaboration, challenges and implications

Journal article

I completed the MSc in Medical Anthropology at Oxford in 2004. Many of the biological aspects of this MSc were inspired by content from the Oxford BA in Human Sciences, which I had previously studied at St John's College. I later continued on the academic path for another year through the MSc in Epidemiology at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine. Since May 2007 I have been working in a clinical research team within the National Health Service, part of the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). I joined the Dementias & Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Network (DeNDRoN), part of the NIHR Clinical Research Network and funded by the Department of Health in England, in Oxford shortly after the first few team members were recruited. The reflections presented in this article are based on my personal experience with the local team in the Thames Valley region in England (Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Leicestershire, Milton Keynes, Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire).

Authors: Bazin, O

• Publication status: Published
• Peer review status: Peer reviewed
• Publisher: Anthropological Society of Oxford
• Journal: Journal of the Anthropological Society of Oxford Online
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 326-338
• Publication date: 2015-01-01
• DOI: 10.5287/ora-o8yv0kmqo
• ISSN: 2040-1876
• Language: English
• Keywords: JASO