Collaboration for Academic Primary Care (APEx) Blog
By Dr Samantha van Beurden and Professor Vicki Goodwin Too often, the people who stand to benefit most from health and care research are the least likely to be included in it. Whether due to age, comorbidities, cognitive differences, language barriers, or cultural mismatches, many groups remain underrepresented in the evidence base that informs care. […]
As colleagues in Exeter will know a large part of my Deputy Medical Director role within the National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Network (CRN) was spent in leading pandemic primary care studies. As the dust settles on COVID-19, now is an appropriate time to reflect on the delivery of the […]
At the end of May 2024 I attended a symposium in New Delhi organised by the Indian Council of Medical Research and The Academy of Medical Sciences on ‘Addressing antimicrobial resistance with a One Health approach’. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is associated with or directly attributed to around 5 million of deaths a year according to […]