Author Archives: Niroshan Siriwardena

CaHRU awarded Lincoln Policy Hub grant to shape policy on Community First Responders

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In December 2022, Dr Gupteswar Patel and Prof Niro Siriwardena from CaHRU successfully secured funding from the Lincoln Policy Hub to engage decision- and policy-makers for ambulance services and CFR schemes at local, regional and national levels ito co-create and Continue reading CaHRU awarded Lincoln Policy Hub grant to shape policy on Community First Responders→

Dr Greg Whitley: First paramedic in England to be awarded a HEE/NIHR Advanced Clinical and Practitioner Academic Fellowship

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Dr. Gregory Whitley, a paramedic research fellow for the East Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust and a lecturer in paramedic science at the University of Lincoln, has recently been awarded a prestigious Health Education England (HEE)/National Institute for Health and Continue reading Dr Greg Whitley: First paramedic in England to be awarded a HEE/NIHR Advanced Clinical and Practitioner Academic Fellowship→

Improvement Science and Research Methods seminar January 2023: Dealing with missing data: imputation or deletion?

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Dr Vanessa Botan, Post-Doctoral Research Associate in Medical Statistics at CaHRU gave the first seminar of 2023 on the topic of ‘Dealing with missing data: imputation or deletion?’ Vanessa’s background is multidisciplinary and diverse. She has developed expertise in statistical Continue reading Improvement Science and Research Methods seminar January 2023: Dealing with missing data: imputation or deletion?→

Improvement Science and Research Methods seminar December 2022: Challenges and pitfalls of ambulance service research

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Dr Michael Smyth, Assistant Professor in Emergency and Critical Care at the University Warwick, gave the December Improvement Science and Research Methods seminar on the ‘Challenges and pitfalls of ambulance service research’. Mike has had 25 years experience as a Continue reading Improvement Science and Research Methods seminar December 2022: Challenges and pitfalls of ambulance service research→

Community and Health Research Unit Newsletter Autumn 2022

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The latest edition of the CaHRU Newsletter (Autumn 2022) is now available. The newsletter presents the work of the research centre over the last three months and includes articles from the CaHRU blog covering publications, conferences and funding. The newsletter Continue reading Community and Health Research Unit Newsletter Autumn 2022→