Events
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What does a research-active hospice look like? – Spotlight on Dorothy House Hospice
Delivered in partnership with the NIHR ARC National Palliative and End-of-life care Forum, this session is the first in a series of webinars sharing current and emerging research in palliative care.
What to expect
In this session, we spotlight Dorothy House Hospice and explore what a research active hospice looks like in practice. You will hear an introduction to the hospice and its research team, followed by early and mid-career researchers sharing their career journeys and the projects they are leading. Topics include intimacy in palliative care, arthritis at end of life, and building research capacity in hospices.
Who is it for?
Researchers, health and care professionals, and anyone interested in palliative and end‑of‑life care research.
Date: 16/06/2026
Location: Online
Time: 11:00-12:00
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Writing for Publication (Prof. Catherine Welshe)
This webinar is for anyone who is preparing a research focused paper for publication (could be any research design, systematic review etc.).
What you will learn:
What editors look for in a submission to increase the likelihood this will go for review.
How to structure a paper
Responding to review comments.
Catherine Walshe is Professor of Palliative Care at Lancaster University’s International Observatory on End of Life Care. She is also Editor in Chief of the journal Palliative Medicine. A registered nurse, her research interests span a number of areas across palliative care. Current projects focus on ways of better providing palliative care to a range of people including those with dementia, with COPD, or from ethnically diverse communities.
Date: 09/07/2026
Location: Online
Time: 12:00-13:00
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Strategy for research – planning for yourself and planning for teams - how to get there (Prof. Fliss Murtagh)
This webinar is aimed at anyone doing or interested in doing end of life care research.
Webinar objectives:
Become aware of different approaches to strategy and planning in research
To consider what strategic thinking and planning might help your own research career progression
To consider what strategic planning might help your research team develop and grow
Date: 10/09/2026
Location: Online
Time: 12:00-13:00
Past Events and Recordings
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Launch Event
23/09/2025
Location: Online
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Reflections on a NIHR Doctoral Training
08/10/2025
Location: Online
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Priorities to Projects: Palliative Research Incubator Workshop
Date: 11/11/2025
Time: 09:30-16:00
Location: Newcastle University
*We will be hosting a sister event in Bath in early 2026.
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Building Palliative and End of Life Care Research Capacity
Sharing Insights into the Barriers faced by the Research Workforce in Palliative and End of Life Care
Date: 27/11/25
Location: Online
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Writing Successful High Quality NIHR Fellowship Applications
Date: 2/12/2025
Location: Cicely Saunders Institute London
You can view the following presentations in the slide set below:
Introduction to NIHR post-doctoral fellowships. Prof Karl Atkin, York
Research Impact. Prof Katherine Sleeman, Kings College London
NIHR Pre-Doctoral Fellowship. Rachel Chambers, International PhD training Fellow, Kings College London
NIHR Research Support Service. Dr Rachel Evley, Leicester
PPIE and the PRI. Rashmi Kumar, Family carer
Research Inclusion. Dr Sabrina Bajwah, Kings ollege london
NIHR and Funding Pathways. Tanya Probart. NIHR Programme manager
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Priorities to Projects: Palliative Research Incubator Workshop
Date: 4/2/2026
Location: Bath
You can see the slides for the following presentations:
Introducing the 2025 James Lind Alliance/Marie Curie research Priorites. Dr Briony Hudson, Director for Internal Research Deevelopment, Marie Curie.
How to develop good research Quetsions. Professor Candy McCabe, Dorothy Hosue Hospice Care.
NIHR Funding opportunities. Rosemary Greenwood, NIHR Research Support Services.
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The Value of a Sociological Perspective on Palliative Care
A converstion with Dr Diana Teggi and Prof Kate Woodthorpe from the Centre for Death and Socity, University of Bath.
Date: 11/03/2026
Location: Online
Time: 11:00-12:00
To watch the webinar recording please click here
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NIHR funded early career research opportunities
Fiona Cramp, Professor of long term conditions at the University of West of England and Julie Menzies, NIHR Senior Clinical and Practitioner Research Award Holder at Bristol Royal Children’s Hospital, will discuss the career and funding opportunities available for early career researchers.
The session is ideal for anyone considering research as a key component of their career, including clinicians and staff in research delivery roles as well as those wanting to develop research ideas.
Date: 12/03/2026
Location: Online
Time: 12:30-13:30
To watch the webinar recording please click here
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How the Palliative Care Research Society (PCRS) can help build your research skills
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Preparing a Research-Focused Narrative CV
Emma Shkurka, a paediatric research physiotherapist, will help you to understand what a narrative CV is and how it differs from a traditional CV. The session will outline the rationale for the use of narrative CVs and discuss how to write one.
Date: 28/04/2026
Location: Online
Time: 12:00-12:45
To watch the webinar recording, please click here
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CAHPR (Community for Allied Health Professions Research) Webinar
Professor Dawn Carnes is Director for the Community for Allied Health Professions Research. This is an organisation that represents 14 of the allied health professions on matters of research and support those interested in getting involved with research.
This presentation will introduce you to the work CAHPR does and the resources available to you at no cost.
Date: 06/05/2026
Location: Online
Time: 12:00-13:00
To watch the webinar recording, please click here