External grants

Below are the external grants we have secured since 2019.

 

Feasibility, Practicality and Acceptability of a Patient Decision Aid (CONNECT) to Improve Shared Decision Making

Award:NIHR Research for Patient Benefit (£275,703; 2023-2025)

Chief Investigator(s): Prof. Felicity Astin (OU) Joint Lead Applicant: Dr Emma Harris (OU)

Co-investigators:Dr Dwayne Conway (Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust), Dr Azeem Sheikh (Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust), Dr Kristian Hudson (Bradford Institute for Health Research), Dr Rebecca Simpson (University of Sheffield), Mr Mark Lewis (patient representative).

Find details on the trial registration site.

 

Mera future ko kya? (What about my future): A qualitative, multi-methods study and linked feasibility study of South Asian young adult carers' transitions to adulthood  

Award:NIHR Research for Social Care (£355,580; 2024-2027) 

Chief Investigator(s): Dr Geraldine Boyle (OU)

Co-investigators: Dr. Zoebia Islam (LOROS Hospice/University of Leicester), Prof Louise Wallace (OU)

 

Improving patient, family and colleague witnesses' experiences of Fitness to Practise proceedings: A mixed methods study

Award:NIHR Health and Social Care Delivery Research (£869,804; 2021-2024); 

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (£3000; 2025-2026)

Chief Investigator: Prof Louise Wallace (OU) Joint Lead Applicant: Prof. Sara Ryan (Manchester Metropolitan University).

Co-investigators: Dr Gemma Ryan-Blackwell (OU), Dr Gemma Hughes (University of Leicester), Dr Marc Cornock (OU), Dr Sharif Haider (OU), Dr Annie Sorbie (University of Edinburgh), Professor Rosalind Searle (University of Glasgow)

Evaluation of an educational tool to raise awareness of e-professionalism 

Award: Burdett Trust for Nursing (£7917, 2019-2022) 

Chief Investigator: Dr Gemma Ryan-Blackwell (OU)

Collaborator: Jessica Jackson (University of Derby)