Getting out and about with Rapid Eczema Trials
June 14, 2024
The ‘traditional route’ for publicising research is to publish the results in scientific and medical journals and talk about what’s been done at scientific conferences. This means a lot of research is only accessible to a limited audience of other researchers and healthcare professionals. But patients and the public are users of research too and …
Being a Rapid Eczema Trials Community Champion
May 24, 2024
In Rapid Eczema Trials, Community Champions are people with experience of eczema, insight, local knowledge and networks who have been prepared to gather and share information in specific communities or localities. With their unique knowledge, Community Champions can act as a bridge between academic research and practical community-based solutions by giving people in their locality …
Addressing the Eczema PSP priorities with citizen science
May 2, 2024
In 2011, the Centre of Evidence Based Dermatology (CEBD) at the University of Nottingham worked with the James Lind Alliance to run an Eczema Priority Setting Partnership (PSP) exercise. The aim was to identify and prioritise uncertainties around how best to treat and manage eczema. Over 500 individuals took part. The exercise identified 14 priority …
Understanding the evidence behind eczema treatments
April 26, 2024
Would you like to know more about the research evidence that supports treatment decisions for people with eczema? If so, this evidence summary from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) is a ‘must read’ for you. This article summarises the amazing research that has taken place over the last decade. It has …
Boosting study recruitment by engaging with Be Part of Research
March 28, 2024
We were all so excited when the Eczema Bathing Study opened to recruitment on 29 January. It’s the first study to come out of the Rapid Eczema Trials research programme and is trying to find out whether it’s better to have a shower (or bath) daily or just once or twice a week when you have …
An audience with Professor Sir Steve Jackson
March 27, 2024
On Friday 15 March 2024, staff and students across the medical faculty had the pleasure of attending ‘An audience with Professor Sir Steve Jackson’. Hailing from Sherwood, Nottingham, the university’s honorary graduate is a senior group leader at the Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Cambridge Institute and an acting Fredrick James Quick Professor of Biology at …
Medics Musical 2024 – 9 to 5: The Musical
February 7, 2024
A favourite event in the Medical School’s calendar is a musical theatre performance organised and cast by fourth year medics. This year, we’ve opted for the lovable music featured in ‘9 to 5’ by Dolly Parton; an uplifting story of three women and the overthrow of their self-absorbed boss. Last year’s musical – RENT – …
Could how you wash be affecting your eczema?
February 1, 2024
As leads for the Rapid Eczema Trials project, we are excited to see the launch of our very first study. We hope this will be the first of many studies that have been designed and run by our Eczema Citizen Science Community. This project gives opportunities for people with eczema to design and run high-quality …
Networking with other citizen science teams
December 18, 2023
In October, Kim Thomas and myself (Rapid Eczema Trials co-leads) attended a networking event and workshop for recently funded NIHR Programme Development Grants in Birmingham. The NIHR is the National Institute for Health and Care Research, which is the NHS research funder. The NIHR are the people funding our Rapid Eczema Trials. All the attendees …
Eczema is Different – Reflections on our first Community Q&A
October 20, 2023
At the end of September, we embarked on a remarkable journey, hosting our inaugural online Community Q&A event. The goal was clear: to foster a sense of community among those touched by eczema and to facilitate open, honest conversations about living with this condition. Six incredible individuals, each with their own unique experiences, generously shared …
