Congratulations to Dr Jodi Venture, who was awarded with an ECR Poster Prize at the UK Public Health Science Conference. She was recognised for her work on achieving inclusivity in evidence-based Falls Management Exercise programmes. Read more here: tinyurl.com/34wwkbpz

Colleagues at the University of Leicester welcomed research admin and finance colleagues from India and Nepal last month. This visit was part of the NIHR Global Health Research Centres programme, supporting international partnerships and strengthening global research capacity.

This week's #ARCLunchandLearn features: 📽️ Introduction to systematic reviews Discover: ✅ What systematic reviews are ✅ Key stages of conducting one ✅ Why we need them ✅ Different review types

This week's #ARCLunchandLearn features: 📽️ Introduction to randomised control trials for clinicians Discover: ✅Trial design basics ✅Regulatory and ethics ✅Team roles and oversight ✅Top tips and pitfalls

Working on an Equality Impact Assessment? 🙋 Our free workshop is coming up Wed 20 May, 1–3pm via Zoom. Open to everyone. Small groups, practical guidance, real answers. Book now 👇 #EqualityImpact #InclusiveResearch arc-em.nihr.ac.uk/events/require-further-support-your-equality-impact-assessment

This week's #ARCLunchandLearn features: 📽️ Implementation models and theories Discover: ✅Why use implementation theory ✅Explains CFIR and NPT models ✅Choosing the right theory ✅Practical application tips

Our LiLaC (Living Labs for Care) project has been exploring how research can be embedded in care homes to improve the lives of staff and residents across the East Midlands 🏡 Findings were celebrated at an educational event last month. Find out more 👇

This week's #ARCLunchandLearn features: 📽️ Patient and public involvement Explore: ✅ What PPI is & why it matters ✅ Levels of involvement ✅ Practical tips to do it well ✅ Real examples & challenges

Nearly three quarters of children with brain injuries struggle at school, a survey has found. The PhD research, funded by the NIHR ARC East Midlands and University of Nottingham and led by @rachyk77.bsky.social, shows the impact can last for years. Read more:

This week's #ARCLunchandLearn features: 📽️ Evaluation Skills Explore: ✅ Why evaluate (vs research) ✅ Principles: rapid, rigorous, relevant, responsive ✅ Scoping & theory of change ✅ Key evaluation processes

This week's #ARCLunchandLearn features: 📽️ Implementing for impact Explore: ✅ Why research findings struggle to sustain in healthcare ✅ Implementation for complex systems ✅ Real-world case studies ✅ Realistic strategies beyond traditional methods

NIHR ARC East Midlands has secured £9 million in new funding as part of a £157 million national investment – securing the next five years of research in our region. 🎥 Hear from our directors: tinyurl.com/bdzebrf4 ➡️ Read the full story here: tinyurl.com/4uw59abz

Through research and funding since 2019, we have: 📰 Published more than 750 peer-reviewed papers 🔎 Delivered nearly 130 research projects 💷 Secured more than £15.5 million in research grants 👉 Read our #ARCEMimpacts: mailchi.mp/arc/nihr-arc...

Natalie Richardson presents a summary of Living Lab in #CareHomes project in East Midlands (LiLAC) @arc-em.bsky.social

Case study 8️⃣ #ARCEMimpacts story: Reducing NHS staff stress through online Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Life. 👉 Read more: arc-em.nihr.ac.uk/impact/reduc... 👉 Discover all stories: mailchi.mp/arc/nihr-arc...

Case study 7️⃣ #ARCEMimpacts story: Integrating diabetes services across primary, community and secondary care Bringing specialist diabetes care closer to home through neighbourhood teams. 👉 Read more: arc-em.nihr.ac.uk/impact/integ... 👉Discover all stories: mailchi.mp/arc/nihr-arc...

This week's #ARCLunchandLearn features: 📽️ Thematic analysis Explore: ✅ What thematic analysis is ✅ How it compares to other qual analysis ✅ 6 key steps to generate themes ✅ Importance of reflexivity

Case study 6️⃣ #ARCEMimpacts story: Empowering older adults through FaME falls-prevention programme A community exercise programme building strength, balance & confidence to prevent falls. 👉 Read more: arc-em.nihr.ac.uk/impact/empow... 👉Discover all stories: mailchi.mp/arc/nihr-arc...

Case study 5️⃣ #ARCEMimpacts story: Improving severe stroke care through home rehabilitation Defining components of intensive home-based rehab for stroke survivors with severe disabilities. 👉 Read more: arc-em.nihr.ac.uk/impact/impro... 👉 Discover all stories: mailchi.mp/arc/nihr-arc...

Case study 4️⃣ #ARCEMimpacts story: Reducing falls in care homes Equipping care homes with checklists, practical guidance and staff training to prevent falls, injuries & hospital admissions. 👉 Read more: arc-em.nihr.ac.uk/impact/reduc... 👉 Discover all stories: mailchi.mp/arc/nihr-arc...

Case study 3️⃣ #ARCEMimpacts story: Personalising activity for multiple long-term conditions (MLTC). Tailored exercise helps people with MLTC to stay active despite complex needs. 👉 Read more: arc-em.nihr.ac.uk/impact/perso... 👉 Discover all stories: mailchi.mp/arc/nihr-arc...

ARC East Midlands Director excited for roll out of programme combatting cardiovascular burden among older adults in India. Funded by the NIHR, @uniofleicester.bsky.social and New Delhi’s Centre for Chronic Disease Control launch #CARDIOIndia £5 million trial.

Case study 2️⃣ #ARCEMimpacts story: Preventing repeat hypoglycaemia emergency calls with ambulance education. Paramedics gave diabetes patients a booklet after callouts to spot early signs. 👉 Read more: arc-em.nihr.ac.uk/impact/preve... 👉 Discover all stories: mailchi.mp/arc/nihr-arc...

Case study 1️⃣ #ARCEMimpacts story: Workplace and worship diabetes screening reaches underserved communities. Early detection in familiar settings. Tackles inequalities. Empowers prevention. 👉 Read more: arc-em.nihr.ac.uk/impact/scree... 👉 Discover all stories: mailchi.mp/arc/nihr-arc...

This week's #ARCLunchandLearn features: 📽️ Grant writing skills Learn: ✅ Art of writing successful funding applications ✅ What has worked (and what hasn't) ✅ What to avoid when grant writing ✅ Reflections from experienced grant writers

Celebrating over six years of ARC East Midlands research turning evidence into real impact for health and social care across our region and beyond. 👉 Follow #ARCEMimpacts this March for daily highlights. 👉 Read the newsletter to find out more: mailchi.mp/arc/nihr-arc...

⚠️ Final spaces remaining! Register now to learn how implementation science embeds effective healthcare staff wellbeing interventions.

Co-producing research on multiple long-term conditions (MLTC) with communities can feel unfamiliar, especially with complex challenges. Deborah shares key lessons: 👉 Invest in relationships 👉 Share power 👉 Adapt when plans shift Read the full blog: 🔗 arc-em.nihr.ac.uk/news/journey...

This week's #ARCLunchandLearn features: 📽️ Introduction to qualitative methods Discover: ✅ Basic principles of qualitative research ✅ Diversity of qualitative methods ✅ Study design and data collection ✅ Challenges in collecting and analysing

Pleased to see re-invigoration of East Midlands Research into Ageing Network #EMRAN led by Prof Liz Orton

How can working with communities shape better research on multiple long-term conditions? In our latest blog, Dr Deborah Ikhile shares her journey of co-producing research with communities and offers valuable advice for researchers. Read her story: 👉 arc-em.nihr.ac.uk/news/journey...

This week's #ARCLunchandLearn features: 📽️ Research impact Discover: ✅ What impact is (and isn’t) ✅ How to plan impact into research ✅ Ways to generate impact ✅ How to measure impact

Explore the latest ​roundup of top stories from all our NIHR Applied Research Collaborations (ARCs) across the country: 👉 mailchi.mp/nihr/march-2... Featuring the latest news, resources, blogs, events, opportunities & more 📨 Join the newsletter here: tinyurl.com/ARCsnewsletter

🎨 Crafts breaking barriers! Community Engagement Officer Gurpreet uses iris folding workshops to discuss statistics with diverse communities new to research. Watch full webinar 👇

NEWS | Collaborative cardiometabolic care in Africa on the agenda at the NIHR Global Health event next month. Led by @uniofleicester.bsky.social academics & partners in Ghana, Kenya & Mozambique, this spotlights integrated care models for cardiometabolic health. arc-em.nihr.ac.uk/news/collabo...

EVENT: New evidence-based guidelines are being launched to support the implementation of sustained wellbeing support for healthcare staff. 🗓 Monday 23 March 2026 | 1:00 – 2:00pm 📍 Online webinar 🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/2vsfr734

Need further support with your Equality Impact Assessment? ✅ Get practical advice ✅ Participate in discussions ✅ Learn from real experiences 🗓 11 March 2026 | 🕐 1 - 3pm Led by @ethnichealthres.bsky.social team

This week's #ARCLunchandLearn features: 📽️ Publication bootcamp Learn how to: ✅ Take fear out of writing ✅ Publisher expectations ✅ 6-week structure to publish ✅ Peer review tips

🧬 Duchenne breakthrough Methodologist Jonathan shares how patient and public involvement uncovered a missing disease stage overlooked by all prior models. This led to better quality of life estimates, lower care costs and smarter treatment decisions.

Do you have high blood pressure and take at least 3 medications? Share your experiences with medication tests to help shape future care. 🗣️ Join 30-min interview or 45-min focus group 📍 Online / telephone/ @ldc-news.bsky.social 💷 £20 voucher provided Interested? ✉️ Email [email protected]

Exciting opportunity for a statistician or epidemiologist! Leicester Real World Evidence Unit is recruiting a Research Associate to support national work on lifestyle, multiple long‑term conditions and cardiometabolic health. Apply by 25 Feb 2026:

This week's #ARCLunchandLearn features: 📽️ Focus groups Discover: ✅ Focus groups as a qualitative research method ✅ Practical, ethical & methodological tips ✅ When to use them vs interviews Watch the full video: youtu.be/5L7U7CHsQcg

👥 Public contributor journey Samina shares her 10-year journey, from early fears of statistics to co-developing resources with the PPI-SMART group at the University of Leicester's Biostatistics Research Group. Watch webinar 👇

🎙️ What is dissemination, and why does it matter in research? In these #NIHRBridgeTheGap episodes, @zoetw.bsky.social & Gavin Hubbard explore how to share research clearly and accessibly, and the challenges involved. Listen now: 🔗 Ep 25: bit.ly/4qokd1w 🔗 Ep 26: bit.ly/4bKruFy

Today marks #WomenInScience! 🌍🔬 We're celebrating six inspiring women researchers at @arc-em.bsky.social driving health and care change through their blogs and practical resources. Read more: 🔗 tinyurl.com/msfux46f Follow this thread to meet them 👇

📽️ Explore our equality, diversity and inclusion playlist. Hosted with the @ethnichealthres.bsky.social, sessions cover Equality Impact Assessments, Social Model of Disability, Neurodiversity in Research, and more!

Build your research skills with our #ARCLunchandLearn series. Over 20 short practical videos: 🔬 Methodological skills ✍️ Academic skills 🚀 Implementation and impact 📢 Dissemination sciences Watch here: 🔗 tinyurl.com/ARCLunchandL... Stay tuned every Thursday for a new video!

📺 New webinar recording: Statistical methodologists and public voices working together! "80% of statisticians never involved patients or public in their methods research" Professor Laura Gray navigated challenges with the PPI-SMART group. Watch full webinar: youtu.be/pKbsjBN1cAM

🗞️ Read the February national roundup of top stories from all ARCs across the country: mailchi.mp/nihr/februar... Including news, resources, blogs, events, opportunities & much more 📨 Join the newsletter tinyurl.com/ARCsnewsletter

Need practical advice on your Equality Impact Assessment? Our next workshop for @nihrarcs.bsky.social researchers and study teams is taking place on: 🗓 Wed 11 February | 🕐 1 – 3pm Don’t miss out – register today! @ethnichealthres.bsky.social