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With a focus on exploring how power can be effectively shared between researchers and members of the community, host Saumu Lwembe (Assistant Director of PPI and engagement at the NIHR co-ordinating centre, CCF) speaks to Professor Richard Lilford of the University of Birmingham and research groups members, Jayashree Parasheril Kunju and Amar Bahadur Timalsina. They discuss their NIHR funded research on Leprosy and Buruli ulcers in India, Nepal and Nigeria and power sharing within research.  If you’ve listened to any of our podcast series on community engagement and involvement (CEI), we'd love to hear what you think!Share your thoughts with our survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdzm5ZYyCjF7VhVQs4cidrQJR6ck1z5xdVB5_s_xgiLb1UdEg/viewformPlease note these podcasts were recorded in early 2022. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.

In this third episode of our series, you’ll hear from community connectors working in South Africa who play key roles in bridging the gap between research and communities. They are joined by a CEI consultant from the UK and host, NIHR's Gary Hickey. This episode focuses on exploring what connectors do, and the crucial role that they can have in ensuring effective CEI in research. The guests also share their top tips for people looking to work with connectors to improve CEI in their own projects. For further information on connectors on the Mesh website, visit: https://mesh.tghn.org/themes/connectors/If you’ve listened to any of our podcast series on community engagement and involvement (CEI), we'd love to hear what you think!Share your thoughts with our survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdzm5ZYyCjF7VhVQs4cidrQJR6ck1z5xdVB5_s_xgiLb1UdEg/viewformPlease note these podcasts were recorded in early 2022. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.

The second episode in this series, split into two parts, discusses the implementation of community engagement and involvement (CEI) across a range of countries and explores the different approaches used across these countries. Host, Doreen Tembo, Global Health Community Engagement and Involvement Lead at the NIHR Coordinating Centre is joined by members of the research team studying Cutaneous Leishmaniasis and intervention programmes to improve patient experience and reduce stigma. In part 2, the guests focus on CEI challenges faced across multiple countries in their project, how to overcome these challenges and give their tips for embedding CEI in global health research.   If you’ve listened to any of our podcast series on community engagement and involvement (CEI), we'd love to hear what you think!Share your thoughts with our survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdzm5ZYyCjF7VhVQs4cidrQJR6ck1z5xdVB5_s_xgiLb1UdEg/viewformPlease note these podcasts were recorded in early 2022. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.Listen to the first part of this episode here: pod.fo/e/1532ff

The second episode in this series, split into two parts, discusses implementation of community engagement and involvement (CEI) across a range of countries and explores the different approaches used across these countries. Host, Doreen Tembo, Global Health Community Engagement and Involvement Lead at the NIHR Coordinating Centre is joined by members of the research team studying Cutaneous Leishmaniasis and intervention programmes to improve patient experience and reduce stigma. In part 1, the guests describe how CEI is embedded in the project, adapted across these different countries, and mechanisms and structures that best support meaningful CEI across multiple countries. If you’ve listened to any of our podcast series on community engagement and involvement (CEI), we'd love to hear what you think!Share your thoughts with our survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdzm5ZYyCjF7VhVQs4cidrQJR6ck1z5xdVB5_s_xgiLb1UdEg/viewform Please note these podcasts were recorded in early 2022. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.Listen to part 2 here: https://pod.fo/e/1550ad

This introductory episode focuses on NIHR’s approach to Community Engagement and Involvement (CEI) in the global health research we fund.Gary Hickey, a Senior Public Involvement Manager hosts this podcast and is joined by fellow NIHR colleagues and Assistant Directors of Global Health Research programmes, Sarah Puddicombe and Mike Rogers. In this podcast you’ll also hear from Vijay Rajkumar, a public contributor who has been involved in the commissioning of research awards. The guests discuss the importance of embedding meaningful CEI, how CEI is considered in the commissioning of NIHR funded research and provide tips for embedding CEI in global health research.If you’ve listened to any of our podcast series on community engagement and involvement (CEI), we'd love to hear what you think!Share your thoughts with our survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdzm5ZYyCjF7VhVQs4cidrQJR6ck1z5xdVB5_s_xgiLb1UdEg/viewformPlease note these podcasts were recorded in early 2022. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.

Rising numbers of young people have depression. It can affect their relationships with family and friends, disrupt their school lives and interfere with sleep. Services are struggling to meet their needs and many young people are waiting months to access the talking therapies that could help them. Sometimes, doctors might consider prescribing antidepressant medicines. Research supports the use of some antidepressants in young people, and suggests that others should be avoidedIn this podcast, Helen Saul, Editor in Chief of NIHR Evidence, speaks with Bernadka Dubicka, who is Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at the Greater Manchester Health Trust and Professor of Child Psychiatry at the Hull and York Medical School; and Felicity Jane Allman who had experience of depression as a young person and is now a medical student in Newcastle. They discuss the help available for young people with depression, and the times when antidepressants could be the right choice. Read a full transcript of the episode here.The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care. 

Episode 4 of the NIHR podcast series discussing the big research challenges facing healthcare, hosted by Dr Sanjay Ramakrishnan, Research Fellow in Respiratory Medicine at the University of Oxford . Every week, UK clinicians with experience of research discuss the tough questions about research.In this final episode,  Sanjay is joined by research optometrist Laura Taylor, ophthalmology registrar Dr. Mital Shah,  and Dr. Tanya Baron, an emergency medicine consultant and former GP, to discuss to what extent health research has kept up with the wider digital revolution taking place in healthcare.The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.

Episode 3 of the NIHR podcast series discussing the big research challenges facing healthcare, hosted by Dr Sanjay Ramakrishnan, Research Fellow in Respiratory Medicine at the University of Oxford . Every week, UK clinicians with experience of research discuss the tough questions about research.In this episode,  Sanjay is joined by ophthalmology registrar Dr. Mital Shah,  Sofia Cerdeira MD PhD, clinical lecturer at the University of Oxford, and Dr. Tanya Baron, an emergency medicine consultant and former GP, to discuss how research impacts on a healthcare service still under heavy pressure from Covid-19 and a care backlog.The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.

Episode 2 of the NIHR podcast series discussing the big research challenges facing healthcare, hosted by Dr Sanjay Ramakrishnan, Research Fellow in Respiratory Medicine at the University of Oxford . Every week, UK clinicians with experience of research discuss the tough questions about research.In this episode,  Sanjay is joined by research optometrist Laura Taylor,  Sofia Cerdeira MD PhD, clinical lecturer at the University of Oxford, and Dr. Tanya Baron, an emergency medicine consultant and former GP, to discuss why it matters that research participants are diverse, the challenges to achieving this, and ways these might be overcome.The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.

Episode 1 of a new NIHR series discussing the big research challenges facing healthcare, hosted by Dr Sanjay Ramakrishnan, Research Fellow in Respiratory Medicine at the University of Oxford . Every week, UK clinicians with experience of research will be asking the tough questions about research.In this episode,  Sanjay is joined by research optometrist Laura Taylor, ophthalmology registrar Dr. Mital Shah, and Sofia Cerdeira MD PhD, a clinical lecturer at the University of Oxford, to discuss how healthcare professionals can work to enable research in clinical settings.The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the host and guests and do not necessarily reflect those of the NIHR or the Department of Health and Social Care.Read a full transcript of this episode.