BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-/-/EN BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:RCSEng North West Surgical Trials Centre (NWSTC) - The Future of Surgical Trials in the North West UID:2277 DESCRIPTION:RCSEng North West Surgical Trials Centre (NWSTC) is holding its ‘The Future of Surgical Trials in the North West’ event on the afternoon of Thursday 28th March ‘19 in Warrington.\n \nThis is a free event. Colleagues from all specialities and regions are welcome to attend to hear informative and inspiring talks on:\n \n\nThe NIHR CRN Core Trainee Programme The RCSEng Associate Principal Investigator and Surgical Study Leave Initiatives  The importance of surgical trials in orthopaedic research and how to get them funded How surgical trials and increasing the biomedical understanding via pre-op studies makes better breast surgeons The implications of changed device legislation and registration in surgical device studies The importance of Big Data in surgical research and how to overcome the hurdles in their usage Becoming involved in a Trainee Research Collaborative \nSpeakers include:\n\nProfessor Tim Board, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon, Wrightington Hospital Mr Phil Brown, Director, Association of British Healthcare Industries Professor Matt Costa, RCSEng SSL for Orthopaedic Surgery Miss Sarah Duff, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Surgical Lead for Greater Manchester CRN Mr Stuart McIntosh, RCSEng SSL for Breast Surgery Miss Katie Newton, ST8 Surgeon, Associate Principal Investigator Mr David Ormesher, Research Fellow on a ‘Big Data’ Trial Professor Carlo Palmieri, Professor of translational Oncology, University of Liverpool Professor Niels Peek, Professor of Informatics, University of ManchesterMiss Hema Sekhar, Chair of the North West Research Collaborative Mr Dale Vimalachandran, Consultant Colorectal Surgeon, Surgical Lead for North West Coast CRN \nAttendance is free but registration is essential. You can register here. Lunch and parking is provided with the compliments of NWSTC.\n\nFor more information please contact:\n\nTony Coffey\nSenior Trial Coordinator\nNorth West Surgical Trials Centre\ntony.coffey@liverpool.ac.uk \n \n\n \n\n DTSTART:20190328T000000Z DTEND:20190328T000000Z LOCATION:Warrington END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR