National Specialty Groups
The enthusiasm and expertise of researchers in the specialties that they are dedicated to is key to the success of the CCRN.
To harness this, CCRN has created national Specialty Groups to provide: - national networks of expertise across all areas of healthcare
- regional groups linking into the national networks
- advice and expertise from the relevant experts about the delivery of research studies
- opportunities for researchers to access wider patient populations for their multicentre studies and for patients to access research studies at new recruitment sites
- opportunities for researchers to contribute to national and international studies being led by other researchers
- local provision of infrastructure which is sufficient to support studies in a particular specialty
- assistance in raising the profile of research.
You will find information on Specialty Group Membership by clicking the links below.
- Age and ageing Care of the elderly.
- Anaesthetics, peri-operative medicine and pain Anaesthetics and acute pain management.
- Cardiovascular Coronary heart disease, diseases of the vasculature and circulation including the lymphatic system and normal development and function of the cardiovascular system.
- Critical care Critical care, acute medicine, accident and emergency and trauma.
- Dermatology Dermatological conditions and normal skin development and function.
- Ear, nose and throat Diseases (non cancer) and normal development and function of the ear, nose and throat.
- Gastrointestinal Diseases of the oesophagus and digestive tract, including inflammatory bowel disease and Crohn’s disease and normal development and function of the digestive tract.
- Genetics Clinical genetics including congenital disorders.
- Health services research Health service workforce issues and planning, organisation of care (including Primary-secondary interface).
- Hepatology Diseases of the liver and biliary tree and normal development and function of the liver.
- Immunology and inflammation Autoimmune diseases, allergies and normal development and function of the immune system.
- Infectious diseases and microbiology Diseases caused by pathogens, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, sexually transmitted infections and studies of infection and infectious agents. Plus neurological infections.
- Injuries and emergencies Fractures, poisoning, burns plus pre-hospital medicine, sports injuries, orthopaedics.
- Metabolic and endocrine Thyroid disease, metabolic disorders and normal metabolism and endocrine development and function, plus obesity.
- Musculoskeletal Osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, muscular and skeletal disorders and normal musculoskeletal and cartilage development and function, pain management/chronic pain. Plus rheumatoid arthritis and connective tissue diseases.
- Nervous systems disorders Epilepsy, multiple sclerosis and studies of the normal brain and nervous system. Plus headache and neuromuscular disease.
- Non-malignant haematology Haematological diseases, anaemia, clotting and normal development and function of platelets and erythrocytes.
- Ophthalmology Diseases of the eye and normal eye development.
- Oral and dental Diseases of the mouth and teeth (non cancer).
- Paediatrics (non-medicines) All diseases (non medicines) in neonates, infants and adolescents.
- Renal Kidney disease, renal disorders and normal development and function the renal system.
- Reproductive health and childbirth Fertility, contraception, abortion, in vitro fertilisation, pregnancy, mammary gland development, menstruation and menopause, breast feeding, antenatal care, childbirth.
- Respiratory Asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, respiratory diseases and normal development and function of the respiratory system.
- Surgery Surgical research.
