National Institute for Health Research Clinical Research Network

Common Measures for National Institute of Mental Health Funded Research.

One of the most encouraging, but also the most challenging, aspects of current research on psychopathology is the diversity of measures used to assess constructs across research studies and programs. Clearly, this diversity reflects the creativity and generativity of our field and the continual growth of our science. At the same time, however, this diversity also makes data harmonization across...

Mapping public health research across the National Institute for Health Research 2006–2013

BACKGROUND Public health research is an important component of United Kingdom (UK) health research and strategic analysis of its breadth and balance is key to ensure value. The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) is one of the main funders of health research in the UK and includes many research programmes and schools. This study reports on public health research funded by the NIHR bet...

The National Institute on Aging Health Disparities Research Framework.

OBJECTIVE Development of a new framework for the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to assess progress and opportunities toward stimulating and supporting rigorous research to address health disparities. DESIGN Portfolio review of NIA's health disparities research portfolio to evaluate NIA's progress in addressing priority health disparities areas. RESULTS The NIA Health Disparities Research...

A novel performance monitoring framework for health research systems: experiences of the National Institute for Health Research in England

BACKGROUND The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) was established in 2006 with the aim of creating an applied health research system embedded within the English National Health Service (NHS). NIHR sought to implement an approach for monitoring its performance that effectively linked early indicators of performance with longer-term research impacts. We attempted to develop and apply a...

National Institute on Drug Abuse RESEARCH MONOGRAPH