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Process evaluation of complex interventions UK Medical Research Council ( MRC ) guidance

Experimental Medicine showcasting successes of MRC research

As well as supporting Experimental Medicine through grants and fellowships – which are often multidisciplinary, combining human studies with in vivo or animal studies – the MRC also provides separate translational funding schemes specifically tailored to enable the experimental development of new treatments and diagnostics. Details of these funding opportunities are at: www.mrc.ac.uk/ Ourresear...

MRC Autism Research Forum Interventions in Autism

Aim: The aim of the forum was to bring academics in relevant disciplines together, to discuss the study of interventions in autism spectrum disorder research. The expectation was that these broad discussions would aid interested researchers to submit high quality proposals for research in areas that had been highlighted in the recent MRC Review of Autism: Causes and Epidemiology, but also to pr...

National survey of UK emergency endoscopy units.

Premedication before intubation in UK neonatal units.

AIMS To establish the extent and type of premedication used before intubation in neonatal units in the United Kingdom. METHODS A structured telephone survey was conducted of 241 eligible units. Units were subdivided into those that routinely intubated and ventilated babies (routine group) and those that transferred intubated and ventilated babies (transfer group). RESULTS Of the units conta...