Ahead of Research Week next week (9-12 September), the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Kent, Surrey and Sussex (ARC KSS) is pleased to announce the prize winners of the research poster competition.
Now in its fourth year, the 2024 poster competition recognises and celebrates research capacity impact in applied health and social care during the last five years. Research capacity building is a key aspect of developing the researcher journey in ARC KSS and the impact from these projects paves the way for the future of applied health and social care research in the region.
Researchers throughout the region, including health and social care professionals and academics, were invited to submit a poster. All entries were then considered by a panel of judges made up of members from the ARC KSS Organisation and Research CApacity Group (ORCA), the Developing Research Careers Group and ARC KSS Public Advisors.
Following 25 submissions, the judges awarded the following prizes:
Category of Pre-Doctoral Researcher
Winning poster prize given to the poster: The e-PICS Project: How e-Health facilitates early detection and care planning for survivors with Post Intensive Care Syndrome (PICS) by Mr Daniel Lai Jie, Professor Teresa Doliverira and Professor Sukhwinder Shergill, Canterbury Christ Church University.
Daniel Lai Jie said:
"It was a welcome surprise to be named one of the winners for this year's poster competition. Personally, the process of poster making has provided me a time to pause and reflect on how much the project has progressed since its ideation. I really appreciate the opportunity the ARC has given to showcase the exciting work being done in post-intensive care rehabilitation. Work made possible through the collaborative efforts between the university and critical care units across the KSS region. I am looking forward to sharing future findings and impact of this project in the next poster competition."
Runner-up prize was given to the poster: Exploring endometriosis and Physical Activity Engagement by Kate Day, University of Kent.
Highly Commended by the judges was the poster on: Kent Youth Research Network by Hannah Patton, Kent County Council - Kent Youth Research Network.
Category of Post-Doctoral Researcher
The judges awarded the winning prize to the poster: ASCOT-ER for Older People by R Mikelyte, J Caiels, S Rand, L Webster, E Field and A M Towers, University of Kent.
The runner-up prize was given to the poster: Co-designing guidance for inclusive Personal, Social, Health, and Economic (PSHE) education with and for autistic young people by Dr Devyn Glass, University of Sussex.
As part of the competition, entrants were also invited to apply to present their poster at a Visual Presentation with Expert Review (ViPER) session at the Research Symposium on 12 September. The following poster entries were selected:
- An Evaluation of Social Justice Learning in Nursing by Ini Afolayan, Dr Paula Kuzbit, Dr Toni Wright, Prof Doug MacInnes and Michelle England, Canterbury Christ Church University.
- Enhancing Paramedic Care of Head Injuries in Older Adults by Dr Jack Barrett. South East Coast Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust.
- To explore children, young people, families and wider stakeholders’ views, of attending nurse-led Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) medication clinics in the school setting by Gillian Middleditch, Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust.
- You can’t eat salad with a spoon…what social workers say they need by Claire Yates, Canterbury Christ Church University.
Dr Julie MacInnes, ARC KSS Capacity Building Co-Lead, said:
“We would like to congratulate all the researchers who entered this year’s research poster competition. The judging panel agreed that all entries were of a very high standard and reflected the quality of research taking place across Kent, Surrey and Sussex and its potential for making a real difference to developing research capacity and research careers in the region”
"As part of the programme of events all poster entries will be on display at our in-person Research Symposium on Thursday 12 September at the University of Surrey, Stag Hill Campus, Guildford, where the prize winners have been invited to present their research posters along with those selected for the ViPER session.
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