Topic Specific and Primary Care Research Networks

There are eight Topic Specific and Primary Care Research Networks which cover some or all of the Cheshire and Merseyside CLRN area:

Merseyside and Cheshire Cancer Research Network

Lead: Dr Peter Clark
Manager: Jennifer Almond/Pat Gillis

Contact:
Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology
Bebington
Wirral
Merseyside
CH63 4JY
Email: jenny.almond@ccotrust.nhs.uk/pat.gillis@ccotrust.nhs.uk

Greater Manchester and Cheshire Cancer Research Network

Lead: Professor Nigel Bundred
Manager: Sue Dyde/Zoe Coombe

Contact:
Greater Manchester SHA
2nd Floor, Gateway House
Piccadilly South
Manchester
M60 7LP
Email: sue.dyde@christie.nhs.uk/zoe.coombe@christie.nhs.uk 

North West Diabetes Research Network

Lead: Professor Martin Gibson
Manager: Jan Cashen (acting Manager covering Sue Wood on maternity leave)

Contact:
Room B202, First Floor
Clinical Sciences Building
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
Stott Lane
Salford
M6 8HD
Email: birchall@liverpool.ac.uk

North West Stroke Research Network

Lead: Dr Pippa Tyrrell
Manager: Dr Judy Ford

Contact:
Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
Clinical Sciences Building
Hope Hospital
Stott Lane
Salford
M6 8HD
Email: judy.ford@nhs.net

North West Dementias and Neurodegenerative Diseases Research Network

Lead: Dr Jane Byrne
Manager: Lynne Owen

Contact:
Arrowe Park Hospital
Arrowe Park Road
Wirrall
Merseyside
CH49 5PE
Email: lynne.owen@dendron.org.uk

North West Mental Health Research Hub

Lead: Dr Richard Gater
Manager: Moira Winters

Contact:
The LANTERN Centre
VIcarage Lane
Off Watling Street Road
Fulwood
Preston
PR2 8DY
Email: moira.winters@lancashirecare.nhs.uk

Cheshire, Merseyside and North Wales Medicines for Children Research Network

Lead: Dr Matthew Peak and Dr Jo Blair
Manager: Dr Charlie Orton

Contact:
1st Floor
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Eaton Road
Liverpool
L12 2AP
Email: charlie.orton@alderhey.nhs.uk

North West Primary Care Research Network

Lead: Professor Mark Gabbay
Manager: Vicky Wilkinson

Contact:
R&D Department
NHS Halton and St Helens
Suite 1, Unit 1H
Midwood House
Midwood Street
Widnes
WA8 6BF
Email: vicky.wilkinson@hsthpct.nhs.uk

Last updated: 22 September 2009