Growing capacity and capability in healthcare improvement research is one of THIS Institute’s key goals. We’re achieving that goal through a fellowship programme where talented researchers lead high-quality studies that will advance the field.
Building on the improvement science programmes previously run by the Health Foundation, our programme offers fellows the opportunity to join a supported community of improvement researchers and develop their research leadership skills. Fellowships may be held at any UK university, and are available at three levels tailored to researchers’ specific career stage: PhD, Post-doctoral and Senior.
Who can apply
Our fellows will apply their skills to studying improvement in healthcare quality and safety and deliver the highest standards of research excellence.
Applications, which will be managed through applying universities, are welcomed from clinical and non-clinical professional backgrounds and from a wide range of disciplines. Alongside disciplines such as health services research, epidemiology, and social science, we’re looking for researchers who will contribute fresh thinking from fields within and beyond healthcare, including law, business studies, philosophy, engineering and many more. To be eligible, you’ll be required to show how your research will add to the evidence base and be relevant to the UK health system.
Dr Ruth Baxter
Post-doctoral 2021
Moving from theory to practice: Operationalising Resilient Health Care to improve patient safety
Dr Heather Cassie
Post-doctoral 2021
Developing Choosing Wisely (CW) methodology to improve quality and safety in healthcare: An exemplar of reducing low value care in dentistry
Dr Graham Pullin
Senior 2019
Co-design and a sense of ownership in rehabilitation services; disability-led design and improvement studies
Dr Clair Le Boutillier
Post-doctoral 2021
Coproducing personalised care in a digital age: using the Adversity, Restoration and Compatibility (ARC) framework to inform the co-design of a digital care planning tool for people with colorectal cancer.
Dr Anoop D. Shah
Post-doctoral 2018
Improving diagnosis recording for better patient care: case study in heart failure using natural language processing (project complete)
What we offer
Fellowship awards will include a salary/stipend, fees (where applicable) and research expenses. Though the fellowships are not Cambridge-based, the fellows will convene in Cambridge as part of THIS Community and will have access to a mentoring scheme.
