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We offer high-quality supervision
with international experts, a
varied external and internal
seminar programme alongside
dynamic training programmes and
dedicated workshops covering
reviewing, epidemiology, trials,
social science and prognosis
research.
Our flourishing MPhil/PhD
programme, provide our students
with a supportive peer group and
access to a range of resources;
with our well-established
research programmes, we
focus on:
• Musculoskeletal Pain
• Osteoarthritis and Osteoporosis
• Inflammatory Arthritis
• Mental Health
• Prognosis research
As a student, you will receive
structured supervision from at
least two supervisors and we are
proud to say our completion rates
are excellent.
Our methodological strengths
in prognosis, biostatistics,
consultation epidemiology and
qualitative research methods
that are provide by us; supported
through our memberships that
include:
• The NIHR National School of
Primary Care Research – which
expands the research portfolio
through collaborations with
the other ‘National School
departments’.
• The NIHR Collaborations for
Applied Health Research and
Care West Midlands (CLAHRC WM).
• Arthritis Research UK Primary
Care Centre.
Our continuous aim is to deliver
UK leading, high quality research,
specifically designed to improve
the content, provision and
formation of primary care for the
benefit of patients with long-term
conditions. In doing so we strive
to evoke knowledge, expertise
and core skills to our students,
to lead with once they have
departed from Keele.
Making a difference
• Current research grants awarded
to the Centre total over £36
Million from major UK research
bodies (including NIHR, HTA and
Arthritis Research UK).
• Held the Queen’s Anniversary
Prize for Pioneering the early
prevention and treatment of
chronic pain.
• 91% of primary care research
has been judged as world leading
or internationally excellent by
the Universities UK Research
Excellence Framework (REF).
• The Institute holds an Athena
Swan Silver award
Recent grants include:
Our model for postgraduate
training, alongside our strong
track record in gaining NIHR
research grants, underpins our
success in gaining additional NIHR
Clinical Academic Fellowships
and Lectureship posts in open
NIHR competition. This reflects
our expertise in developing
research-training schemes that
are embedded in our prestigious
funded programmes of research,
and which are complementary to
clinical training pathways.
To progress with your Postgraduate
Research, contact us now:
T: +44 (0) 1782 733 891
E: [email protected]
keele.ac.uk/pchs
keele.ac.uk