We were delighted to welcome Professor Kathy Rowan to HSRU to present this year's Adrian Grant Memorial Lecture.
Professor Rowan gave us her reflections on the future of health services research highlighting key areas for consideration and left us feeling energised and enthused for the future of health services research.
Professor Kathy Rowan founded ICNARC, an independent, not-for-profit, scientific organisation to facilitate improvements in the structure, process, outcomes and experiences of critical care - for patients and for those who care for them. ICNARC manages a broad programme of clinical audit and clinical/health services research, nationally and internationally. ICNARC were instrumental in providing time critical data throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic which informed decision making across sectors. Professor Rowan is currently the Director of the NIHR Health and Social Care Delivery Research Programme, which aims to produce rigorous and relevant evidence to improve the quality, accessibility and organisation of health and social care services.
Professor Adrian Grant was the HSRU Director from 1994 to 2007 and an advocate and visionary within evidence based health services research. During his 13 years’ tenure, the unit trebled in size, carrying out studies in areas such as incontinence, hernia repair, hip replacement and the role of vitamin D in the prevention of fractures. You can read more on Adrian here - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2015/nov/02/adrian-grant-obituary