CHIR Events

23 May 2022 - 13.15-14.15 BST: Research Seminar: What works in implementing proactive primary care

We have looked into what works in implementing UCLPartners' Proactive Care Frameworks across primary care systems in England. Join us at this research seminar hosted by City's School of Health and Psychological Sciences at which we will present the findings from our evaluation. You can join the free seminar online or in person.

10 May 2022: Webinar: Evaluating the pilot implementation of UCLPartners Proactive Care Frameworks
We have looked into what works in implementing UCLPartners' Proactive Care Frameworks across primary care systems in England. Join us at this joint webinar hosted together with UCLP at which we will present the evaluation findings.

Watch the recording of the webinar:

Read the full evaluation report here

Read the summary here

14 March 2022 - 2.00-3.30 pm: CHIR Collaborative Meeting on the role of health innovation in reducing inequalities (hybrid)

Join us for the next CHIR Collaborative Meeting for an informal discussion around the role of health innovation and inequalities. The CHIR Collaborative is a network of City, University of London scholars at any level who are interested in health innovation, implementation, or improvement research. At the CHIR Collaborative Meeting, you can share research results or receive feedback and advice from City colleagues on your ideas/proposals for research projects, grant applications, or publications in the area of health innovation and implementation research – we are discussing 2-3 proposals at each meeting. If you are a City scholar interested in joining the CHIR Collaborative, please get in touch.

7 March 2022 - 13.15-14.15 GMT (rescheduled): CHIR hosts research seminar with Dr Katie Rose Sanfilippo presenting her work on 'Using music to support maternal mental health in The Gambia'

Join us for the next research seminar at City's School of Health and Psychological Sciences featuring Dr Katie Rose Sanfilippo talking about her work on 'Using music to support maternal mental health in The Gambia'. She will discuss a research study that aimed to investigate the feasibility of implementing a community health intervention through music engagement (CHIME) to reduce symptoms of perinatal common mental disorders in The Gambia, and discuss a public engagement project to create and perform new musical material to inform the wider community about the importance of maternal mental health. The seminar will be held online and is free for all to attend. More information & registration.

13 April 2021: CHIR co-organises webinar with NIHR ARC North London on embedding healthcare innovations in challenging times
Join us for this interdisciplinary discussion, exploring case studies and drawing on lessons learned from implementing and diffusing health innovations during disruptive events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic.
Speakers: Professor Carl May, Professor of Medical Sociology, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), Innovation and Implementation Science theme lead, NIHR ARC North Thames, Dr Alexandra Ziemann, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Healthcare Innovation Research, City, University of London, Professor Rifat Atun, Professor of Global Health Systems. T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University
Chair: Dr Charitini Stavropoulou, Associate Professor in Health Services Research and Co-Director of Centre for Healthcare Innovation Research, City, University of London.

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4 March 2021: 11th CHIR Collaborative VIRTUAL Workshop I Pathways to Impact - How to communicate research findings to non-academic audiences
At the CHIR Collaborative workshop, you can receive feedback and advice from City colleagues on your ideas/proposals for research projects, grant applications or publications in the area of health innovation and implementation research – we are discussing 2-3 proposals at each meeting. This time we will focus on Pathways to Impact - How to communicate research findings to non-academic audiences. We will hear from Design Science on their work supporting academics in communicating their research findings. If you are a City scholar interested in joining the CHIR Collaborative, please get in touch.

3 November 2020: 10th CHIR Collaborative VIRTUAL Workshop | The Impact of COVID-19 on the implementation and spread of innovations
At the CHIR Collaborative workshop, you can receive feedback and advice from City colleagues on your ideas/proposals for research projects, grant applications or publications in the area of innovation and implementation research – we are discussing 2-3 proposals at each meeting. This time we will focus on the impact of COVID-19 on the implementation and spread of innovations. If you are a City scholar interested in joining the CHIR Collaborative, please get in touch .

17 September 2020: 9th CHIR Collaborative VIRTUAL Workshop on Patient and Public Involvement in Innovation Research
AAt the CHIR Collaborative workshop, you can receive feedback and advice from City colleagues on your ideas/proposals for research projects, grant applications or publications in the area of innovation and implementation research – we are discussing 2-3 proposals at each meeting. This time we will focus on Patient and Public Involvement in Innovation Research. If you are a City scholar interested in joining the CHIR Collaborative, please get in touch.

6 July 2020: 8th CHIR Collaborative VIRTUAL Workshop
At the CHIR Collaborative workshop, you can receive feedback and advice from City colleagues on your ideas/proposals for research projects, grant applications or publications in the area of innovation and implementation research – we are discussing 2-3 proposals at each meeting. If you are a City scholar interested in joining the CHIR Collaborative, please get in touch.

18 May 2020: 7th CHIR Collaborative VIRTUAL Workshop - COVID-19 related research edition
At the next CHIR Collaborative workshop which will be held virtually, you can receive feedback and advice from City colleagues on your ideas/proposals for research projects, grant applications or publications in the area of innovation and implementation research, with a special focus on COVID-19 related research. We are discussing 2-3 proposals at the meeting. If you are a City scholar interested in joining the CHIR Collaborative, please get in touch.

12 February 2020: 6th CHIR Collaborative Workshop
At the CHIR Collaborative workshop, you can receive feedback and advice from City colleagues on your ideas/proposals for research projects, grant applications or publications in the area of innovation and implementation research – we are discussing 2-3 proposals at each meeting. If you are a City scholar interested in joining the CHIR Collaborative, please get in touch.

12 December 2019, The Shard, London: Healthcare Management & Services Research Incubator
Join us at the Healthcare Management & Services Research Incubator offering mentoring on research in progress, co-organised with Warwick Business School, Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management, and BMJ Leader. Keynote speaker: Professor Sara Singer, Stanford University.
This event is open to academics conducting research in the context of health services and/or pharma, from any university/department, clinical researchers, applied policy researchers, and health-system based health services researchers.

28 November 2019: 5^th CHIR Collaborative workshop
At the CHIR Collaborative workshop, you can receive feedback and advice from City colleagues on your ideas/proposals for research projects, grant applications or publications in the area of innovation and implementation research – we are discussing 2-3 proposals at each meeting. If you are a City scholar interested in joining the CHIR Collaborative, please get in touch.

30 October 2019: Launch Event: Embedding Innovation in Healthcare

You are warmly invited to attend the Launch Event for the new interdisciplinary Centre for Healthcare Innovation Research (CHIR), based in Cass Business School & School of Health and Psychological Sciences, City, University of London. The focus of the centre's work is on the challenges of spreading and sustaining innovations in healthcare.

The event will set out CHIR's approach to these challenges, together with the valuable insights provided by distinguished speakers, drawn from research and practitioner communities in UK healthcare - Professor Trish Greenhalgh (University of Oxford) and Professor Marcel Levi (CEO, University College London Hospital)

Read the launch event news report .

Review the Launch Event presentation

CHIR Launch highlights and reflections

23 September 2019: 4^th CHIR Collaborative meeting
At the monthly CHIR Collaborative meeting, we are discussing 1-2 ideas/proposals for research projects, grant applications or publications in the area of embedding innovations, led by a City colleague. If you are a City scholar interested in joining the CHIR Collaborative, please get in touch.

6 June 2019: 3^rd CHIR Collaborative meeting
At the monthly CHIR Collaborative meeting, we are discussing 1-2 ideas/proposals for research projects, grant applications or publications in the area of embedding innovations, led by a City colleague. If you are a City scholar interested in joining the CHIR Collaborative, please get in touch.

8 May 2019: Innovation in Cancer Care – the journey to improving outcomes for all
The Centre for Healthcare Innovation Research (CHIR) and Bupa UK brought together some of the United Kingdom's leading healthcare practitioners and researchers for their first co-sponsored event on delivering innovation in cancer care.
Read a news article about the event.

2 April 2019: 2^nd CHIR Collaborative meeting
At the monthly CHIR Collaborative meeting, we are discussing 1-2 ideas/proposals for research projects, grant applications or publications in the area of embedding innovations, led by a City colleague. If you are a City scholar interested in joining the CHIR Collaborative, please get in touch.

13 February 2019: Inaugural CHIR Collaborative workshop
Collagues from CASS Business School and School of Health and Psychological Sciences interested in collaborating with CHIR on research activities around embedding innovations meet for the first time to help shape CHIR’s research agenda.