About PRIME

Paediatric Research In Manchester, England (PRIME) was set up to connect paediatric doctors across the North West of England and support them in participating and initiating research for child health.

Our aim is to demystify the pathways into research and make research accessible to everyone regardless of prior experience or specialty area of interest.

Research improves care for children and is fundamental to medical progress. We want to help trainees and consultants in the region to undertake good research projects. From single case reports or retrospective observational reviews to phase I/II interventional clinical trials - we have a team ready to support you!

Our network will connect you with experienced researchers and other enthusiastic healthcare professionals to help you answer novel questions and improve the way we work.

We will offer educational opportunities, project links, support and signpost those of you interested in pursuing an academic career. This is a space for everyone - get involved!

Who We Are

PRIME was established by co-chairs Dr Chris Worth and Dr Aimee Donald, paediatric trainees working at Royal Manchester Children's Hospital as research fellows at differing stages of their clinical academic careers. Neither had much research experience before embarking on higher degrees and as early trainee doctors never imagined they would aspire to long-term clinical academic positions.

In recognition of the unmet needs and under representation of paediatricians in clinical research and the barriers faced by trainee doctors in developing research skills and undertaking meaningful research projects, PRIME was formed.

See below for the new committee!

NEWSLETTER COORDINATOR Recruitment open for those interested in creating our monthly newsletter. Suited to a ST1-ST3 paediatric doctor in the North West- some tech experience would likely be helpful, but not necessary. Email at paediatricresearchnw@gmail.com if interested.	Dr Sameera Auckburally CO-CHAIR Sameera is an ST5 GRID Registrar in Paediatric Diabetes and Endocrinology. She has completed a Master's in Clinical Research, using her qualitative research experience to publish on families' experiences with continuous glucose monitoring in patients with congenital hyperinsulinism, alongside her academic paediatric training. She has gained further clinical and research experience as the Clinical Fellow for Congenital Hyperinsulinism at RMCH.	Dr Conor O'Neill CO-CHAIR Conor is an ST5 paediatric trainee. He has a keen interest in oncology and is currently working at Royal Manchester Children's Hospital. He has recently completed a Master's in Clinical Research.
Dr Bilal Rehman PROJECT ASSESSOR In this role Bilal will help trainees and research teams think about their project ideas to get the best results. He'll work with the rest of the committee to make sure the right trainees are matched to the most suitable projects.	Dr Adriana Stefan MEDIA LEAD Adriana is an ST5 paediatric trainee, currently working in PICU at RMCH. She has a keen interest in critical care. She is in charge of creating the monthly PRIME newsletters, with the aim of making evidence-based paediatrics more accessible and celebrating colleagues' achivements across the network.	Dr Bethany Greenwood PROJECT COORDINATOR / NEONATAL RESEARCH ADVISOR Beth is a neonatal clinical research fellow working at St. Mary's Hospital. Her role is to assess projects and link trainees with relevant supervisors and projects.
AUDIT COORDINATOR Recruitment open! This role would involve liaising with all of the different paediatric units in the North West to set up our regional obesity audit in each centre. This would suit a senior paediatric doctor (likely to have links with many hospitals after all the different rotations within our deanery!) Get in touch via our email if you would like to be involved.	EDUCATION LEAD In the process of recruiting! Get in touch via email if you are interested in the role - it would involve coordinating with the national TREES network to provide research education for NW paediatric doctors.	Dr Chris Worth PRIME CO-CHAIR Chris is a paediatric endocrinology GRID trainee after completing a PhD in Congenital Hyperinsulinism. Chris is also the co-founder of PRIME. To find out more about his journey into research take a look at the academic careers page or click anywhere here!
Dr Aimee Donald PRIME CO-CHAIR Aimee is an academic clinical lecturer/paediatric neurology GRID trainee. She is the co-founder of PRIME and you can find out about her journey into research by visiting the academic careers page (or click here!).

About PRIME

Who We Are

NEWSLETTER COORDINATOR

Recruitment open for those interested in creating our monthly newsletter. Suited to a ST1-ST3 paediatric doctor in the North West- some tech experience would likely be helpful, but not necessary. Email at paediatricresearchnw@gmail.com if interested.

Dr Sameera Auckburally

Dr Conor O'Neill

CO-CHAIR Conor is an ST5 paediatric trainee. He has a keen interest in oncology and is currently working at Royal Manchester Children's Hospital. He has recently completed a Master's in Clinical Research.

Dr Bilal Rehman

PROJECT ASSESSOR In this role Bilal will help trainees and research teams think about their project ideas to get the best results. He'll work with the rest of the committee to make sure the right trainees are matched to the most suitable projects.

Dr Adriana Stefan

Dr Bethany Greenwood

PROJECT COORDINATOR / NEONATAL RESEARCH ADVISOR Beth is a neonatal clinical research fellow working at St. Mary's Hospital. Her role is to assess projects and link trainees with relevant supervisors and projects.

AUDIT COORDINATOR

EDUCATION LEAD

In the process of recruiting! Get in touch via email if you are interested in the role - it would involve coordinating with the national TREES network to provide research education for NW paediatric doctors.

Dr Chris Worth

PRIME CO-CHAIR Chris is a paediatric endocrinology GRID trainee after completing a PhD in Congenital Hyperinsulinism. Chris is also the co-founder of PRIME. To find out more about his journey into research take a look at the academic careers page or click anywhere here!

Dr Aimee Donald

PRIME CO-CHAIR Aimee is an academic clinical lecturer/paediatric neurology GRID trainee. She is the co-founder of PRIME and you can find out about her journey into research by visiting the academic careers page (or click here!).