PRN Newsletter

The PRN newsletter will be sent out quarterly to all PRN members and will contain the latest news and activities of the PRN and the individual Interest Groups. This will also include links to resources, outputs and recordings.

4 September 2024 

From our Interest groups:

  • Public Involvement (PPI): A new interest group, aiming to share, compare and reflect on approaches to integrating public involvement within the co-design, delivery, and dissemination of prevention research. This will be lead by Rebecca Howell and Dr Rachel O’Donnell.
  • Management of Commercial Interactions in Research: After offering PRN members the opportunity to take over, Dr Gemma Mitchell has been appointed as the new lead, with Prof. Niamh Fitzgerald continuing in her role as senior support.
  • Impact-Oriented Research: Another Interest Group that is now under new leadership, with Dr Liz Such and Dr Pamela Rackow have been appointed to lead.
  • Systems thinking and complex systems: This group has created an online forum to connect colleagues from across the prevention research community interested in systems thinking and complex systems approaches to benefit public health. Take me to the Systems forum.

Events and Conferences:

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3 June 2024 

From our Interest groups:

  • Systems thinking and complex systems: This group has created an online forum to connect colleagues from across the prevention research community interested in systems thinking and complex systems approaches to benefit public health. Take me to the Systems forum.
  • Commercial sector interactions: Looking for new leadership, get in touch if you’re interested in joining.
  • Impact-oriented research: Looking for new leadership, get in touch if you’re interested in joining.

Events and Conferences:

2 March 2024 

From our Interest groups:

  • Systems thinking and complex systems: This group has created an online forum to connect colleagues from across the prevention research community interested in systems thinking and complex systems approaches to benefit public health. Take me to the Systems forum.
  • Commercial sector interactions: Looking for new leadership, get in touch if you’re interested in joining.
  • Impact-oriented research: Looking for new leadership, get in touch if you’re interested in joining.

Events and Conferences:

  • ‘Commercial sector interactions’ upcoming meeting: UKPRP practices and PRN policy on 26th March 2024, 10:00
  • ‘Systems thinking and complex systems’ upcoming meeting: The VISION Consortium on 2nd May 2024, 10:00
  • Sign up for the SPECTRUM Consortium Alcohol Knowledge Exchange workshop taking place in Edinburgh, January 2025
  • Register for the ActEarly Conference on 18th April, 2024
  • Join the meeting: System-based approaches to physical activity: Learning from applied research and active doing on 17th April 2024, 11:45
  • ESRC funding call: Transforming data collections infrastructure for social science. Closing date: 16 April 2024 4:00pm
  • A World Out There: NCD Prevention Research in the Global Health Policy Agenda. Watch the keynote presentation by Alison Cox on YouTube.

1 January 2024 

We’ve rebranded!

  • The Prevention Research Network (formerly UKPRP Community of Practice)
  • Interest Groups (formerly Development Themes)

From our Interest groups:

  • Commercial interactions: Next meeting – Tuesday 26th March 2024
  • Impact-oriented research: Get early access to the ‘Impact approaches of the UKPRP Consortia’ report
  • Systems thinking and complex systems: Upcoming 2024 webinar series

Events and Conferences: