Wounds Research Programme
Wounds Research Network (WReN). Bringing together the UK's skin health and wound research community
High-quality research is what’s needed to solve skin and wound challenges.
It’s research that underpins clinically proven and cost-effective skin and wound solutions. The UK research community is highly active in skin health wounds research, but there was no unifying organisation to link research-active individuals and communities with each other and with research-active NHS centres. That’s why we helped create the Wounds Research Network (WReN)
WReN has an Annual Scientific Meeting, which provides a platform for shared learning about innovation in the design, conduct and delivery of wounds research throughout the UK. This year’s meeting is running alongside the Society’s Annual Conference at Hampden Park, Glasgow on the 18th May 2022
Wounds Research Network Programme
Baird Suite
08.00 – Scientific Symposium – Let’s get back on track! – Negative Pressure Wound Therapy – Claire Porter
09:05 – Opening Welcome & Introduction – Professor Jane Nixon
09:20 – Leg ulcer management: service change following the EVRA trial – Professor Alun Davies
09:35 – Pressure ulcer risk assessment – barriers and levers to national and international implementation – Dr Susanne Coleman
09:50 – The Impact of NIHR funded research on the care of venous leg ulcers – Professor Jo Dumville
10:05 – SSI: Challenging the established evidence with large multicentre trials – and what happens if no benefit is found – Professor Tom Pinkney
10:30 Q&A – All
10.45 – Break
11:30 – The Vascular James Lind Alliance priority setting process – identifying priorities for wounds research – Judith Long
11:50 – Picking the right project: The British Neurosurgical Trainee Research Collaborative (BNTRC) experience – Aswin Chari
12:10 – How do we define a future RCT of reconstructive surgery for severe pressure ulcers? – Professor Jo Dumville
12:30 – Involving service users and carers in priority setting – Delia Muir
12:50 – Q&A – All
13.00 – Lunch
14:00 – New Trials – funded and in development – collaborative working – Professor Ian Chetter
14:12 – The CHEETAH International Cluster RCT of glove and instrument change for wound closure to reduce SSI rates in patients undergoing abdominal surgery – Professor Tom Pinkney
14:24 – WHITE/PRESSURE3: World Hip Trauma Evaluation – Pressure ulcer prevention 3; A randomised clinical trial assessing early use of heel specific adjunct devices for heel pressure ulcer prevention in people with a fractured hip – Dr Clare Greenwood
14:36 – Peripheral arterial disease diagnostics in people with diabetes – Mr Usman Jaffer
14:48 – Q&A – All
15.00 – Break
15.30 – Free Paper – Methods to handle missing data for pressure ulcer prevention clinical trials – Isabelle Smith
15.40 – Reducing surgical site infection rates in colorectal surgery – A quality improvement approach to implementing a comprehensive bundle – Mr George Ramsay
16.00 – Trial Forge, INCLUDE Frameworks and designing trials that better reflect the diversity of the communities they serve – Professor Shaun Treweek
16.20 – Getting your research funded – tips and tricks – Professor Tom Pinkney
16.40 – Q&A – All
