09.00, Wednesday 20 June 2018
On 20 and 21 June 2018, the Academy hosted a two-day workshop together with the Medical Research Council (MRC, now part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)), the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), and Wellcome.
The workshop explored how best to support multimorbidity research in both the UK and in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), and follows the publication of an international policy report on this topic, by the Academy, in April 2018 - ‘Multimorbidity: a priority for global health research’.
The primary objective of the workshop was tp provide a platform to discuss key priorities for multimorbidity research, with the aim of identifying:
- Areas where research can have the most impact in addressing multimorbidity.
- Current barriers to performing and funding research, and ways in which they can be overcome.
- The methodological approaches needed to better enable multimorbidity research.
- The best mechanisms with which research funders can support research activity in this area.
Day 1 (20 June) was dedicated to exploring the challenges and opportunities facing multimorbidity research in the UK, while Day 2 (21 June) explored these issues within LMIC settings.
More information can be found by clicking here.
Advancing research to tackle multimorbidity: the UK and LMIC perspectives - agenda