On 10th April the afternoon preceding the Diagnostics North East conference, the NIHR Newcastle In Vitro Diagnostics Co-operative (Newcastle MIC) will host a workshop to give some insights in the key steps and methods for evidence generation for clinical tests and medical devices. At the end of the workshop attendees will have a clearer idea of how to conduct research to aid generation of the evidence required to support adoption within the NHS. The workshop will be held in the Biomedicine West Wing Lecture Theatre.

The Programme for the afternoon session is below:

13:00 - 13:15 Introduction to the day and to the evidence development pathway
Delivered by Sara Graziadio (NIHR Newcastle MIC)

13:15 - 13:50 Defining the value propositions: care pathway analysis
Delivered by Will Jones (NIHR Newcastle MIC)

13:50 – 14:30 Statistical approaches to evaluating diagnostic tests
Delivered by Kevin Wilson (School of Mathematics, Statistics and Physics) and Clare Lendrem (NIHR Newcastle MIC)

14:30 - 15:10 Health economic evaluations in diagnostics
Delivered by Eoin Moloney and Dimitrios Tzelis (Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University)

15:10 - 15:30 Coffee break

15:30 - 16:10 Systematic literature reviews and evidence synthesis
Delivered by Lynn Barron-Millar and Patience Kunonga (Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University)

16:10 – 16:50 Clinical studies: from funded application to study closure
Delivered by Lisa Shaw (Stroke Research Group, Newcastle University)

16:50 - 17:00 Conclusions

17:00 - 17:30 Drinks reception

You may also be interested in attending Diagnostics North East on 11th April at the Centre for Life. Further details about the conference can be found here:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/diagnostics-north-east-conference-2019-diagnostics-development-in-practice-registration-53602622888

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