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What the SPRUSD programme is about

In September 2008 skin research received a huge boost as part of a £2 million research funding award to the Centre of Evidence Based Dermatology by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), under the Programme Grants for Applied Research. This work is being co-ordinated through the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, and involves collaboration between a wide range of researchers, doctors and patients.
The programme of research is all about “Setting priorities and reducing uncertainty for people with skin disease.” The research covers five disease areas, which include:

• Eczema prevention
• Eczema treatment
• Skin cancer
• Vitiligo
• Pyoderma gangrenosum

The research is taking place over five years, and is built around the concept of a “Research Cycle”. This starts by looking at existing research evidence, identifying the gaps in our knowledge, and then starting to design future research that can answer these questions.

 

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