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Rhian Hughes appointed RI Co-Director
Rhian Hughes has been appointed Co-Director of the Research Institute for Primary Care & Health Sciences, reflecting the increasing scale and complexity of the Institute, which is internationally acclaimed as a world-leading centre for research into the causes, consequences and treatment of arthritis and related musculoskeletal conditions as they present to primary care.
This reputation has been recognised nationally through the award of Centre of Excellence status by Arthritis Research UK, the Queens Award for Higher & Further Education and membership of the NIHR School for Primary Care Research.
The Research Institute at Keele has grown from modest beginnings as the primary care research group established in the late 1990s by Peter Croft, Rhian Hughes, Elaine Hay and Julius Sim.
It now consists of over 120 FTE academic, research and support staff, the majority of whom are externally funded.
As well as the thriving research group, the Institute also hosts an NIHR Registered CTU, the Northern Spoke of the Research Design Service and a network of primary care practices covering Staffordshire and Cheshire that serve to link applied research directly with service delivery.
In her role as Co-Director, Rhian will continue to support the Director, Professor Elaine Hay, in delivering research programmes and provide overall leadership of the centres vast infrastructure and NHS networks, including the AHSN theme dealing with long term conditions.
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