DRWF Research: Diabetes charity awarded best practice in medical and health research peer review

DRWF has received the award for best practice in medical and health research as part of the Association of Medical Charities (AMRC) peer review audit. 

The AMRC Peer Review Audit is carried out every five years and is a requirement of AMRC membership. 

DRWF is a member of the AMRC, a membership body representing the leading medical and health research charities who deliver high-quality research that saves and improves lives. 

Working with member charities and partners, AMRC aims to support voluntary sector effectiveness and advance medical research by developing best practice, providing information and guidance, improving public dialogue about research and science, and influencing government. 

As a member, we subscribe to AMRC’s criteria for the use of peer review for allocating funding and support AMRC position statements on the payment of indirect costs in universities and the use of animals in medical research which seeks to replace, refine and reduce the use of animals in research. 

Our annual funding round is offered through open competition, and as such, enables funded researchers to access support for both indirect and direct costs of research via the Charity Research Support Fund (CRSF) and NIHR Clinical Research Networks AcoRD agreement. 

In recent months DRWF has recruited a further eight Research Advisory Board members, they are: 

• Professor Susan Ozanne – University of Cambridge 
• Professor Robert Semple – University of Edinburgh 
• Professor Ketan Dhatariya – University of East Anglia 
• Mr John Casey – University of Edinburgh 
• Dr Vicky Salem – Imperial College London 
• Dr Katharine Owen – University of Oxford 
• Professor Mirela Delibegovic – University of Aberdeen 
• Professor Deborah Christie – University College London 

More details about the DRWF Research Advisory Board