1. Closing remarks Professor Priscilla Harries Head Of Department- Clinical Sciences Brunel University London
NWLondon Healthcare Symposium
21st September
Lecture Centre 164, Skempton Building, ICL

2. Clinical academic careers
Some ideas on how to get there and what you may end up doing….

3. Clinical experience and research training
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4. Enquiring mind, risk taker and open minded to opportunity
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5. You have to like being busy!
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6. Get some funding Start small…Prioritising referrals (5K)
Higher Education Academy: Subject centre for Health Sciences and Practice £5000. “Randomized controlled trial to test the effectiveness of a referral prioritization decision training tool for student occupational therapists”. ( ). Imperial College Healthcare Charity (£12,627) 9FEC £27,812). Prioritisation of referrals for dietetic acute adult services. October July 2015.

7. Link with more experienced researchers Detecting Elder Financial Abuse
Co-investigator. Cross council grant. New Dynamics of Ageing cross-council programme ( ), “Detecting and preventing financial abuse of older adults: An examination of decision-making by managers and professionals in health, social care, banking.” Grant ref RES £268, (£286,527 FEC £325,878) Co-investigator Joseph Rountree Foundation £28,000. “Risk, trust and relationships in an ageing society”. February- June Principal Investigator. ESRC follow on grant £92,743 (FEC £115,929). Developing decision training tools to enhance the ability of professionals to detect and prevent financial elder abuse. September 2011 –August Co-Investigator. Dawes Trust Charity £98,388. A study of the prevalence and nature of financial abuse of those lacking mental capacity. December July 2016.

8. Go international…. Assessing clinical fitness to drive
Harries, PA.  and Unsworth, CU.   (2015)   'Driving and community mobility (I): clinical assessment of fitness to drive'. British Journal of Occupational Therapy. pp. 71 - 72. doi:  /  
Harries P.A Principal Investigator. UK College of Occupational Therapists Reseach Foundation. £79,975 (FEC Development of a web-based decision aid to assist occupational therapists to make optimal fitness-to-drive decisions for disabled and older drivers. September 2012 – August 2015 .

9. Collaborate with other disciplines… Community Mobility and Access
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Principal Investigator. £125,000. Motability 10th Anniversary Trust Fund. Scoping our future research priorities. May October Co-Investigator AUS$25,000. Public Transport Victoria. Understanding mobility aid users access on public transport. August-December 2015 Expert Consultant to Department of Transport The Blue Badge Scheme Local Authority Guidance (England), Invited member of the Forum of Mobility Centres' Expert Research Panel (2013- current).
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10. Specialist in method or topic
Specialist in method or topic? Expertise and Decision Making: Clinician, Patient, Carer.
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End of Life Care Marie Curie Programme Grant. Improving care, assessment, communication and training at the end-of- life (I-CAN-CARE), UCL. Commencing October Patient engagement in screening Barts and The London Charity £75,000. Better health for people with rare endocrine disorders: promoting patient engagement in regular screening. October 2016-Sept 2019 Assessing visual stress Dyslexia Research Foundation. Using coloured filters to reduce the symptoms of visual stress in children with reading delay
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11. What can it lead to … Aspects of the career
Expert Advisor on legislation change
Grant reviewing
Chairing Editorial Boards

12. What roles could you take
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Teaching
Strategic Leadership/ management
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13. Give something back Provide Mentorship – help others to get there too
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14. Find what you are good at and ‘lean in’ Success will snowball….