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Accelerometer measured physical activity and the incidence of cardiovascular disease: Evidence from the UK Biobank cohort study
Rema Ramakrishnan, Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Nuffield Department of Women’s and Reproductive Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing
Affiliations Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, National Institute of Health Research Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Oxford University Hospitals NHS F
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A London university is set to pilot a new post-doctoral bridging scheme that aims to support nurses, midwives and allied health professionals to develop their clinical academic careers after completing a PhD.
Those behind the scheme told
Nursing Times they hoped it would bring benefits to individual career pathways, patient outcomes and to the NHS as a whole.
“Having this scheme brings benefits to patient outcomes, patient experiences, individual career trajectories, but also to the NHS”
Suzanne Bench
London South Bank University (LSBU) has been awarded funding from national body Health Education England to trial the new programme, starting in February 2021.