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Today we announce the winners of #VCAward2021. Make sure you join us here live at 3pm! ✨ Cambridge University School of Biological Sciences Cambridge University - School of Arts & Humanities THIS Institute Faculty of Mathematics - University of Cambridge Cambridge Judge Engineering Dept Centre for the Study of Existential Risk Cavendish Laboratory Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) Cambridge Geography Cambridge Chemistry MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit

Jan W. van der Scheer THIS Institute Hughes Hall Jan’s research project, Building solutions together: improving management of maternity emergencies during #COVID19, found a way to mobilise the ingenuity and expertise of #NHS staff to adapt established processes for COVID scenarios.

You can read more about Jan’s #research and the work of THIS Institute here: thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/research-artic…

Congrats to all nominees & thrilled to have won a Cambridge University Public Engagement Vice Chancellor’s Award for Research Impact and Engagement! Read about the teamwork behind the winning project involving THIS Institute & many others: blog.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/co-designing-h…

Congratulations to THIS researcher Jan W. van der Scheer, winner of a prestigious Cambridge University Public Engagement Vice Chancellor’s Award for Research Impact and Engagement & congrats to all nominees. You can read about Jan’s collaborative research with healthcare staff on our blog. ths.im/3aiAOzf

Thank you @Ruth_Kern and indeed, so privileged to have such great colleagues THIS Institute!

Thanks so much, @jenniaburt - very enthusing also for our maternity work up ahead!

Thank you very much Primary Care Unit, University of Cambridge - work very much owing to such a fantastic network and department DPHPC to be able to do this type of research

Thank you Lisa Hinton - can't wait to work more with you and many others THIS Institute and beyond to build on this type of work.

Fantastic news! Hughes Hall Research Associate, Dr Jan van der Scheer Jan W. van der Scheer, has won the Cambridge University Public Engagement Vice-Chancellor’s Award 2021 for Early Career Researcher. The THIS Institute project, COVID-19: managing an obstetric emergency, is here 👉 thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/research-artic…

Come and join us - We have a great opportunity for a talented individual to join the Institute as a Coordinator and work across the different teams. Read more here: ths.im/3lgS9z0

Can't wait! Highly recommend #THISSpace2021 and this session in particular. Sign up for free here thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/events/this-sp…

Fascinating and most informative talk by Clifford Ko MD at #THISspace2021 THIS Institute! Thank you very much. Highly recommend registering and watching the recording if you've missed it!

Really important opportunity for #maternity professionals, as also highlighted by Wendy Randall, Sarah blackwell and many others from the ABC team with RoyalCollegeObsGyn, Royal College of Midwives 💙 & THIS Institute

Congratulations to our Director, Mary Dixon-Woods! It’s wonderful to see her dedication to improving women's healthcare recognised by RoyalCollegeObsGyn with an Honorary Fellowship.

Fantastic opportunity to highlight ABC maternity work to the Royal visitors, and such a great time with Lisa Hinton from THIS Institute, and @WendyRa77367806, Pauline Hewitt, Katie Cornthwaite, daniel wolstenholme and many others from Royal College of Midwives 💙 & @RCOG. Thank you to all!

Thank you to all involved in making this framework and paper possible, including Caitríona Cox @Ruth_Cousens Mary Dixon-Woods @jenniaburt James McGowan and others THIS Institute RAND Europe Faculty of Law, and through support of Wellcome, participants and other stakeholders

Much looking forward to the session and #THISspace2022! Register here: ths.im/3tJ8vE6

We very much hope this practical paper of THIS Institute and collaborators helps to make co-design and user-centred design more easy to do in healthcare improvement. Absolute pleasure to work with so many on this, including the case study with RoyalCollegeObsGyn and Royal College of Midwives 💙