Northern Addiction Research Alliance (NARA)
The Northern Addiction Research Alliance (NARA) is a collaborative network to increase leadership and participation in public health and clinical applied health addiction research across the Northern region of England.
Project summary
The Challenge
Increasing the impact of services for those with addictions through applied research.
The Approach
A collaborative alliance to increase participation in public health and clinical applied health addiction research across Northern England supported by data science and AI.
The Outcome
An established alliance focussed on addiction research and an associated funding opportunities webpage.
Institutes and centres
Lead academics
Project funded by
The Challenge
The Northern region of England experiences the highest rates of prevalence for alcohol dependence, deaths from drug misuse and smoking attributable mortality. Following the publication of the Independent Review of Drugs, increasing the impact of services through adoption of applied research has become an urgent public health priority.
The Approach
A clinical-academic alliance hosted by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Research (CAMHR) and funded by NIHR Regional Research Delivery Network to support:
- An increase in the leadership and participation in public health and clinical applied addiction research across the Northern Region of England
- Promote research applications led by members of NARA
- Provide opportunities to develop early- and mid-career researchers and support further embedded research opportunities
- Encourage the adoption of evidence-based commissioning and evaluation of addiction service
- Facilitate evidence into practice through clinical engagement
This approach will be supported by artificial intelligence (AI) to identify research funding opportunities related to addiction.
Research team
Professor Thomas Phillips
Director, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Research
James Ekpa
Research Assistant in Artificial Intelligence, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Research
Get in touch
For more information about NARA's work or to ask any questions, email us at NARA-CAMHR@hull.ac.uk.
The Impact
An established alliance focussed on addiction research, supported by a bespoke funding opportunities webpage updated monthly.
Resources
Access guidance, policy documents and more.
Funding Opportunties
Visit the NARA funding opportunities site to find projects that may be of interest to you, or get in touch to find out more about our work.
