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
NARA is a collaborative initiative led by the University of Hull’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Research and funded by NIHR Regional Research Delivery Network. Our mission is to strengthen public health and clinical applied addiction research across Northern England by harnessing the power of data science and artificial intelligence.
We aim to:
- Support an increase in the leadership and participation in public health and clinical applied addiction research across the North of England
- Increase the number of research applications led by members of NARA
- Encourage the adoption of evidence-based commissioning and evaluation of addiction service
- Facilitate evidence into practice through clinical engagement
We aim to achieve this through:
- The development of a network of addiction researchers working across the North of England
- Opportunities to develop early- and mid-career researchers
- The development of an AI-driven platform that curates and shares the latest funding opportunities relevant to NARA members
Combining University of Hull expertise with that of our partners and collaborators to increase the capacity of research across the region and nationally.
Research team
Prof Thomas Phillips
Chair, NARA | Director, CAMHR
Dr Philippa Case
Research Lead, NARA | Senior Research Fellow, CAMHR
Hope James Ekpa
Research Assistant, NARA | AI Developer
Sarah Capes
Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement Coordinator, NARA & CAMHR
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.
