Summer Shorts are intended as short, introductory sessions that will fit round your time commitments.

Join Prof Mary Wells, Director of GSTT ACORN and Professor of Practice (Cancer Nursing) at Imperial College London, and Dr Maria Kramer, Careers Consultant for Researchers, King's Careers & Employability, to work together on strategies to find time for research as a clinician. 

You are invited to attend for the first 30 minutes; we will stay online for a further 15 minutes for more individual Q&A.

Who should attend:

• All healthcare professional researchers need support in speaking to managers about finding time for research
• Those who are interested in finding out about funding schemes to support clinicians doing research

What you will get out of attending this session:

• Information on the wider policy picture for research in healthcare settings to help you with your case
• Strategies for approaching your manager to request time for research
• Examples of how other researchers have successfully requested time for research

Our presenters

Prof Mary Wells is the Director of Nursing for Research and Academic Leadership at Guys and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and a Professor of Practice in Cancer Nursing at Imperial College. From Nov 2017 to July 2025 she was the Deputy Director of Nursing for Research at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. Mary's main research interest is cancer rehabilitation and survivorship. She has a particular interest in the nursing contribution to cancer care and in improving patient-reported outcomes and experiences. She has methodological expertise in qualitative and complex interventions research, including RCTs and the study of context.

Dr Maria Kramer has just joined the Careers Consultants for Researchers team as a maternity cover for Dr Lindsay Parker. She joins from LSE where she was a Careers Consultant with LSE Careers and where she also completed a PhD in medical sociology at the LSE Sociology Department. 

Registration

Register for the webinar here.

Accessibility

KCATO aims to provide an inclusive environment for everyone who attends our events to enable participation for all. If you have any special requirements such as alternative communication/ presentation access needs, please let us know at kcato@kcl.ac.uk