Congratulations
Professor Nusrat Husain
NIHR SENIOR INVESTIGATOR AWARD
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Nusrat Husain consultant psychiatrist (EIS) and Associate Medical Director for research at LSCFT as an NIHR Senior Investigator in the 2021 round of awards. 31 new appointments were made this year, and there are a total of 234 Senior Investigators across the NIHR. Researchers are appointed as Senior Investigators due to their outstanding contribution to clinical and applied health and social care research.
NIHR Senior Investigators are among the most prominent and prestigious researchers funded by the NIHR and the most outstanding leaders of patient and people-based research within the NIHR research community.
Professor Husain has contributed to ethnic minority research nationally on the NIHR funded ROSHNI2 clinical trial for the treatment of postnatal depression in British South Asian women and is a leading and passionate researcher in this field. Professor Husain is also the Chief Investigator for the SCIMITAR+ trial which is referred to as a ‘hard to reach’ group.
Psychiatric Academic Researcher
of the year Award
ROYAL COLLEGE OF PSYCHIATRISTS
Professor Nusrat Husain (PI) received the academic researcher of the year award at a ceremony held in London for the Royal College of Psychiatrists awards to recognise his work on this project and the work leading to and since the project within the field of maternal depression and related areas. The award has been recognised in various press releases and has led to discussions for community and media related work to commence in 2017.
A Consultant Psychiatrist in Lancashire has been awarded an important regional award for his work in mental health.
Professor Nusrat Husain from Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust has been awarded the Clinical Research Role Model of the Year award at the prestigious North West Coast Research and Innovation Awards 2017.
Nusrat’s nomination described his dedication to addressing inequalities in access to health care and clinical insightfulness as a research leader.
Clinical Research Role Model of the year
Professor Nusrat Husain (CI) was nonimated by a team member for the NIHR North West Coast Research and Innovation Awards 2017 for the award of ‘Clinical Research Role Model of the Year’ award He was shortlisted and received the award at a ceremony in February 2017. The award recognised his work in addressing the mental health inequalities in the UK and his major talent is his insight as a research leader this is reflected by his translational work addressing areas of public health importance such as depression and self-harm which disproportionately affect low income British South Asian women. The award has led to numerous press releases about the award were published across newspapers within the North West Coast region and have led to organisations and professionals making contact for further detail on the study.
Shortlist for Research and Quality Improvement Award
Alexandra Health Visiting Team
ROHSN12 is a National Institute of Health Research funded project exploring the treatment of postnatal low mood in British South Asian women. The rates of postnatal depression for these ladies is higher than the general population and can cause disability and suffering in women and have negative consequences for their families.
The project compares women who have treatment as usual for postnatal low mood compared to women participating in the Positive Health Programme. This programme is a group of cognitive therapy based interventions that have been culturally adapted. The project seeks to determine how clinically and cost effective the culturally adapted group is for British South Asian Women.
The Alexandra Health Visitors have worked in collaboration with the Research Associate and Lead for Bolton in actively recruiting mothers to the project. The difficulty for researchers has been how to access mothers and it was agreed that the lead for Bolton could attend the local Well Baby Clinics alongside the health visiting team in order to make introductions in a safe environment. The Alexandra Health Visitors have actively encouraged referrals to the project as previously there has been a gap in providing emotional support for those from ethnic minorities.
Walport Clinical Senior Lecturer
Prof Husain received the first Walport Clinical Senior Lecturer award in psychiatry which was from November 2006 till the end of 2011. The award helped Prof Husain to establish myself as a leader in global mental health and cultural psychiatry.
