Research in the NHS, social care, and public health settings is under increasing pressure to demonstrate real-world impact. Yet many existing tools fail to capture impact effectively especially for research led by services, clinical academics, early-career teams, and research in rural or underserved areas.The VICTOR platform developed with NIHR funding in Yorkshire and Humber is the UK’s first online tool for real-time research impact assessment. It is already used by over 55 health and care organisations across the UK. Join us to find out more about VICTOR and how it can help you capture your research impacts.
Guest Speaker:
Dr Natalie Jones Clinical Academic Researcher, NIHR Post Doc Fellow and Research Impact Consultant.
AHP Clinical Manager Primary Care Sheffield
NIHR Pose Doctoral research Fellow Primary Care Doncaster & University of Sheffield Division of Population Health
Associate Lecturer Sheffield Hallam University
Guest Speaker Bio:
Dr Natalie Jones is a clinical academic Occupational Therapist with 30 years of NHS experience, specialising in clinical leadership, teaching, and applied health research. She holds a Master’s degree in Clinical Research and a PhD in Stroke Research.
Natalie co-developed the VICTOR research impact tool in 2017, which has since evolved into the UK’s first online research impact data collection platform in health care. Employed originally to implement VICTOR across Yorkshire and Humber, she has led its adoption in over 55 health and care organisations in the UK.
As the first Allied Health Professional Clinical Manager for Primary Care Sheffield GP Practices, Natalie combines clinical practice with leadership across nine GP practices. She is interested in building capacity for primary care research and has published several evaluations of the Additional Roles Reimbursement Scheme (ARRS).
She currently holds an NIHR Post-Doctoral Fellowship hosted by the University of Sheffield and is employed by Primary Care Doncaster and the ICS Primary Care Workforce and Training Hub. Natalie’s contributions have recently been recognised with the Chief Allied Health Professions Officer’s Award for Research and a Merit Award from the Royal College of Occupational Therapists for research impact and professional leadership.
