For commercial sponsors, the Be Part of Research service connects you with over 700,000 research-ready volunteers across the UK. This proactive matching service identifies and outreaches to participants based on your specific eligibility criteria, including condition, demographics, and location.
The NIHR is organising a webinar Tuesday, 29 September 2026 (2:00-3:00 PM) to highlight how this high-intent volunteer pool can help you hit recruitment targets. You will gain practical insights into:
- Targeted recruitment: Align health conditions, therapy areas, and trial types with our capabilities.
- Diverse populations: Engage representative cohorts for inclusive research outcomes.
- Operational efficiency: Integrate Be Part of Research into your trial planning and hear how we manage volunteer outreach on your behalf.
- Fast feasibility: Analyse the appetite for research in specific conditions.
- New functionality: See a demonstration of our new pre-screener tool.
This session will be hosted by Professor Mike Lewis, NIHR Scientific Director for Innovation and will be joined by:
- Dr Clare Shaw – Head of Digital Stakeholder Engagement and Service Delivery, NIHR
- Ed Park – Senior Digital Engagement Manager, NIHR
- Moderna
- Yolande Birtwistle – Clinical Trial Manager, Boehringer Ingelheim
- Dr Samantha Yuille – Senior Clinical Project Manager, GlobalMinds