Unlock the secrets to successful scientific research with our comprehensive workshop - "Insightful Research Design."

This workshop is designed to empower researchers with essential research concepts and innovative strategies necessary for crafting robust and impactful research studies. Whether you're at the beginning of your research journey or looking to refine your methodology, this workshop will equip you with the tools needed to design studies that are ethical, valid, and reliable.

Through this interactive session, participants will learn to formulate research questions, differentiate between various research methods, and design experiments that stand up to scrutiny. By comparing laboratory-based and community-based studies, understanding the importance of sample size, and mastering statistical approaches, you'll gain the confidence to carry out research that contributes novel insights to your field.

Join us to elevate your research design skills and make your studies more insightful and impactful. Booking is essential.

Key Learning Outcomes:

• Formulate precise research questions and hypotheses to establish a strong research background.
• Distinguish between quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods approaches, and select the appropriate method for your study.
• Design experiments that are ethical, valid, and reliable, ensuring the integrity of your research.
• Compare and contrast laboratory-based studies with community-based research.
• Accurately calculate sample size and define the population for your study.
• Establish clear inclusion and exclusion criteria for participant selection.
• Develop effective recruitment strategies to ensure a representative sample.
• Interpret, process, and analyse experimental data with confidence.
• Implement a range of statistical approaches to support your research findings.
• Analyse real-life examples of research methodologies from published scientific studies.

Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your research design skills and take your scientific research to the next level 😊

Speaker: Professor Ahmad Alkhatib, Professor of Life Sciences, based in the Faculty of Health, Education and Life Sciences.

Professor Alkhatib is a world-renowned expert in lifestyle medicine with over 30 years of experience across academic, clinical, and industry roles. He currently leads the Public Health Cluster research at Birmingham City University, focusing on ageing, metabolic disease, and multimorbidity prevention. His research, which spans randomised trials and epidemiological cohort studies, has led to groundbreaking discoveries in reversing and managing chronic conditions such as obesity, type-2 diabetes, and vascular diseases.

Professor Alkhatib has secured over £10 million in research and academic funding and has published over 200 high-impact research outputs, including three books and sixteen book chapters. His work has influenced global health, sport, and nutrition policies. Additionally, he holds leadership roles such as an executive of the Asian Nutrition Society for Sport and Health (ANSSH), and is a Fellow of several prestigious institutions, including the Royal Society of Medicine (FRSM) and the Royal Society of Public Health (FRSPH).