Researching public attitudes

Find out more about our current research projects by following the links below.

Participation in medical research
Qualitative research with healthy volunteers and cardiology patients about motivators, barriers and incentives to participation in medical research.

Teenagers’ information needs
MBRC research fellowship to explore teenagers’ information needs about participating in pharmacogenetics research.

Researching women’s views on ‘personalised’ risk for breast cancer.
Nowgen is part of a team developing a qualitative study that will look at how women view potential change to an established breast cancer screening programme.

Citizens’ Jury on young people’s views about free fetal DNA technology
Nowgen’s Public Programmes team is currently planning a Citizens’ Jury of young adults to look at the social and ethical implications of a new technology for non-invasive prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome.