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Fellowships and training

We offer a number of research fellowship awards each year to the medical community. They are open to UK DCTN members based in the UK who are interested in developing their clinical research and appraisal skills.  

Please join the Network in order to qualify for our fellowships. It is FREE to join.

Individual Fellowships

The research fellowships include the following activities, to be undertaken over a 2-3 year period:

• Three-day dermato-epidemiology course: Getting to grips with evidence based dermatology
• Three-day visit to the UK DCTN co-ordinating centre in Nottingham
• Joining the UK DCTN Steering Committee (3 meetings per year)
• Targeted reading curriculum led by Professor Beth Stuart. 
• One-day Evidence Based Update Meeting (skin disease topic is different each year)

Application deadline:  5pm Monday 5th October 2026

All enquiries to: Carron Layfield email: ukdctn@nottingham.ac.uk Please see 'More information' links below.