As a business we’re driven by the knowledge that everything we do contributes to better health outcomes, both indirectly - in placing the talent to achieve our clients’ missions - and directly, enabling more informed decision-making through investment in patient-focused initiatives through our Impact Program.
Our Impact Program sees us directly investing in patient-focused initiatives. We kickstarted this in 2021 and have made clear that we intend this to be part of our commitment to the sector we operate in moving forwards. The criteria for our projects is that they must fulfil an unmet need, whether that is a shortage of knowledge, data, discussion or practical implementation on important issues within the health or life science sector.
Our first project, “An Emotional Odyssey” covered research into the psychological impact, to not only patients but also to their support networks upon receiving a rare disease diagnosis. We have also help support research into the issues around age inclusivity within clinical trials under our “Trial & Error” project.
We aren’t a big player when it comes to some of the giant companies operating in the life science space, so are mindful that our support could be a drop in the ocean. But that doesn’t put us off! Our grant criteria are broad, and we’re particularly interested to hear about any areas that are currently underrepresented. Do you have a patient-focused project within your organization that would provide great benefit to patients but is unable to be commercially funded? If so. we want to hear about it.