MND Scotland LEARN Edinburgh

What is LEARN

The Lived Experience and Researcher Network (LEARN) is a project first run by MND Scotland in 2023. The 2023 pilot invited people with MND  to take tours of researcher’s labs and provided us with useful feedback to improved interactions between people with MND and researchers.

Our LEARN drop in coffee afternoon sessions, allow people with MND and supporters to meet and engage with local MND researchers, to learn more about their work. Our belief is that the input and viewpoints of those with lived experience should help to guide research. Building relationships between those with lived experience and researchers can help to make sure that research reflects the needs of people with or affected by MND.

We are organising local events in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee and Aberdeen, bringing together people affected by MND and local MND Scotland researchers. The purpose of these meetings is to form relationships, encouraging researchers to get to know the people they are helping.

Edinburgh LEARN Event

• Accessibility: Several street level entrances to shopping centre and lifts available to level 4. Spacious accessible bathroom located next to male and female bathrooms in main shopping centre, 2 minutes from event space.
• Parking: On site parking underneath the shopping centre with disabled parking pays. Parking operates on a first come basis.
• Travel: York place bus stops a 2 minute walk away which busses number 10 and 11 stop at. St Andrew’s Square tram stop is a 5 minute walk away.
• Presenting Researchers: Prof Tom Gillingwater/Dr Hannah Smith, Andrea Salzinger, Dr Marcus Keatinge

Click here to register your interest.

LEARN Introduction Online Webinar

To find out more about the format of these in-person drop-in events in Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh and Glasgow, and to give you an opportunity to ask any questions you may have about them, please join the MND Scotland research team at a webinar they are hosting at 12.30 pm on Friday, 26 July 2024 Click here to register your interest.