Multiple Long-Term Conditions (MLTC) Cross-NIHR Collaboration (CNC)

The Multiple Long-Term Conditions (MLTC) Cross-NIHR Collaboration (CNC) brings together NIHR's translational, applied and policy research infrastructure to respond to the NIHR Strategic Framework for MLTC Research. Working together with MLTC researchers, public contributors and wider stakeholders to tackle the MLTC research questions that could not be achieved without this cross-disciplinary collaborative endeavour. The collaboration will maximise the use of existing resources, leverage additional funding, attract commercial and non-commercial partners and collaborators, and build research capability, capacity and leadership in MLTC research. The MLTC CNC is led by Professor Avan Aihie Sayer, William Leech Professor of Geriatric Medicine at Newcastle University; Director of NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre and by Professor Kamlesh Khunti CBE, Professor of Primary Care Diabetes and Vascular Medicine at University of Leicester; Director of NIHR ARC East Midlands and National ARC Lead for MLTC.