Research

Find out how you can get involved with research, or how CLAPA can help you with your study.

CLAPA & Research

CLAPA is committed to strengthening links between the cleft community and cleft researchers. This includes keeping our community up to date about the latest research and how they can get involved, as well as helping researchers make their studies accessible to all.

We believe patient and public involvement (called ‘PPI’) in research is absolutely vital to make sure the right things are being studied in the right way, and we have been thrilled at the commitment of research teams in recent years to involving the cleft community at all stages of their work.

This section of the website goes through how people in the cleft community can get involved with research, both as a participant, and as part of a team evaluating how the research is designed in the first place. It also goes through how CLAPA can help researchers with involving patients and carers throughout the research process and with publicising their projects and making them more accessible to the cleft community.

Thanks

This section of the website was put together with the help of Dr Jules Scott, Consultant Orthodontist and Lead Clinician for cleft lip and palate at Plymouth Hospital. Many thanks to her and the other health and research professionals who made this section possible.

  • Latest Research opportunities

    See the latest research projects you can join as a participant or as part of a consultation group.

  • Join CLAPA Voices

    Join CLAPA Voices to be the first to hear about the latest opportunities from researchers as well as chances to feed into CLAPA"s work.

Projects and Resources

  • The CRANE Database

    The CRANE database records information about children and adults born with cleft lip and cleft palate in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

  • The Cleft Collective

    The Cleft Collective is one of the largest cleft lip and palate research programmes in the world.

  • Your Top 12 Questions

    The top 12 unanswered questions about cleft lip and palate research were compiled by the James Lind Alliance in consultation with people affected by cleft.

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    Information for Researchers

    Are you planning a research project involving people affected by cleft lip and palate? Find out more about how CLAPA can help!