WIRS RESEARCH HUB
From an interesting case to a meaningful publication.
WIRS turns an interesting case or research idea into a structured, supervised and achievable opportunity — with a clear stage, an accountable lead, an appropriate supervisor and defined contribution roles, so members can take part meaningfully without carrying an entire project alone.
How the Research Hub works.
01
Find an opportunity
Browse candidate cases and workstreams below. Every listing shows its real stage, so you always know what exists today and what is still pending review.
02
Join a defined role
Each opportunity breaks down into bounded contribution roles — from literature review to figure preparation — so you can contribute without owning the entire project.
03
Build towards an output
Consented, ethics-cleared work moves through a documented pathway from proposal to submission, with authorship agreed early and based on actual contribution.
Research portfolio snapshot.
Four workstreams make up the current WIRS research portfolio. Status labels reflect where each one genuinely stands today.
Case-report pipeline
A repeatable, supervised process from consultant review to manuscript.
Registrar research support
Guidance, statistics liaison and manuscript support for registrar-led projects.
Wits-circuit collaboration
Structured collaboration on research projects across the wider Wits academic radiology circuit.
National IR database feasibility
Feasibility and governance exploration only — no clinical data collection.
Candidate opportunities.
Generic, non-identifying categories under early review. None of the following has been confirmed as an active project.
Complex tumour embolisation
Literature reviewer · Figure preparation · Manuscript contributor
Consultant suitability review
Head-and-neck intervention
Literature reviewer · Protocol and ethics support · Manuscript contributor
Research committee triage
Vascular infection and aneurysm intervention
Case and data curator · Statistics liaison · Abstract preparation
Assignment of an accountable lead
Musculoskeletal tumour embolisation
Literature reviewer · Figure preparation · Manuscript contributor
Confirmation of an appropriate supervisor
Ways to contribute.
Every role below is bounded and realistic. Authorship is never promised — it depends on agreed and documented contribution.
Coordinate
Track stage, roles and next decisions, and liaise with the supervising consultant.
Review the literature
Run a structured literature search and produce a first-pass reference summary.
Curate the case and figures
Prepare a de-identified case timeline and publication-ready figures from approved imaging.
Support protocol, ethics or statistics
Help draft the protocol, support the ethics submission, or advise on statistical approach.
Write the manuscript
Draft a specific section of the manuscript under the lead author's direction.
Prepare an abstract or poster
Turn a drafted manuscript or case summary into a congress abstract or poster.
From case to publication.
Every candidate opportunity moves through the same governed sequence.
- Propose
- Review and triage
- Confirm team and contribution plan
- Confirm consent, ethics and governance
- Develop and internally review
- Submit and archive
Research support roadmap.
Resources in development to support every project on the pathway.
Templates
Case-report structure and project-planning tools.
Research guidance
Reporting guidelines, contribution and authorship guidance.
Analysis and submission support
Data planning, statistics liaison, journals and congresses.
Governance.
- No patient-identifiable information is stored on the public WIRS platform.
- Approval and supervision remain project-specific.
- Consent, ethics and data-governance requirements must be confirmed before work begins.
- Authorship is based on documented contribution, not automatically promised.
- Clinical media must follow approved institutional handling — never personal devices or cloud storage.
- Internal research operations are being developed separately and are not publicly accessible.
Bring a case. Join a project. Build an output.
Current Wits members can approach the WIRS committee through established departmental channels. Formal society contact details will be published once confirmed.