Skip to main content

Latest posts

Humanising health care: Sharing real life patient stories about vision impairment and depression with eye care students 

Events

Humanising health care: Sharing real life patient stories about vision impairment and depression with eye care students 

Posted on 13 February 2025 by Claire Nollett

When asked which sense they would be most scared to lose, nearly 75% of people said their sight. It’s not hard to understand why. Most of us rely on our […]

Events

A Reflection Of My Summer Internship As A Research Assistant

Posted on 10 December 2024 by Richard Haggerty

-by Kayleigh Nash Kayleigh is a second year Biomedical Sciences student, took part in Cardiff University's On-Campus Internship Scheme in summer 2024.  Here, she reflects on what she gained from […]

Dissemination Event

Addressing The Knowledge Gap – Developing CONSULT E-learning On Trials Involving Adults Lacking Capacity To Consent

Posted on 9 December 2024 by Victoria Shepherd

Historically, trials have focused on the number of participants who take part without paying too much attention to whowas being included - or rather, being excluded. More recently, however, there […]

Events

Centre for Trials Research At #ICTMC2024: 7th International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference (ICTMC)

Posted on 26 November 2024 by Helen Stanton

- Helen Stanton, Waku Maboshe and Fiona Lugg-Widger This year, the bi-annual International Clinical Trials Methodology Conference (ICTMC) was held in the beautiful and historic city of Edinburgh, Scotland. Held […]

 
POOL Study Wins Royal College of Midwives Excellence in Midwifery for Research Award 2024

POOL Study Wins Royal College of Midwives Excellence in Midwifery for Research Award 2024

Posted on 22 October 2024 by Rebecca Cannings-John

The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) announced in October 2024 that the POOL study had won the award for Excellence in Midwifery for Research 2024. Background Since 2007 NICE have […]

Advancing Allied Health Professions Through Research: Celebrating AHP Day on October 14th

Advancing Allied Health Professions Through Research: Celebrating AHP Day on October 14th

Posted on 14 October 2024 by Monica Busse-Morris

Allied Health Professionals (AHPs) play a crucial role in healthcare, and researchers based at the Centre for Trials Research (CTR) have been at the forefront of developing and testing new […]

Rapid Set Up of Obstetric Bleeding Study: Lessons from the OBS UK

Rapid Set Up of Obstetric Bleeding Study: Lessons from the OBS UK

Posted on 24 September 2024 by Sarah Kotecha

A Unique Trial Set Up Journey – Obstetric Bleeding Study UK (OBS UK) OBS UK (OBSUK Study) is a National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) funded stepped wedge […]

Improving Lives Through Research for Vascular Disease and Pain Management: CLARITY and PLACEMENT Trials

Improving Lives Through Research for Vascular Disease and Pain Management: CLARITY and PLACEMENT Trials

Posted on 20 September 2024 by Cherry-Ann Waldron

- by Grace Young, Waku Maboshe  and Cherry-Ann Waldron September is pain awareness month, peripheral arterial disease (PAD) awareness month and vascular disease awareness. The number of adults with age-related […]

Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Week 2024 – SOCRATES, PROMs and PLAN-HERACLES

Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Week 2024 – SOCRATES, PROMs and PLAN-HERACLES

Posted on 16 September 2024 by Timothy Pickles

It is Rheumatoid Arthritis Awareness Week this week (16th to 22nd September 2024), which is organised by the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Society (NRAS). Detail on this can be found here: […]

My PRONTO Journey – World Sepsis Day 2024

My PRONTO Journey – World Sepsis Day 2024

Posted on 13 September 2024 by Joanne Euden

-Blog by Julie Carman As World Sepsis day comes round again, I invite you to join me as I share my thoughts and observations as the Patient and Public Involvement […]