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RDCS 2-Day Grant Writing Event 2018: Supporting Health And Care Research Wales Grant Proposals

RDCS 2-Day Grant Writing Event 2018: Supporting Health And Care Research Wales Grant Proposals

Posted on 15 November 2018 by Philip Pallmann

Last week the Research Design and Conduct Service (RDCS) South East Wales hosted a two-day grant writing retreat at Birchwood House, Cardiff. Nine NHS pharmacists, midwives, physiotherapists, GPs, psychologists, and […]

Studying a PhD in Population Medicine: Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Sensory Processing (SP) difficulties

Studying a PhD in Population Medicine: Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Sensory Processing (SP) difficulties

Posted on 9 November 2018 by Eleni Glarou

Eleni Glarou is based in the Centre for Trials Research. She won a competitive funded place for a PhD in Population Medicine: Understanding multi-party communication in therapy sessions for children with […]

My Mental Health Journey…So Far

My Mental Health Journey…So Far

Posted on 10 October 2018 by Claire Johnson

My name is Claire Johnson and I’m Head of Quality Assurance and Regulatory Affairs at the Centre for Trials Research Cardiff University.  I am also the lead for Equality, Diversity […]

My Fellowship, PrEP And Beyond

My Fellowship, PrEP And Beyond

Posted on 2 October 2018 by David Gillespie

Dr David Gillespie is Deputy Director of the Infections, Inflammation and Immunity Division in the Centre for Trials Research - and starts a Health and Care Research Wales Funded Post-Doctoral […]

Making Research Funding Applications For The NHS And Social Care

Making Research Funding Applications For The NHS And Social Care

Posted on 2 October 2018 by Kim Madden

Making Research Funding Applications for the NHS and Social Care The Research Design and Conduct Service (RDCS) South East Wales supports staff working within the National Health Service and social […]

International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (ICCH), Porto, Portugal 1-4 Sept 2018

International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (ICCH), Porto, Portugal 1-4 Sept 2018

Posted on 10 September 2018 by Denitza Williams

About the conference The recent International Conference on Communication in Healthcare (ICCH) brought together researchers, teachers, practitioners and policy makers from around the world to explore and to improve all aspects […]

Science Policy: Improving The Uptake Of Research Into UK Policy Course

Posted on 28 August 2018 by Fiona Lugg-Widger

Background Dr Fiona Lugg-Widger (FL) and Dr David Gillespie (DG) recently attended “Science Policy: Improving the Uptake of Research into UK Policy course” on behalf of the Centre for Trials Research. This […]

Author Interview With Dr Aimee Grant – Doing EXCELLENT Social Research With Documents: Practical Examples And Guidance For Qualitative Researchers

Author Interview With Dr Aimee Grant – Doing EXCELLENT Social Research With Documents: Practical Examples And Guidance For Qualitative Researchers

Posted on 3 August 2018 by Aimee Grant

Dr Aimee Grant from the Centre for Trials Research qualitative team talks here about her upcoming book on social research published by Routledge, Doing EXCELLENT social research with documents: Practical examples and […]

Judicial Approval And Withdrawing Clinically Assisted Nutrition And Hydration From People In A Prolonged Disorder Of Consciousness

Judicial Approval And Withdrawing Clinically Assisted Nutrition And Hydration From People In A Prolonged Disorder Of Consciousness

Posted on 1 August 2018 by Julie Latchem-Hastings

By Dr Julie Latchem-Hastings Julie is a research associate who works in the Centre for Trials Research at Cardiff University on the MS-LEAP study and also Cardiff University’s Coma and Disorders […]

New Multiple Sclerosis Study To Help Patients Launches Competition To Design Logo

New Multiple Sclerosis Study To Help Patients Launches Competition To Design Logo

Posted on 30 July 2018 by Julie Latchem-Hastings

Background The Multiple Sclerosis Society have funded a new Centre for Trials Research study to support people with progressive multiple sclerosis to be more physically active. Multiple Sclerosis is an […]