RISE Public Contributor Sian Harding writes about her role, what the study is all about, and why it really matters. RISE stands for Reducing Inequalities… Read More »Why I Got Involved in the RISE Study – and Why It Matters
Researchers Jonathan Ablitt, Zoe Bezeczky and Sarah Thompson report on the event, which took place in Cardiff Bay. On 15–16 September 2025, we participated in the first Annual SERENA Consortium meeting at St. David’s… Read More »‘An important milestone’ – the first annual SERENA Consortium meeting
Dr Sara Long, DECIPHer’s Academic Lead for Partnership with Public Health Wales and RISE lead investigator, was speaking on The One Show as part of… Read More »RISE Study Lead Dr Sara Long Featured on BBC’s The One Show
The Centre for Trials Research and DECIPHer at Cardiff University, both funded by Health and Care Research Wales, participated in a study recently featured in leading medical… Read More »How can we improve nutrition and activity in Early Years settings? Evaluating the NAP SACC UK programme
A key element of DECIPHer’s methods research programme over 2020-2025 has been our short courses providing training on methods for public health intervention science. As… Read More »A look back at five years of DECIPHer short courses
Researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Cardiff have been awarded £2.5 million from the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) to conduct… Read More »PHIRST Insight awarded five more years of funding
Now in its tenth month, The RISE Study is continuing its research into the provision, uptake and consumption of school meals. Here, we introduce the… Read More »Meet the RISE team – part 2
The RISE Study is firmly underway, looking at the provision, uptake and consumption of school meals. In the first of a two-part blog, we introduce… Read More »Meet the RISE team
The report offers an overview of what we have achieved over the last five years of funding from Health and Care Research Wales. This year’s… Read More »New DECIPHer report looks back on five years of funding
Research Associate Jordan Van Godwin shares insights from his recent studies on violence prevention. Overview In this blog I will provide a brief overview some… Read More »Novel and exploratory research on violence prevention settings and systems
Arsha Kaur is in her fourth year of a Biomedical Sciences degree. She recently completed a six-month placement with DECIPHer and Cardiff Third Sector Council… Read More »Arsha: ‘I sometimes have to pause and remind myself how far I’ve come.’
The official launch of RISE brought together key stakeholders to discuss the challenges and opportunities of implementing Free School Meals In April 2025, Cardiff University… Read More »Food for thought at the RISE launch
RISE (Reducing Inequalities in School Food Environments) is a new UK-wide, UKRI-funded study investigating the provision, uptake and nutritional value of school meals. In this… Read More »Let’s RISE to the challenge together
Georgina Booth is studying for a Master’s degree in Psychology at Cardiff University. She recently completed a three-month placement at DECIPHer with Dr Rabeea’h Waseem… Read More »Georgina’s placement: ‘I’ve gained so many skills from taking part’
Each year, Welsh Crucible brings together thirty researchers to explore how they can work together to tackle the current research challenges facing Wales. Here, DECIPHer… Read More »Dr Hayley Reed – Welsh Crucible and me
As part of their evaluation of the Whole School Approach to Emotional and Mental Well-being, DECIPHer researchers asked pupils and teachers in both primary and… Read More »Pupils’ voices and teachers’ views – The Whole School Approach to Emotional and Mental Well-being
Research Associate Oishee Kundu feeds back on her experience of the June 2025 course ‘Development, Evaluation, Adaptation and Implementation’. I accidentally fell into the world… Read More »Where do interventions come from, and how can we know if they are any good? Oishee’s review of the DECIPHer 2025 Short Course
Dr Honor Young discusses trialling SaFE, a further education-based intervention designed to promote sexual health and reduce dating and relationship violence. Why SaFE matters Improving… Read More »Transforming sexual health and relationships in Further Education: Insights from the SaFE pilot trial
Lead Investigators Dr Sara Long, Dr Kelly Morgan Co-Investigators Rochelle Embling; Judith Gregory; Lucy Jayne; Prof John McKendrick; Prof Graham Moore; Dr Kelly Morgan; Prof… Read More »Reducing Inequalities in School Food Environments (RISE): Supporting provision, uptake and consumption of Free School Meals in primary schools
Researchers will investigate how children can be better supported to make healthier choices The provision, uptake and consumption of school meals will be investigated in… Read More »School meals focus of new UK-wide study
DECIPHer Director Professor Graham Moore was recently interviewed by Health and Care Research Wales as he entered his second term as a Senior Research Leader.… Read More »Professor Graham Moore: Mentoring the next generation of research leaders in Wales
Nina Johansson is a final-year PhD student in public health at Uppsala University, Sweden. She has a bachelor’s in political science and a master’s in… Read More »‘Truly a welcoming and inspiring group.’ PhD student Nina on her DECIPHer stay
A new €6.3 million initiative will bring together researchers from 12 countries to address critical gaps in identifying and supporting cases of children who have… Read More »Major new Horizon Europe grant to advance research on child maltreatment services
This blog is by Dr Rabeea’h Waseem Aslam and Joelle Kirby. Both are members of the National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) Public… Read More »How can we improve peer and community breastfeeding support so that it meets the needs of all mothers?
After twenty years at Cardiff University and ten years leading DECIPHer, Prof Simon Murphy looks back on DECIPHer’s growth and achievements As I step down… Read More »Reflections from a DECIPHer Director: Building Public Health Research Capacity in Wales and beyond
Cardiff University academics are teaming up with experts across Wales to drive research into suicide prevention and self-harm. The National Centre for Suicide Prevention and… Read More »Experts join forces to improve research on suicide prevention and self-harm in Wales
New leaders, partnerships and themes: Director Graham Moore on DECIPHer’s exciting new phase We recently celebrated 15 years since DECIPHer was established as one of… Read More »DECIPHer 2025-30: Continuity and evolution in public health improvement intervention research
January 2025 marked the the last meeting of the DECIPHer Scientific Advisory Board in its current form, and an opportunity for reflection and feedback. The… Read More »Expertise, guidance and support – five years of the SAB
New Altmetric report finds DECIPHer research influencing policy worldwide Cardiff University Impact and Engagement team recently ran a report through Altmetric on mentions of Cardiff… Read More »Metrics reloaded: DECIPHer research widely cited in global policy documents
Charlotte Wooders and Sarah MacDonald provide an overview of findings from the DECIPHer-led CHIMES study. CHIMES was funded by the National Institute for Health and… Read More »How can we develop interventions to improve mental health amongst children and young people with experience of care? Findings from the CHIMES systematic review
