Sara James is a Clinical Lead Physiotherapist and Health and Care Research Wales Emerging Research Holder. Here, she shares her experience of the DECIPHer short… Read More »‘It doesn’t matter where you are in your career or what you are hoping to achieve, the DECIPHer short course can help to get you there.’
How has the Whole School Approach been received in special schools and pupil referral units? Amy Edwards and the qualitative team used creative participatory methods to find out Over the… Read More »Picture this: Mapping activities in special schools and pupil referral unitsÂ
Professor Evans will head the programme of personal and professional development for future research leaders of Wales. Professor Evans (Professor of Social Science and Health… Read More »Professor Rhiannon Evans appointed new Welsh Crucible Academic Lead
Marina Hinßen is a Research Associate at Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin. She recently spent a month at DECIPHer. What led me here Throughout my academic journey,… Read More »‘Exactly the kind of guidance and invaluable input I had hoped for.’ Reflecting on my research stay at DECIPHer
DECIPHer’s Dr Caitlyn Donaldson has received the Learned Society of Wales’ inaugural Hywel Thomas ECR Prize, in recognition of her mentorship, community building, and service at… Read More »‘Inspiring mentor’ receives inaugural Hywel Thomas ECR Prize
Aoibheann Davis is a second-year Psychology student at Cardiff University. She recently completed a year’s placement at DECIPHer, working on international project FLOURISH. Prior to… Read More »From managing datasets to presenting at the University of Oxford: My DECIPHer placement
Across Wales, thousands of young people experience severe period pain or menstrual symptoms, yet only around one in ten seek support from a healthcare professional.… Read More »MENSTRUATE: Supporting communication about menstrual health – within families and with healthcare professionals
Dr Oishee Kundu wanted to create a simple card game to get students discussing inequality. What emerged is a thought-provoking exercise in highlighting complex issues.… Read More »A card game with no winners – Dice and Disparity
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
