Dr Rhiannon Evans has been awarded funding from the British Academy for the development of a Sociology of Suicide Research Network. Here she discusses her plans for this… Read More »The sociology of suicide – progressing the research agenda
Lena Hohwü works as a postdoc in the Department of Public Health at Aarhus University, Denmark. In March, she visited DECIPHer for a month. We asked… Read More »Q&A – Denmark to DECIPHer
Rachel Brown and Rhiannon Evans recently taught a DECIPHer short course to researchers from Welsh Government. Here are Rachel’s thoughts on the day. In March, myself and Rhiannon Evans delivered DECIPHer’s… Read More »Process evaluation and policy: presenting to GSR
A DECIPHer study of young people’s opinions and behaviours finds no resurgence in smoking Young people’s views about smoking have continued to become more negative… Read More »Growth in e-cigarette use hasn’t led young people to think smoking is ‘normal’
From English teacher to researching teachers’ mental health: How has one informed the other? SHRN Research Assistant Amy Edwards looks back on her career trajectory The morning… Read More »Toddlers, teaching and transferable skills
A study by DECIPHer PhD student Luke Midgley explores the influence of school substance misuse policies on young people’s risk of cannabis, mephedrone and NPS use. This article… Read More »School policy and young people’s risk of cannabis, mephedrone and novel psychoactive substances (NPS) use
Lianna Angel I have recently taken up the position of Research Associate at DECIPHer and will primarily be leading on the Children’s Heath, E-cigarettes and Tobacco… Read More »Meet our new Research Associates
Dr. Caroline Wright recently attended the ‘Implementing Digital Health Interventions for Cancer Prevention’ Sandpit Workshop in Potomac, Maryland. Here she describes the experience. Portrait courtesy of the… Read More »My first sandpit: Digital health interventions for cancer prevention
Aleksandra Goudie, third-year joint honours Law and Sociology student, recommends her CUROP placement at DECIPHer I was actively seeking to obtain a summer placement which would help… Read More »‘An invaluable experience!’ Aleks’ CUROP placement
Danielle Couturiaux, a second-year Politics and Sociology student, completed a summer CUROP placement at DECIPHer. At the start of this year it dawned on me that my third-year… Read More »Dani: My CUROP DECIPHer placement
It’s been a busy few weeks at DECIPHer. Here are the newest recruits Erin Doherty, Research Administration Assistant and Personal Assistant to Dr… Read More »Meet DECIPHer’s new staff members
Marianne Davies, a first-year Social Analytics student, describes her CUROP placement at DECIPHer I initially applied for a CUROP placement because I was really interested in the… Read More »‘A brilliant opportunity’ – Marianne’s CUROP experience
Chloe Ryce, a second-year psychology student, reflects on her CUROP placement at DECIPHer. I first learnt about the DECIPHer CUROP project when I came across an email advertisement… Read More »‘I felt part of a community’ – Chloe’s CUROP placement
Heather Trickey is a Research Associate in DECIPHer and a Senior Researcher for NCT. Earlier this year she spoke to www.ourmilkyway.com on the need for a whole-system,… Read More »Infant feeding and a changing public health policy direction
Lopa Banerjee, a fourth year Medicine student at Cardiff University, has just completed her Cardiff University Research Opportunities Programme (CUROP)placement at DECIPHer. I applied for the… Read More »‘Fascinating and rewarding’ – Lopa’s CUROP placement
As visiting PhD student Torill Rotevatn prepares to return to Aalborg University, Denmark, she looks back on her six-month research stay at DECIPHer In September 2016, I started… Read More »From Denmark to Wales: My time at DECIPHer
This year, DECIPHer has a bumper intake of seven CUROP students (Cardiff University Research Opportunity Placements). CUROP provides opportunities for Cardiff University undergraduate students to gain experience working on… Read More »Meet DECIPHer’s new CUROP students
Rachel Brown is a DECIPHer Research Associate. Her paper ‘Contrasting Staff and Student Views on Alcohol Education Provision in a UK University’ was recently published in the journal Drugs:… Read More »Blog: Alcohol education in universities: effective or a waste of time?
This blog was first published by BioMed Central. With a movement towards feasibility and pilot work in public health interventions, the need for clearer guidance on how… Read More »Blog: Why we need clearer guidance on pilot and feasibility studies
This article, by DECIPHer Research Associates Heather Trickey and Rachel Brown, was published on May 22, 2018 by The Conversation. Heather also works part-time as a Senior Researcher… Read More »Blog: Women need better information about drinking in pregnancy
G.J. is a Senior Lecturer in Social Sciences and Health. He has taken the artistic route to introduce himself and his academic journey to DECIPHer…
I joined DECIPHer in December 2016 as the Public Involvement Officer, but I’ve been employed with Cardiff University for over four years, mainly based at the… Read More »Getting to know you: ALPHA’s Peter Gee
The mental health and wellbeing of children and young people is a major public health concern. Recent policy commitments across England and Wales have demonstrated… Read More »Wellbeing in Secondary Education – A WISE Study Update
The start of the New Year marked an exciting change in my life: I flew across the pond from my home in Manhattan, New York… Read More »In Transit: from New York City to Cardiff, Wales
Written by DECIPHer Research Fellow, Dr Rachel Brown A recent paper by Maynard et al. (2017) describes the findings from a study where undergraduate student drinkers… Read More »Support for alcohol labelling interventions and the role of the third-person effect
On the 23rd of August 2017, DECIPHer was informed of the exciting news that the research centre had been nominated for the Cardiff University Celebrating Excellence Award 2017 in the… Read More »Cardiff University Celebrating Excellence Awards – The Story Behind the Tweet
Evidence from Key Data on Young People 2017 Dr Rakhee Shah, Association for Young People’s Health The Association for Young People’s Health (AYPH) – the UK’s… Read More »Why Do We Need to Make Health Promotion for Young People a Priority
Guest blog contributed by Laurence Taggart Laurence Taggart, who recently attended the DECIPHer short course on complex interventions at Cardiff University on the 27th September 2017,… Read More »First-hand experience of the DECIPHer short course on complex interventions
Abigail Lyndon, a PhD student part funded by DECIPHer at the University of Bristol has recently seen her paper “Risk to Heroin Users of Polydrug Use of Pregabalin… Read More »PhD Student Abigail Lyndon Is Praised On Her Truly Multi-Disciplinary Work at DECIPHer
With the World Health Organisation (WHO) recommending that children should participate in 60 minutes or more of physical activity per day to improve their health, childhood physical… Read More »The CHARMING Study – What is it all about?
