International Links 2023 – 24
The worldwide teaching, visits and collaborations so farthis academic year powered by Proxi September 2023 – Dr Yulia Shenderovich delivered training in Moldova on process… Read More »International Links 2023 – 24
The worldwide teaching, visits and collaborations so farthis academic year powered by Proxi September 2023 – Dr Yulia Shenderovich delivered training in Moldova on process… Read More »International Links 2023 – 24
Details to follow – see £5 million awarded to reduce health inequality.
Lead Investigators Dr Sharon Cox, Prof. Lynne Dawkins Co-Investigators Prof. Linda Bauld, Dr Rachel Brown, Dr Allison Ford, Prof. Caitlin Notley, Mr Steve Parrott, Dr… Read More »Evaluating the effectiveness of e-cigarettes compared with usual care for smoking cessation when offered to smokers at homeless centres: A multi-centre cluster randomised controlled trial in Great Britain (SCeTCH)
Co-Principal Investigators Dr Kelly Morgan & Dr Elinor Coulman (Cardiff University) Co-investigators Dr Samantha Garay (Cardiff University); Prof Frank de Vocht (University of Bristol) Background… Read More »Healthier Advertising in Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan
Principal Investigators Dr Jemma Hawkins Co-Investigators Dr Sara Long, Professor G.J. Melendez-Torres, Dr Kelly Morgan, Professor Simon Murphy, Mr Jordan Van Godwin Background The COVID-19… Read More »Healthy Working Wales Evaluation Partner
Principal Investigators A joint chief investigator model: Dr Jeremy Segrott, Dr Hayley Reed, Dr Nicholas Page Co-investigators Prof Frances Rice, Dr Olga Eyre, Dr Yulia… Read More »Preventing anxiety and depression through increasing school connectedness – exploring existing data to find new insights and co-developing a digital tool to support schools to build mentally healthy environments
Principal Investigator Prof Simon Moore Co-investigators Jordan Van Godwin; Prof Graham Moore; Dr David O’Reilly Research Assistant Meg Hamilton Background Violence is a global public… Read More »Implementation and PRocess Evaluation of South Wales Hospital Based Violence Intervention Programmes (PREVIP)
Funders The Fostering Network More information Step Up Step Down page on The Fostering Network website
Chief investigator Professor Graham Moore Co-investigators Dr Britt Hallingberg, Dr Linsay Gray, Ms Anne Marie MacKintosh, Professor Laurence Moore, Professor Linda Bauld, Professor Marcus Munafo, Professor Simon Murphy More information… Read More »Impacts of e-cigarette regulation via the EU Tobacco Products Directive on young people’s use of e-cigarettes : a natural experiment
Lead Investigator Dr. Rocío Herrero Romero, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Co-Investigators Prof. Cristina del Barrio, Dr. Kevin van der Meulen, Dr. Laura Granizo, Dr Laura… Read More »Strengthening social support systems for migrant and refugee adolescents in secondary education (SURE)
Principal Investigators Dr Rebecca Anthony and Prof Donald Forrester Co-Investigator Dr Sarah Thompson Background Over 3000 UK children were placed for adoption from care during… Read More »Adopted children returning to care in Wales: Social worker perspectives
Lead Investigator Lucy Maddox Supervisor Rhiannon Evans Funded by Wellcome Centre for Cultures and Environments of Health Publications “The team needs to feel cared for”:… Read More »Development of an intervention to reduce compassion fatigue in adolescent mental health ward staff (PhD)
Principal Investigators (in alphabetical order) Prof. Dr. Nevena Calovska, Association of Systemic Therapists Education Center Dr. Rhiannon Evans, Cardiff University Prof. Dr. Heather Foran, University… Read More »FLOURISH: Family-Focused Adolescent & Lifelong Health Promotion
Principal Investigator Dr. Hayley Reed Mentor Yulia Shenderovich Background In Wales, 19 per cent of adolescents report elevated but sub-clinical mental health symptoms. These adolescents… Read More »The SAMA project (School-based Adolescent Mental Health Intervention Adaptation)
PHIRST website: https://phirst.nihr.ac.uk/
Welsh Government research report:
Lead Investigator Amy Mizen Background Mental ill-health and poor wellbeing is a global public health crisis. In Wales, 1 in 10 children between the ages… Read More »Discovering which modifiable characteristics of the built-environment support good adolescent mental health and wellbeing
Principal Investigators Dr Sarah MacDonald and Dr Gillian Hewitt Co-investigators Dr Rebecca Anthony, Dr Rachel Brown, Dr Rhiannon Evans, Dr Siôn Jones, Professor Alyson Rees… Read More »Mental health provision for children and young people in schools and FE colleges (11-25 years) with experiences of care: Mixed-method study of implementation, acceptability, need and priority outcomes (The WiSC Study)
Principal Investigator Dr Jemma Hawkins Co-investigators Dr Elinor Coulman, Prof Simon Murphy Background Malnutrition has been shown to affect over 1.3 million older people (over… Read More »Implementation of the Patient Association Nutrition Checklist by the Food Train charity’s Eat Well Age Well project in the Scottish Borders
Lead Investigators Dr Sara Long; Prof Graham Moore Background Schools can have good or bad influences on young people’s health and wellbeing. They are important settings for early intervention to prevent later health and wellbeing problems.… Read More »Integration of health and wellbeing into the school curriculum: A mixed methods investigation of preparations for Wales-wide curriculum reform and its impacts on health and well-being
Lead Investigator Prof Stephen Collishaw, Prof Frances Rice Co Investigators Prof Graham Moore, Prof Simon Murphy, Prof Sir Michael Owen, Prof Anita ThaparProf Ann John,… Read More »Wolfson Centre for Adolescent Mental Health in Wales
Lead Investigator David Westlake Co Investigators Dr. James White, Prof. Donald Forrester, Dr. Philip Pallmann, Dr. Fiona Lugg-Widger, Prof. Stavros Petrou Background Following on from… Read More »The SWIS Trial: An evaluation of school based social work
Website: https://popdatasci.swan.ac.uk/centres-of-excellence/datamind/
Lead Investigator Dr. Gemma Lewis, University College, London Co Investigators Prof. Simon Murphy, Prof. Ann John (Swansea), Prof. Alice Sullivan (UCL) Further information Dr Gemma… Read More »Investigating academic pressure as a risk factor for adolescent depression
Lead Investigator Simon Murphy Co Investigators Honor Young, Nick Page, Joan Roberts, Lianna Angel Background TBA Aims and Objectives TBA Study Design TBA Further information… Read More »Next stage funding 2022-2024; Secondary SHRN 2022-2024
Lead Investigator Graham Moore Co Investigators Simon Murphy, Jemma Hawkins, Kelly Morgan, Lianna Angel, Jordan Van Godwin, Kelly Buckley, Lauren Copeland, Joan Roberts Background TBA… Read More »Phase 3 funding 2022-2024; Primary school expansion of SHRN: SHRN Primary Network-Extending the School Health Research Network into primary schools in Wales to support mental health and wellbeing throughout childhood and adolescence (Pri-SHRN)
Lead Investigator Kara Smythe Co Investigators Gareth Thomas, Honor Young Background Long-Acting Reversible Contraceptives (LARC) are methods of birth-control used for an extended period without… Read More »Exploring the uptake and provision of Long Acting Reversible Contraception (LARC) among ‘vulnerable’ groups: A mixed-methods study