Co-director of Population Data Science and Clinical Professor of Public Health at Swansea University, Professor Ronan Lyons, OBE, FMedSci, has been elected to a prestigious European body, the Academia Europaea. ‘The object of Academia Europaea is the advancement and propagation of excellence in scholarship in the humanities, law, the economic, social, and political sciences, mathematics,…
Based within Population Data Science at Swansea University Medical School, SAIL Databank is one of only five European population databases recognised in a new study that has the potential to link data across medicine, pregnancy, breastfeeding and infant and maternal health. This capability enables researchers to understand these complex inter-relationships. The impact of maternal medicines…
13th October 2022 | 9:00 – 17:00 | Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Health and Care Research Wales’ 8th annual conference will take place on 13th October 2022 at Sophia Gardens in Cardiff. The theme of this year’s event is Where would we be without research? The conference will showcase ground-breaking health and social care research as…
Dates: 7th to 9th September 2022 | University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Pre-conference workshops: 5th to 6th September 2022 Attending the 2022 Conference and interested in the workshops on offer? You can now sign up to them on Crowd by clicking the “Events” option in the left-hand side menu of the IPDLN group. Please note that capacity…
Alcohol use during childhood could be associated with poor health outcomes later in life – such as alcohol abuse, alcohol dependence and other negative outcomes including poor educational attainment, death, and disability according to the findings of a recent study. In this study, a collaborative team led by researchers from the National Centre for Population…
The UK Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Register is not only celebrating a decade of vital data collection and research, it has also secured another £2 million of funding. The UK MS Register, based in Population Data Science in Swansea University Medical School is a world-leading research project in MS that uses real world data as part…
COVID-19 is associated with increased risks of post-viral illness, fatigue, embolism, depression, anxiety and respiratory conditions, according to new research led by the National Centre for Population Health & Wellbeing Research team based in Population Data Science at Swansea University. As the pandemic continues, there are growing concerns around the long-term symptoms experienced by people…
Children younger within the school year are more likely to be treated for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), suggesting immaturity may influence diagnosis, according to a new study led by researchers at Population Data Science at Swansea University and the University of Glasgow. The study aimed to investigate the association between age and ADHD with researchers…
The work of the ADR Wales team during the Covid-19 pandemic and the innovative thinking behind one of the team’s flagship projects has been commended at the annual ADR UK Partnership Awards. ADR Wales was recognised for its role in the One Wales efforts in the ‘Response to Covid-19’ category. Working alongside the SAIL Databank…
A new study led by researchers at Swansea University has revealed that only 1 in 3 pregnant women in Wales had the COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy, even though 2 in 3 reported they would have the vaccination. Vaccine hesitancy is an important consideration among vulnerable populations, such as pregnant women especially during the COVID-19…
