Young people with a history of mental health and drink and drug issues are more likely to die than those with a mental illness or who use substances alone. New research also revealed that males and those from the most deprived areas are at the greatest risk. A study carried out by the Adolescent Mental Health…
A public health expert recognised by the Queen says his honour is a reflection of just how highly the work of Swansea University’s SAIL Databank is regarded. Professor Ronan Lyons was appointed OBE for his services to Research, Innovation and Public Health. A Clinical Professor of Public Health at Swansea University Medical School and one…
Dates: 9th and 10th February 2022 | Online free event. The National Centre for Population Health & Wellbeing Research will host researchers from around the globe at the International Collaboration Conference on Population Health and Wellbeing Research. The Conference aims to provide the opportunity to share information, develop collaborations and facilitate cross-nation research. The two-day conference,…
The research, published in the International Journal of Population Data Science, was carried out by ADR Wales, one of the Centres of Excellence based in Population Data Science at Swansea University Medical School, housing and homelessness lead academics Dr Ian Thomas and Dr Peter Mackie, using linkage between anonymised data from healthcare-related services and Covid-19 testing results. The research…
A Population Data Science researcher has won recognition in this year’s Economic and Social Research Council’s (ESRC) Celebrating Impact Prize. Based in Population Data Science at Swansea University, Dr Emily Marchant was a finalist in the category for Outstanding Early Career Impact for her doctoral work developing a national-scale primary school health/attainment research network – HAPPEN Wales. The ESRC…
Greater public involvement in the development and implementation of policy and technologies is key to better uptake of COVID tracing apps, according to a new study published in JMIR mHealth & uHealth led by Professor Kerina Jones, Associate Director for Information Governance and Public Engagement (IG&PE) and Professor of Population Data Science at Swansea University. Contact tracing…
Poor school attendance impacts a child’s future, not just through their educational achievement but also socially and developmentally. Pupils with mental and neurodevelopmental disorders or who self-harm are more likely to miss school.
Swansea University has been awarded 2.4 million in funding to continue and develop the Dementias Platform UK (DPUK) Data Portal – a world-class data repository for dementia research. The renewal of funding is part of a multi-million-pound investment by The UK’s Medical Research Council (MRC) in partnership with industry and the third sector.
In this guest blog Ed Chalstrey, from the Alan Turing Institute discusses best practices for doing research with Trusted Research Environments (TRE). Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, the shift towards ‘big data’ research had presented health and social care researchers with a problem: what is the best way to conduct collaborative projects involving sensitive data?
Children who live with a parent who has depression are more likely to develop depression and to not achieve educational milestones, according to a new study published in the open-access journal PLOS ONE led by Sinead Brophy of Population Data Science at Swansea University Medical School.
