A major research award has been secured to evaluate a pioneering approach to mental health support across Wales, aiming to improve access, patient experience and outcomes for people in need of care. Funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), the £3.4m Programme Grant for Applied Research will support a national evaluation…
Published in The Conversation. 14th July 2025 The wellbeing of children is under the spotlight in the UK, after a 2025 report from Unicef ranked the UK at 21 out of 36 wealthy countries on child wellbeing. With growing concerns about mental health, rising screen time, and fewer chances to play – as well as the well-known…
Centre for Population Health News. Published 01/05/2025 A new study published in Plos One highlights the critical role of timely, targeted support in helping young people overcome the challenges of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and safeguarding their health and wellbeing. Led by PhD student Flo Avery from the Centre for Population Health (CPH), in collaboration…
DATAMIND news. Published 25th September 2024 DATAMIND continues to evolve, creating new opportunities to expand our impact on mental health research across the UK. Over the years, we have built a distributed multi-site data hub curating Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR) datasets that are readily available to researchers, the NHS, policymakers, and industry. Built on innovation,…
The recent annual report from HAPPEN Wales, based in Population Data Science at Swansea University, reveals key insights into the health and wellbeing of primary school children in Wales. With over 7,000 responses from more than 600 schools, HAPPEN can better understand physical, emotional, and social health trends while giving children a voice, helping schools…
In this blog post, Dr Laura Cowley, Research Officer and Data Scientist at Population Data Science at Swansea University shares her inspirational journey into research with us. What did you do before joining Population Data Science? I studied Psychology as an undergraduate and then completed a Master’s in Neuropsychology, and I was initially interested in…
James Downs has dedicated over a decade to enhancing mental health services with his lived experience. Now, as a peer researcher, he uses personal insights combined with data science to push for more inclusive care. In this insightful Datamind blog post, James shares his journey into research and the role of lived experience in mental health data science….
Last week, the MQ and DATAMIND Data Science Meeting took place in Swansea. The DATAMIND Hub expands the benefits of data by safely and securely combining data from multiple sources, such as health records, schools, administration, charities and more. Then, through the UK Health Data Research Innovation Gateway, researchers can discover the data and use…
Published: May 1st, 2024. The Conversation. Author: Dr Michaela James, The National Centre for Population Health & Wellbeing Research. The COVID pandemic affected several aspects of children’s health and wellbeing. The number of children referred to specialist mental health teams in England has soared by more than 50% in just three years, for example. But recent research from my colleagues and I…
In the pursuit of improving public health and wellbeing, the Environment and Health (ENVHE) Research Centre based at Population Data Science at Swansea University, along with partner Institutions from the Green and Blue Spaces Project, have been making significant strides in understanding how changes in the availability, abundance and accessibility of green and blue spaces…
