Health and Care Research Wales Conference 2024

The Health and Care Research Wales Conference took place on 10 October 2024 at Sophia Gardens, Cardiff. 

Read how women’s health was at the forefront of our ninth annual conference on our news pages. Where we have persmission to share the recordings and presentations from the day they are linked below, to keep up to date with all things conference sign up to our newsletter.

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Welcome 

Owain Clarke, Health Correspondent, BBC Wales News 

Plenary

Sir Frank Atherton, Chief Medical Officer, Welsh Government

Keynote speaker

Dr David Price, Honorary Consultant Physician, Swansea Bay University Health Board

View David's presentation

TED-style talks 

Don’t just chuck them in the bin
Dr Heidi Seage, Principal Lecturer in Health Psychology, Cardiff Metropolitan University

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Read about Dr Seage's work.

Out of the journal and into social care 
Liza Turton, Consultant Social Worker, Neath Port-Talbot County Borough Council 

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To transform autism research, ask autistic people
Dr Aimee Grant, Senior Lecturer in Public Health and Wellcome Trust Career Development Fellow, Swansea University 

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Read more about this research.

Our responsibility: harnessing Artificial Intelligence for suicide prevention
Dr Marcos Del Pozo Banos, Senior Lecturer, Swansea University

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Read about this research.

Unheard to empowered: endometriosis and the space for change
Rachel Joseph, PhD Student, Cardiff University

Nothing about us, without us
Dr Mayara Silveira Bianchim, Research Officer and Patient and Public Involvement Lead, Bangor University 
Georgina Ferguson-Glover, Patient and Public Involvement representative
Debs Smith, Patient and Public Involvement representative

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Read more about this research.

Parallel sessions

Partnerships: How can collaboration across different sectors drive investment in research and bring greater benefits for patients?

Chair: Carys Thomas, Head of Policy, Health and Care Research Wales

Panel:

• Louise Davies, Director of Public Health, Protection and Community Services, Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
• Professor Liam Gray, Professor of Functional Neurosurgery and Director of the Brain Repair and Intracranial Neurotherapeutics (BRAIN) Unit
• Dr Paul Hole, Programme Manager/Acting Head of Research, Imophoron
  • View Paul's presentation
• Rachel Savery, Head of Programme, Advanced Therapies Wales
• Dr Leighton Phillips, Director of Research, Innovation and Value, Hywel Dda University Health Board

Read about how collaboration across different sectors can drive investment in research and bring greater benefits for patients

Improving Women’s Health: advancing sex and gender equity in health and social care research.

Facilitator: Michael Bowdery, Head of Programmes, Health and Care Research Wales 

Speakers:

• Alice Witt, Research and Policy Fellow, The George Institute for Global Health 
• Dr Kate Womersley, Co-Principal Investigator of MESSAGE, The George Institute for Global Health

View the MESSAGE project: Co-designing a policy framework for integrating sex and gender in UK biomedical, health and care research presentation

How research can help tackle the grand challenges in adult social care

Chair: Helen Grindell, Head of Research Support and Operations, Health and Care Research Wales 

Speakers:

• Alwyn Jones, Chief Officer for Social Care, Wrexham County Borough Council 
  • View Alwyn's presentation
• Professor Mark Llewellyn, Director, Welsh Institute for Health and Social Care and Professor of Health and Care Policy, University of South Wales 
  • View Mark's presentation
• Rachel Scourfield, Knowledge Mobilisation Manager, Social Care Wales
  • View Rachel's presentation
• Professor Paul Willis, Director, Centre for Adult Social Care Research (CARE)
  • View Paul's presentation

Read about the adult social care session

Climate change impacts on health and social care, what are the implications for researchers, and research funders? 

Chair: Dr Josie Jackson, Head of Research Prioritisation, Commissioning and Knowledge Mobilisation, Research and Development Division, Welsh Government

Speakers:

• Dr Sara MacBride-Stewart, Reader in Health Medicine and Society, Cardiff University
  • View Sara's presentation
• Samantha Turner, Senior Researcher, Swansea University 
  • View Samantha's presentation
• Lisa Wise, Climate Change and Environmental Public Health, Welsh Government
  • View Lisa's presentation

Women's Health Panel

Chair: Owain Clarke

Panel:

• Professor Amy Brown, Professor Maternal and Child Public Health, Swansea University
• Dr Ceryl Davies, Social Care Economist, Bangor University
• Dr Helen Munro, Clinical Lead, Women’s Health Strategic Clinical Network, NHS Executive
• Rebecca Jones, Director of Research and Development Policy, Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI)

Read about the women's health panel.

Personal story

Sophie Pierce, research study participant

View Sophie's presentation

Plenary

Professor Kieran Walshe, Director, Health and Care Research Wales

View Kieran's presentation

Health and Care Research Wales Awards

Presented by Professor Kieran Walshe

Read about our Award winners.