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Michael is responsible for the oversight of Health and Care Research Wales research funding schemes, research development infrastructure, UK partnership working (research funding opportunities), cross-funder initiatives and budget monitoring. Since 2016 he has represented Health and Care Research Wales on the international Ensuring Value in Research Funders Forum (EViR). He is currently chair of the EViR Steering Group (Ensuring value in research - EViR).

Michael also has seven years active research experience as a behavioural psychologist in the School of Psychology, University of Wales Bangor. His research interests include the development and modification of children’s food preferences and aspects of philosophical ethics and moral philosophy. He has also worked for Swansea County Council Social Services Department and has experience of working with children with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour in care, play and educational settings.

Michael has also worked as a media officer with responsibility for both media relations and the management of the Chief Medical Officer’s website. He has experience of crisis management, through secondments to the Welsh Government’s Agriculture Department and Foot and Mouth Inquiries Team.

In the news:

Relieve your joint pain at home: a new study investigating the benefits of an online physio programme (October 2022)

£6.4 million to support vital health and social care research in Wales (October 2022)

Almost £6.5million awarded to life saving research in Wales (October 2022)

Health and Care Research Wales aims to invest up to £3m into a new Welsh Adult Social Care Research Centre (August 2022)

Call for practitioners to help direct research of the future (July 2022)

Primary schools in Wales encouraged to take part in sun safety study (July 2022)

New open access membership allows researchers to share findings more easily (May 2022)

Senior researchers in Wales contribute to landmark initiative (May 2022)

Royal visit to life-changing research facility in Swansea (March 2022)

Protected research time awarded to aspiring research leaders in Wales (February 2022)

Health and Care Research Wales announces recipients of 2019-20 funding awards worth over £5 million (October 2021)