Health and Care Research Wales Conference 2021
Health and Care Research Wales Conference 2021: Learning and Looking Forward.
On 14 October 2021 we hosted our 7th conference centred around the theme ‘Learning and Looking Forward' - a huge thank you to everyone that got involved.
If you didn't manage to catch the event live, or would like to watch anything again, we've recorded all the plenary and parallel sessions.
Plenaries
- Health and care research: learning from the pandemic
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Session information
This session brings together perspectives and experiences on how research has contributed to the pandemic, and what has been learned to influence the future of research across health and social care.
This session was chaired by Professor Kieran Walshe.
Speakers
Professor Kieran Walshe, Director, Health and Care Research Wales
Dr Rob Orford, Chief Scientific Adviser for Health
Eluned Morgan MS, Minister for Health and Social Services
Iain Bell, National Director for Public Health Knowledge and Research, Public Health Wales
- Research, innovation and improvement
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Speaker presentation - Professor Jon Glasby and Dr Sarah Jenkins - Improving adult social care
Speaker presentation - Tom James - The NHS Wales COVID-19 Innovation and Transformation Study
Speaker presentation - Dr Alyson Rees – ExChange Wales
Session information
Knowledge mobilisation, collaboration and finding transformative ways of working will be key for future planning within NHS and social care services. This session showcases a new UK-wide development in social care which will support the adult social care sector in making the best use of evidence in order to turn that into practice. You will also hear about the report published this summer - the ‘NHS Wales COVID-19 Innovation and Transformation study’ which captures learning and novel practice in NHS Wales that has emerged as a result of COVID-19.
This session was chaired by Jan Lawrence.
Speakers
Jan Lawrence, Chair, All Wales Prioritisation Panel
Dr Sarah Jenkins, Wales lead, Improving Adult Care Together (IMPACT) Centre
Professor Jon Glasby, Professor of Health and Social Care and Director of IMPACT
Tom James, Assistant Director of Innovation, Aneurin Bevan University Health Board
Dr Alyson Rees, Assistant Director, Children's Social Care Research and Development Centre (CASCADE)
- Recovery and learning: new ideas in health care delivery
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Speaker presentation - Professor Chris Salisbury – New ideas in primary health care delivery
Speaker presentation - Professor Helen Snooks - Recovery and learning: The role of research
Session information
This session highlights how innovation in health and social care has been important during the pandemic, and provides an opportunity to hear about novel approaches across primary and emergency care.
This session was chaired by Dr Andrew Goodall.
Speakers:
Dr Andrew Goodall CBE, Director General of Health and Social Services/Chief Executive NHS Wales
Professor Chris Salisbury, Professor of Primary Health Care, University of Bristol
Professor Helen Snooks, Professor of Health Services, Swansea University
Parallel sessions
- New initiatives in research
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Speaker presentation - Professor Donald Forrester - Developing social care research capacity
Speaker presentation - Professor Christopher George - National Cardiovascular Research Network for Wales
Speaker presentation - Professor Charles Musselwhite and Dr Sarah Jones - The Transport and Health Integrated Research Network
Session information
Health and Care Research Wales has invested in a number of exciting new initiatives. This session showcases some of them and provides an opportunity for you to hear directly from those leading them.
The initiatives featured span the breadth of the Health and Care Research Wales remit, with presentations and Q&A opportunities covering: academic capacity building in social care; cardiovascular disease and related conditions; and the development of a network to explore the connection between transport and health.
This session was chaired by Michael Bowdery.
Speakers
Michael Bowdery, Head of Programmes, Health and Care Research Wales
Professor Donald Forrester, Director, Centre for Children's Social Care Research and Development
Professor Christopher George, Chair, National Cardiovascular Network for Wales
Professor Charles Musselwhite, Co-Director, Transport and Health Integrated Research NetworK (THINK)
Dr Sarah Jones, Co-Director, Transport and Health Integrated Research NetworK (THINK)
- Developments in cancer research
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Speaker presentation - Professor Anthony Byrne - Developments in cancer research: supportive and palliative care
Speaker presentation - Professor Mererid Evans - Developments in cancer research - viruses, vaccines and radiotherapy
Speaker presentation - Professor Awen Gallimore - Cancer Immunology: opening new doors for cancer treatment
Session information
This session showcases the current state of play with cancer research in Wales and highlights the upcoming opportunities and future direction.
This session was chaired by Professor Tom Crosby.
Speakers
Professor Tom Crosby, National Cancer Clinical Director for Wales, Wales Cancer Network
Professor Anthony Byrne, Clinical Director, Marie Curie Palliative Care
Professor Mererid Evans, Consultant Clinical Oncologist, Velindre Cancer Centre
Professor Awen Gallimore, Co-Director of Systems Immunity Research Institute
- Inclusion, diversity and equality
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Speaker presentation - Dr Esther Mukuka - Embedding equality, diversity and inclusion in the NIHR’s systems, processes and culture (Additional information: Improving inclusion of under-served groups in clinical research: Guidance from INCLUDE project)
Speaker presentation - Dr Ashra Khanom and Hamed Ghanbari - Inclusion, diversity, and equality in research
Session information
The last year has caused us all to sharpen our focus on inequality, therefore Health and Care Research Wales is keen to bring inclusion, diversity and equality to the forefront of our thinking and that of our research community.
This session is an opportunity to hear about why embracing inclusion, diversity and equality are vital for effective health and care research. It provides an opportunity to hear about the experience of researchers in Wales and developments taking place at the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR). The audience will also hear about a real case example from Wales in terms of how to ensure inclusion, diversity and equality are threaded through programmes of work.
This session was chaired by Dr Roiyah Saltus.
Speakers
Dr Roiyah Saltus, Principal Research Fellow, University of South Wales
Dr Esther Mukuka, Head of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, National Institute for Health Research
Dr Ashra Khanom, Senior Research Fellow, Swansea University
- Genomics and the future direction of health research
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Speaker presentation - Professor Tom Connor - Pathogen genomics: from research to service and beyond
Speaker presentation - Dr Andrew Fry – Genomics and the future direction of health research
Speaker presentation - Sian Morgan - Genomics and the future direction of health research: All Wales Medical Genomics Service
Session information
The genomics era is here and will have a transformative impact on personal health and wellbeing. This session covers what is happening in Wales and further afield, and the potential opportunities in the future.
This session was chaired by Dr Rob Orford.
Speakers
Dr Rob Orford, Chief Scientific Adviser for Health
Professor Tom Connor, Bioinformatics Lead, Public Health Wales Pathogen Genomics Unit
Dr Andrew Fry, Clinical Senior Lecturer in Medical Genetics, Cardiff University
Sian Morgan, Head of the All Wales Genetics Laboratory, All Wales Medical Genomics Service
Awards
You can read more about the different awards and their winners on our post conference news story.
- Impact award
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Winner: OBS Cymru
Dr Sarah Bell, consultant anaesthetist at Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, accepted the Impact Award, on behalf of the Obstetric Bleeding Strategy (OBS) Cymru project. This Award recognises the difference Welsh health and social care research is making to people’s everyday lives.
Highly Commended
- Prediction of Risk and Communication of outcomes following major lower limb amputation, a collaborative study (PERCEIVE), led by David Bosanquet, Centre for Trials Research
- Early Warning Wearable Device and Virtual Reality-based Rehabilitation (EWWD Project), led by Mohammad Al-Amri, Cardiff University
- Shared decision making in rare disease in the United Kingdom, led by Dr Natalie Joseph-Williams, PRIME Centre Wales.
- Rising Research Star award
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Winner: Dr Emily Holmes
The Rising Research Star Award 2021 was given to Dr Emily Holmes, Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Health Economics and Medicines Evaluation (CHEME) at Bangor University. This award is for individuals in the early stage of their research career, already making an outstanding contribution to their field and developing as emerging leaders of the future.
Highly Commended
- Rhiannon Owen, Associate Professor of Statistics at Swansea University
- Dr Victoria Shepherd, Research Fellow at Cardiff University
- Dr Aimee Grant, Senior Research Officer at Swansea University
- Public Involvement award
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Winner: The Dementia and Diversity Project
The Dementia and Diversity Project was given the Public Involvement Achievement Award 2021, which recognises the best use of involving the public to help shape research.
Dr Sofia Vougioukalou, Research Fellow at Y Lab, the public services innovation lab at Cardiff University, accepted the award on behalf of the project.
Highly Commended
- Talking Trials project, co-led by Sarah Bridges and Martina Sobodova, Centre for Trials Research