Our funded projects and awards

Health and Care Research Wales supports a range of personal research awards for health and social care researchers across professions and at different stages of their careers.

To find out more about the awards and projects Health and Care Research Wales have funded please see below.

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The CAMHbulance* Study: How does the largest out-of-hospital emergency health service in Wales receive, respond and resolve mental health crises in young people? *CAMH = Child and Adolescent Mental Health’

Lead Researcher: Mr Stephen McKenna Lawson

Amount: £245,497

Start date: 01/10/2024

End date: 30/09/2027

Host Institution: Cardiff University

‘Cardiff ONline Cognitive Assessment (CONCA): An online tool for clinical monitoring of cognition in patients with psychosis’

Lead Researcher: Dr Amy Joanne Lynham

Amount: £489,116

Start date: 01/10/2024

End date: 30/09/2027

Host Institution: Cardiff University

Improving awareness, understanding, and support for neurodivergent and gender diverse adults with eating disorders in Wales’

Lead Researcher: Dr Kai Thomas

Amount: £446,416

Start date: 01/10/2024

End date: 30/09/2027

Host Institution: Cardiff University

Enhanced immunological assessment of influenza vaccine efficacy in immunocompromised patients

Lead Researcher: Dr Martin Scurr

Amount: £548,312

Start date: 01/10/2024

End date: 30/09/2029

Host Institution: Cardiff University

Unleashing Modern Genomics for Precision Public Health Surveillance of Cryptosporidium

Lead Researcher: Dr Arthur Morris

Amount: £398,334

Start date: 01/10/2024

End date: 30/09/2027

Host Institution: Cardiff University

IncorporAting parental health aDVOcaCy when mAnaging unwell Children in primarY care (ADVOCACY): a multi-methods systems approach to co-develop a complex intervention

Lead Researcher: Dr Thomas Purchase

Amount: £525,594

Start date: 01/09/2024

End date: 31/05/2028

Host Institution: Cardiff University

Measuring the impact of enhancing care provision in cervical screening for women in Wales, England and Australia who have experienced sexual violence and abuse

Lead Researcher: Dr Ceryl Davies

Amount: £538,117

Start date: 01/09/2024

End date: 01/12/2030

Host Institution: Bangor University

Rethinking hEalth policy in MultimorbidITy (REMIT): a population-based approach

Lead Researcher: Professor Rhiannon Owen

Amount: £663,370.10

Start date: 01/06/2024

End date: 31/05/2028

Host Institution: Swansea University

‘Evaluating the quality of social work judgements: What happens to children and families following an assessment?’.

Lead Researcher: Dr David Wilkins

Amount: £73,852

Start date: 01/10/2023

End date: 30/09/2027

Host Institution: Cardiff University

‘Welsh Basic Income for Care Leavers Pilot: What are the needs, experiences and outcomes for minoritized groups?’

Lead Researcher: Dr Louise Roberts

Amount: £75,000

Start date: 01/10/2023

End date: 30/09/2026

Host Institution: Cardiff University

Compassionate care for people from ethnic minority backgrounds: What is it and how can it be applied in social care settings?’

Lead Researcher: Dr Juping Yu

Amount: £75,000

Start date: 01/10/2023

End date: 30/09/2026

Host Institution: University of South Wales

Identifying and tackling inequalities for people with severe mental illness needing palliative care: Knowledge needs for addressing barriers across care systems.

Lead Researcher: Professor Michael Coffey

Amount: £74,991

Start date: 01/10/2023

End date: 30/09/2026

Host Institution: Swansea University

‘Feeling loved and appreciated: a mixed methods study to examine care-experienced children and young people’s relationships and their association with mental health and wellbeing’.

Lead Researcher: Dr Rebecca Anthony

Amount: £344,426

Start date: 01/10/2023

End date: 30/09/2027

Host Institution: Cardiff University

‘What affects the chances of children’s successful reunification from care?’

Lead Researcher: Dr Nell Warner

Amount: £360,749

Start date: 01/10/2023

End date: 18/11/2026

Host Institution: Cardiff University

‘ DISC Delivering Innovation in Social Care – The Role of the Social Enterprise Organisations in Supporting Family Carers’.

Lead Researcher: Dr Maria Cheshire Allen

Amount: £281,946

Start date: 01/10/2023

End date: 30/09/2026

Host Institution: Swansea University

‘PREDicting risk of entry and re-entry Into CAre and risk of placeMENT instability from early life experiences amongst children in Wales: An ecological, multi-domain approach (PREDICAMENT)’.

Lead Researcher: Dr Laura Elizabeth Cowley

Amount: £298,071

Start date: 01/10/2023

End date: 30/09/2026

Host Institution: Swansea University

‘Online and Big Data in Social Care Research: Exploring risk factors for increasing rates of suicide and self-harm in children and young people’.

Lead Researcher: Dr Amanda Marchant

Amount: £300,7111

Start date: 01/10/2023

End date: 30/09/2027

Host Institution: Swansea University

Severe Period Pain Is Not Normal: A Realist Evaluation of Severe Period Pain Management in Primary Care Across the Reproductive Life Course in Wales

Lead Researcher: Dr Robyn Jackowich

Amount: £269,577

Start date: 01/10/2023

End date: 30/09/2025

Host Institution: Cardiff University

PRECIOUS (PREterm Caesarean/vaginal birth & IVH/OUtcomeS) Study: Does mode of birth reduce the risk of death or brain injury in very preterm babies?

Lead Researcher: Dr David Odd

Amount: £183,738

Start date: 01/10/2023

End date: 31/10/2025

Host Institution: Cardiff University

Developing Peer Led Movement-based Intervention to Improve Physical and Psychological Outcomes for Survivors of Torture and Trauma in Wales and Beyond (Peer-MIST)

Lead Researcher: Dr Paula Foscarini-Craggs

Amount: £218,626

Start date: 01/10/2023

End date: 30/09/2025

Host Institution: Cardiff University