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Kerry Hood

@kerryhood.bsky.social
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Dean of Research & Innovation for Biomedical & Life Sciences at Cardiff Uni, Director of the UKCRC CTU Network. Statistician, trialist interested in primary care, inclusively and integrity.

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Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Research should inform policy but that’s tricky if it is almost entirely driven by policy. The independence of research is key to change because if you fund only research that responds to policy (even good policy) you’re less innovative, creative & responsive to the open options of the future.
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CU Open Research @cuopenresearch.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Today’s #TitleOfTheDay - 'The morphology of musket wounds' Available #OpenAccess at orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/13...
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a group of men are standing next to each other and one of them is saying one for all
Alt: a group of men are standing next to each other and one of them is saying one for all
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Ooh we've opened our call for small research grants. £10k for any humanities or social sciences research. Open to independent scholars. We use partial randomisation to allocate the funding: random allocation between all that meet the quality threshold www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-l...
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British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants
The BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grants are available to support primary research in the humanities and social sciences. These awards, up to £10,000 in value and tenable for up to 24 months, are provi...
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Kerry Hood @kerryhood.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Lovely TedX talk from Jamie Hayes. youtu.be/swCLNaAG5qY?...
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Prescription to Ocean: The Hidden Impact of Medicines | Jamie Hayes | TEDxSwansea
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Kerry Hood @kerryhood.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Wonderful course!
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Kerry Hood @kerryhood.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
We welcome you to the first meeting for the Wales Rare Diseases Research Network on the 26th Sept in Swansea Combining collaboration, networking, and discussion to promote and support to our research community to deliver on all-Wales grant applications. www.eventbrite.com/e/cyfarfod-c...
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Cyfarfod Cyntaf RDRN Cymru | Wales RDRN Inaugural Meeting
Ymunwch â ni ar gyfer cyfarfod cyntaf erioed Rhwydwaith Ymchwil i Glefydau Prin Cymru! | Join us for the very first RDRN meeting!
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Dr Victoria Shepherd @vickylshepherd.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
🚨New paper🚨 Feasibility stage of CONSULT SWAT evaluating decision aid for families acting as consultee/legal representative in studies involving adults lacking capacity to consent 🔗 doi.org/10.1186/s130... ℹ️ www.capacityconsentresearch.com/consult-swat #TrialsMethodologyResearch #InclusiveResearch
Image of a paper from Trials journal which reports the feasibility stage of CONSULT SWAT
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Dr Kelly Birtwell @kellybirtwell.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
📢 Our survey for UK autistic adults will be open until 9am Monday 1st September, so there's still time to take part. ⬇️ Thanks to everyone who has taken part already 🙏
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UK CTU Network @ukctunetwork.org · 27/08/2025
Peer support within CTUs is vital. It fosters professional growth, improves trial delivery & strengthens collaboration. We are committed to enabling peer support across the #UKCTUNework, recognising the value it brings to both individuals & research quality. Find out more here: ukcrc-ctu.org.uk
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Kerry Hood @kerryhood.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Would welcome thoughts on this from others!
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UK CTU Network @ukctunetwork.org · 24/07/2025
Interested in or currently leading a clinical trial? Want to be the best Chief Investigator you can be? Want to build a peer support network? This UPDATED course is for you! ⏰Registration for the October 2025 workshop in Glasgow is now open.⏰ Find out more here: ukcrc-ctu.org.uk/how-to-be-a-...
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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.” Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man
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StatsCI @statsci.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Delighted to share registration is open for Professor @vcornelius.bsky.social inaugural lecture -Under pressure: smarter trials for better health outcomes- Thursday, 30 October 2025, 17.30-18.30, Imperial College South Kensington/Online. For details & registration: www.imperial.ac.uk/events/19688...
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Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Letter of the day (in the Times)
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Merideth Gattis @meridethgattis.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Just over a week left to apply for this exciting postdoctoral research opportunity on children and nature! 🐾 The application deadline is Wednesday the 20th of August 2025.
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Kerry Hood @kerryhood.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
All set up for Llangammarch Wells Carnival with fantastic candles and soap.
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Kerry Hood @kerryhood.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Really delighted to see the VESPER Trial open - improving how we manage recurrent UTIs is important to so many people. healthandcareresearchwales.org/about/news/s...
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Study to tackle recurrent urinary tract infections recruiting now
A new UK-wide study aiming to improve treatment for women with recurrent UTIs is being co-ordinated by Cardiff University’s Centre for Trials Research (CTR), which is funded by Health and Care Researc...
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Centre for Trials Research @ctrcardiffuni.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
🎉 Publication 8 for PEACH! From protocol to final paper—PEACH has delivered insights across 8 key publications. Read the latest in BMJ Open today. 🔗 bmjopen.bmj.com/content/15/8... @researchwales.bsky.social @ukcrc-ctu.org.uk 📘🍑
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Procalcitonin to guide antibiotic use during the first wave of COVID-19 in English and Welsh hospitals: integration and triangulation of findings from quantitative and qualitative sources
Aim To integrate the quantitative and qualitative data collected as part of the PEACH (Procalcitonin: Evaluation of Antibiotic use in COVID-19 Hospitalised patients) study, which evaluated whether pro...
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 06/08/2025
As the nation remembers the devastating bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) has added to its range of charming anti-nuclear T-shirts with a very familiar retro Welsh language logo
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Anti-war charity adds new lines to Welsh language clothing range
As the nation remembers the devastating bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) has added to its range of charming anti-nuclear T-shirts with a very familiar ret...
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Mair Rigby @mairsrambles.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Event, 9 September - Research to impact policy making in Wales. What makes for impactful research? Tips and tools from academics, knowledge brokers and decision-makers www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/research-t...
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Research to impact policy making in Wales
What makes for impactful research? Tips and tools from academics, knowledge brokers and decision-makers
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 01/08/2025
Rising stars, Taran return today with their new double single, 'Cymryd Ti Mas / Brifo Eto', ahead of the release of their highly anticipated debut album at the end of August
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Taran share double single ahead of highly anticipated debut album
Stephen Price Rising stars, Taran return today with their new double single, ‘Cymryd Ti Mas / Brifo Eto’, ahead of the release of their highly anticipated debut album at the end of August. Combining e...
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NIHR School for Primary Care Research (SPCR) @nihrspcr.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
To mark this year’s World Hepatitis Day (28 July 2025), the NIHR School for Primary Care Research (SPCR) is highlighting projects that raise awareness of hepatitis and related health inequalities: www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/spcr-in... #worldhepatitisday #SPCR #PrimaryCare #Research
To mark this year’s World Hepatitis Day (28 July 2025), the NIHR School for Primary Care Research (SPCR) is highlighting projects that raise awareness of hepatitis and related health inequalities: https://www.spcr.nihr.ac.uk/news/spcr-in-focus-world-hepatitis-day



#worldhepatitisday #SPCR #PrimaryCare #Research
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Centre for Trials Research @ctrcardiffuni.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Wales has become the first UK nation to open recruitment for T1D-Plus – a major international clinical trial exploring innovative treatment strategies for adults newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (T1D). Led by the Centre for Trials Research: mediwales.com/news/wales-f...
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Wales first in the UK to launch groundbreaking type 1 diabetes trial - MediWales
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Kerry Hood @kerryhood.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
One of those days when I keep changing hats - governance for our joint research office with C&V UHB, UKCRD advisory group representing @ukcrc-ctu.org.uk, chairing our college research committee, meeting to develop labs for linking with a clinical dept and then a TMG for our ESTEEM trial…
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WHO @who.int · 17/07/2025
#Measles is preventable with two doses of vaccine. Yet in 2024, 30+ million children remained under-protected, leading to more large or disruptive outbreaks. Only 76% of children got the second dose, far below the 95% coverage needed to stop outbreaks 👉 bit.ly/4kFzSGW
Illustration of a young child sitting against a pink textured background with playful shapes. Text reads: 'Measles protection requires two vaccine doses.' Below, a water drop icon is followed by: 'In 2024, only 84% of children got the 1st dose and just 76% received the 2nd dose.'
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Superbugs 🦠🔬🏫🧒🏽 @superbugs.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Superbugs - Discover the microbial world in, on and around us! St David's Dewi Sant shopping centre in Cardiff 7th July - 3rd August 2025. Free event. No booking required. 👉🏻 www.superbugs.online/pop-up-2025
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UK CTU Network @ukctunetwork.org · 10/07/2025
New to on-site, remote, or central monitoring as an academic trialist? This #UKCTUNetwork Handbook is a practical resource for training and ongoing reference. Download your copy, and other helpful resources, here: ukcrc-ctu.org.uk/clinical-tri... #ClinicalTrials #ResearchSupport
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CU Open Research @cuopenresearch.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Exactly 10 years ago today, Cardiff University Press was launched - many people said it wouldn't work, but it did! Happy birthday CardiffUP, and here's to the next decade of publishing 🎂🎉cardiffuniversitypress.org #openaccess @cardiffunilib.bsky.social @ubiquityopen.bsky.social
A manga-style cartoon of a red dragon with a birthday cupcake
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A Mere Solicitor @ameresolicitor.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Caster Semenya is a cis woman. A cis woman who has been subject to human rights abuses. She’s won (again) by proving that the system is unfair and she wasn’t given a fair hearing. There’s no world in which her fight isn’t for women’s rights.
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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
#SAPC2025: Vincent Singh (UWE), is presenting findings from the HAPPY Study (Parallel 6: Vulnerable Populations: 11.35) on what helps or hinders GPs & nurses discussing physical activity with patients with heart failure & referring them as appropriate to community exercise resources. bit.ly/3Ijmaw2
The HAPPY Study logo
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Charles Hay, PhD @thecharleshay.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Very fancy and very fun evening last night at #sapc2025 at the Cardiff National Museum. Turns out gazing disapprovingly at paintings is quite a good networking technique. @sapc.ac.uk
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 10/07/2025
The Senedd’s Health and Social Care Committee has launched a major inquiry into the growing crisis facing General Practice services in Wales
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Senedd launches inquiry into the future of general practice in Wales
The Senedd’s Health and Social Care Committee has launched a major inquiry into the growing crisis facing General Practice (GP) services in Wales. The probe will aim to deliver practical recommendatio...
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QueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 09/07/2025
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 "Wales. The land of song, of poetry and also – a queer revolution." www.wearequeeraf.com/theres-a-queer…
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There’s a queer revolution brewing in rural Wales
The land of song, of poetry (sheep, shut down coal mines) and also, a queer revolution?
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Superbugs 🦠🔬🏫🧒🏽 @superbugs.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Day 2: Discovering the microbial world in, on and around us.
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Superbugs 🦠🔬🏫🧒🏽 @superbugs.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Thank you to everyone from St Martin's School for visiting our pop-up shop in Cardiff today!
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Kerry Hood @kerryhood.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
What a privilege to get some time to attend #SAPC2025 - really thought provoking opening plenary from Martin Marshall on the future of primary care, recalling interesting set of talks about new technologies in diagnosing infections and approaches to decision making.
White man standing at a podium next to a banner that says SAPC.
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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Coming up at #SAPC2025: @dremilybrown.bsky.social will be discussing results from the RAPID-TEST Study - a clinical trial investigating whether rapid point-of-care microbiological tests can reduce same-day antibiotic prescribing in primary care. Parallel 1: Infections: Brecon room: 14:15. #SAPC_ASM
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Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Coming up at #SAPC2025: Also in the Infections session this afternoon (14:30): @jemimaacooper.bsky.social is presenting patient & clinician views on the use of FebriDx - a point-of-care test for upper respiratory tract infections - as part of the RAPID-IMMUNE TEST Study. bit.ly/4lFESfF #SAPC_ASM
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Eleanor Kashouris @ekashouris.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
@jameslindalliance.bsky.social priority setting survey for UTI, looking for responses from patients, clinicians and stakeholders. Pls help share to ensure a representative sample #UTISKY @jennyrohn.bsky.social @angelahuttner.bsky.social @gpollara.bsky.social www.surveymonkey.com/r/UTI_PSP
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SAPC @sapc.ac.uk · 08/07/2025
SAPC ASM 2025, Cardiff, has just opened. #SAPC2025 #SAPC_ASM
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Kerry Hood @kerryhood.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
I knew the phenomenon, but not this name!
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Kerry Hood @kerryhood.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Looking forward to a day discussing Empathic Leadership organised by @empathy-centre.bsky.social. I met so many interesting people at dinner last night that I know my mind will be stretched and my assumptions challenged!
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Kerry Hood @kerryhood.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Nice to see this paper published - really important topic to think about how we manage people who want to withdraw from a trial and the principles that are important in operationalising this. @ukcrc-ctu.org.uk journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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eczemasupport.bsky.social @eczemasupport.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
#dermatology #BAD2025 Such a blast meeting up with @bethstuart97.bsky.social and co #eczema
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UK CTU Network @ukctunetwork.org · 03/07/2025
The #UKCTUNetwork supports better, more efficient clinical trials through shared learning, webinars and national meetings for members, as well as training, and guidance. Explore our free resources here: ukcrc-ctu.org.uk/guidance-for... #ClinicalTrials #ResearchSupport #BestPractice
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Southampton Clinical Trials Unit @southamptonctu.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Trial managers Siva and Nicky recently attended the Lung Cancer Nursing UK conference to speak to nurses specialising in caring for people with #LungCancer and promote the TOURIST Platform Trial, including the PRINCE and QUARTZ LUNG trials. southampton.ac.uk/ctu/trialpor... @nihr.bsky.social
Two women standing behind a table with a white Southampton Clinical Trials Unit and NIHR tablecloth, and covered in promotional material for the TOURIST trial. Next to them is a bsnner saying "Improving patient care through research - Southampton Clinical Trials Unit" with a sign for the TOURIST trial.
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
If the Tories shed tears for what they did to Britain over 14 years…
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Certain gay men and lesbians have grown paranoid that too much acceptance of trans people could lead to the over-medicalization of gender nonconformity, ie 'transing the gay away.' Let's talk about this. 🧵
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Vagina Museum @vaginamuseum.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Got a sweaty vulva from the heatwave? That's normal! You're not some frightful little moist goblin. Vulvas get sweaty, too. Here's some things you can do (and some things you absolutely shouldn't do) to make it feel less swampy down there.
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