Reposted by Kerry HoodProf Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · 24/10/2025Research 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. 215339
Reposted by Kerry HoodCU Open Research @cuopenresearch.bsky.social · 29/09/2025Today’s #TitleOfTheDay - 'The morphology of musket wounds' Available #OpenAccess at orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/13...media.tenor.coma group of men are standing next to each other and one of them is saying one for allAlt: a group of men are standing next to each other and one of them is saying one for all 011
Reposted by Kerry HoodHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Ooh 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...thebritishacademy.ac.ukBritish Academy/Leverhulme Small Research GrantsThe 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... 5124122
Kerry Hood @kerryhood.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Lovely TedX talk from Jamie Hayes. youtu.be/swCLNaAG5qY?...youtu.bePrescription to Ocean: The Hidden Impact of Medicines | Jamie Hayes | TEDxSwanseaYouTube video by TEDx Talks 010
Kerry Hood @kerryhood.bsky.social · 03/09/2025We 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...eventbrite.comCyfarfod Cyntaf RDRN Cymru | Wales RDRN Inaugural MeetingYmunwch â ni ar gyfer cyfarfod cyntaf erioed Rhwydwaith Ymchwil i Glefydau Prin Cymru! | Join us for the very first RDRN meeting! 000
Reposted by Kerry HoodDr 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 141
Reposted by Kerry HoodDr 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 🙏 1910
Reposted by Kerry HoodUK CTU Network @ukctunetwork.org · 27/08/2025Peer 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 001
Reposted by Kerry HoodUK CTU Network @ukctunetwork.org · 24/07/2025Interested 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-... 058
Reposted by Kerry HoodJo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 25/08/2025“Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge.” Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man 912628
Reposted by Kerry HoodStatsCI @statsci.bsky.social · 13/08/2025Delighted 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... 052
Reposted by Kerry HoodAlan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Letter of the day (in the Times) 12263872472
Reposted by Kerry HoodMerideth Gattis @meridethgattis.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Just 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. 0711
Kerry Hood @kerryhood.bsky.social · 09/08/2025All set up for Llangammarch Wells Carnival with fantastic candles and soap. 020
Kerry Hood @kerryhood.bsky.social · 08/08/2025Really delighted to see the VESPER Trial open - improving how we manage recurrent UTIs is important to so many people. healthandcareresearchwales.org/about/news/s...healthandcareresearchwales.orgStudy to tackle recurrent urinary tract infections recruiting nowA 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... 120
Reposted by Kerry HoodCentre 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 📘🍑bmjopen.bmj.comProcalcitonin 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 sourcesAim 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... 111
Reposted by Kerry HoodNationCymru @nation.cymru · 06/08/2025As 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 logonation.cymruAnti-war charity adds new lines to Welsh language clothing rangeAs 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... 073
Reposted by Kerry HoodMair Rigby @mairsrambles.bsky.social · 04/08/2025Event, 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...eventbrite.co.ukResearch to impact policy making in WalesWhat makes for impactful research? Tips and tools from academics, knowledge brokers and decision-makers 011
Reposted by Kerry HoodNationCymru @nation.cymru · 01/08/2025Rising 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 Augustnation.cymruTaran share double single ahead of highly anticipated debut albumStephen 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... 031
Reposted by Kerry HoodNIHR School for Primary Care Research (SPCR) @nihrspcr.bsky.social · 28/07/2025To 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 031
Reposted by Kerry HoodCentre for Trials Research @ctrcardiffuni.bsky.social · 24/07/2025Wales 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...mediwales.comWales first in the UK to launch groundbreaking type 1 diabetes trial - MediWales 022
Kerry Hood @kerryhood.bsky.social · 23/07/2025One 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… 140
Reposted by Kerry HoodWHO @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 621681
Reposted by Kerry HoodSuperbugs 🦠🔬🏫🧒🏽 @superbugs.bsky.social · 12/07/2025Superbugs - 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 164
Reposted by Kerry HoodUK CTU Network @ukctunetwork.org · 10/07/2025New 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 022
Reposted by Kerry HoodCU Open Research @cuopenresearch.bsky.social · 09/07/2025Exactly 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 183
Reposted by Kerry HoodA Mere Solicitor @ameresolicitor.bsky.social · 10/07/2025Caster 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. 11807175
Reposted by Kerry HoodCentre 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 131
Reposted by Kerry HoodCharles Hay, PhD @thecharleshay.bsky.social · 10/07/2025Very 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 081
Reposted by Kerry HoodNationCymru @nation.cymru · 10/07/2025The Senedd’s Health and Social Care Committee has launched a major inquiry into the growing crisis facing General Practice services in Walesnation.cymruSenedd launches inquiry into the future of general practice in WalesThe 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... 021
Reposted by Kerry HoodQueerAF @wearequeeraf.com · 09/07/2025🏴 "Wales. The land of song, of poetry and also – a queer revolution." www.wearequeeraf.com/theres-a-queer…wearequeeraf.comThere’s a queer revolution brewing in rural WalesThe land of song, of poetry (sheep, shut down coal mines) and also, a queer revolution? 26216
Reposted by Kerry HoodSuperbugs 🦠🔬🏫🧒🏽 @superbugs.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Day 2: Discovering the microbial world in, on and around us. 153
Reposted by Kerry HoodSuperbugs 🦠🔬🏫🧒🏽 @superbugs.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Thank you to everyone from St Martin's School for visiting our pop-up shop in Cardiff today! 165
Kerry Hood @kerryhood.bsky.social · 08/07/2025What 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. 270
Reposted by Kerry HoodCentre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Coming 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 151
Reposted by Kerry HoodCentre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC), Bristol @capcbristol.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Coming 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 131
Reposted by Kerry HoodEleanor 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_PSPsurveymonkey.comDo you experience chronic or recurrent UTIs, or care for those who do?Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free. 068
Reposted by Kerry HoodSAPC @sapc.ac.uk · 08/07/2025SAPC ASM 2025, Cardiff, has just opened. #SAPC2025 #SAPC_ASM 0101
Kerry Hood @kerryhood.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Looking 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! 040
Kerry Hood @kerryhood.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Nice 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/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 032
Reposted by Kerry Hoodeczemasupport.bsky.social @eczemasupport.bsky.social · 04/07/2025#dermatology #BAD2025 Such a blast meeting up with @bethstuart97.bsky.social and co #eczema 121
Reposted by Kerry HoodUK CTU Network @ukctunetwork.org · 03/07/2025The #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 025
Reposted by Kerry HoodSouthampton Clinical Trials Unit @southamptonctu.bsky.social · 03/07/2025Trial 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 021
Reposted by Kerry HoodCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 03/07/2025If the Tories shed tears for what they did to Britain over 14 years… 621538
Reposted by Kerry HoodEvan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Certain 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. 🧵 23521135
Reposted by Kerry HoodVagina Museum @vaginamuseum.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Got 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. 6254107