Helen Brown is a post doctoral research fellow at Cardiff University, and part of the team working on the DMT-funded project “Oral progenitor-derived vesicles as a novel treatment for chronic skin wounds in the aged population”. Here, Helen shares her experience of trying to keep this vital work going since ‘lockdown’.

Tracey Swingler is a Senior Research Associate working on a £1M programme grant we funded in 2016. With her research on hold, hear how Tracey used her skills to help in the COVID-19 testing effort.

Since March, we’ve been working closely with our grant-holders to support them during the pandemic. Here, Paige Paddy – who is working on a DMT-funded programme grant – tells us how she’s been helping with the set-up and running of a new COVID-19 testing lab.

This blog series explores our recently completed project, in partnership with Moore Kingston Smith (MKS), to develop an impact framework for a cohort of community-based project award-holders. Part 1: The challenge…

This blog series explores our recently completed project, in partnership with Moore Kingston Smith (MKS), to develop an impact framework for a cohort of community-based project award-holders. Part 2: Meet the cohort…

This blog series explores our recently completed project, in partnership with Moore Kingston Smith (MKS), to develop an impact framework for a cohort of community-based project award-holders. Part 3: The project process…

This blog series explores our recently completed project, in partnership with Moore Kingston Smith (MKS), to develop an impact framework for a cohort of community-based project award-holders. Here we examine the outcomes of this work.

The 2018 Picker Report highlighted the lack of research into the education and training landscape for the health and social care workforce. In response to this, Dr Emily Henderson from the University of Bristol has received funding to evaluate the impact of Bristol Medical School’s new undergraduate curriculum.

The IMPACTAgewell® initiative, led by Mid & East Antrim Agewell Partnership, is now developing its plans for the next five years to support older people to age well and remain as healthy and happy at home for as long as possible.

In the latest news from the suite of work which makes up our Older People’s Care Improvement Initiative, Professor Adam Gordon, who led the Proactive Health Care of Older People in Care Homes (PEACH) study, reflects on an oft-repeated tale…and shows that there IS a different way…

A strong ‘pathway to impact’ plan can be the difference between getting invited to the second stage and being unsuccessful, even if you have a sound research idea and a strong team.

We often receive many applications at outline stage, so competition is high. This blog piece details the criteria by which outline applications were assessed, and some common characteristics of those which were unsuccessful in reaching the next round.