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Research at the School of Healthcare Sciences

We are optimising health and social care across the life course in Wales and beyond, putting people and families at the heart of our research.

Research themes

We are working to optimise well-being in health and illness of people affected by long-term and life limiting conditions in Wales and beyond.

We carry out applied research that seeks to enable and promote healthy living for those experiencing a range of acute and chronic conditions, illnesses and injuries.

Our research provides evidence about current and new ways of organising and delivering services to meet complex health and social care demands.

Cardiff University provides a variety of educational resources and facilities that have helped me to enjoy my academic life. Also as an overseas student with a passion for travelling, I have explored almost every corner of Wales, from the peaks of Snowdonia to the beaches of Tenby!
Minghao Chen, research student

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Projects

Find out about the variety of research projects we're undertaking.

IWN

The invisible work of nurses

Everyone knows what nursing looks like - don't they? Research carried out by Professor Davina Allen has put the organisational components of nursing work in the spotlight for the first time.

Skincare products

Improving access to support for those with psoriasis to make lifestyle behaviour changes

Integrating well-being and behaviour change into dermatology care across the UK.

I like going to the Doctoral Academy's activities to network with other students from different academic disciplines, and take part in regular writing groups and attend various training workshops.
Roaa Sroge, research student

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Impact

Impact

Our research expertise and strategic partnerships enable us to tackle the important healthcare challenges of the 21st century.

Postgraduate research hub in Eastgate House

Postgraduate research

Find out how you can make a unique contribution to knowledge and practice within your professional field.

Connections

Collaborative working

We have established successful partnerships with organisations and researchers globally.

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Publications

Browse articles, books, reports and papers written by experts in healthcare sciences.

Whopage

Institutes and centres

Our researchers work closely with a number of centres and institutes.

Man being monitored whilst exercising to study it's effect on degenerative mental disease.

School Research Ethics Committee

Ethical approval must be granted for research involving human participants, material or data.

Personally I have grown in confidence. If someone had told me I would be standing up in front of a 150 people in Cardiff City Hall, chairing a Q&A session when I first started my PhD I would have not believed it!
Nicola Savory Research Associate