Senior Research Leaders announced by Heath and Care Research Wales

A cohort of talented academics from Cardiff University’s Social Science Research Park (SPARK) are among a list of Senior Research Leaders announced by Health and Care Research Wales, including a professor from the Wolfson Centre for Young People’s Mental Health.

Three senior leaders from the SPARK research centres have been appointed by Health and Care Research Wales (HCRW) to play a vital role in leading and developing the health and care research community in Wales. In recognition of this important role these senior research leaders also receive a discretionary research award each year to support their own research activity. They join eleven other senior research leaders from across Wales, many of whom also have strong links with SPARK.

Professor Graham Moore works across a range of research investments and infrastructures, including the Centre for Development Evaluation Complexity and Implementation in Public Health Improvement (DECIPHer), funded by Health and Care Research Wales, and the Wolfson Centre for Young People’s Mental Health – both members of SPARK.

Professor Moore, who co-leads the Wolfson Centre’s mental health in schools research workstream, said:
“It’s a great privilege to be chosen as one of HCRW’s Senior Research Leaders this year. I’m looking forward to continuing to work collaboratively with esteemed colleagues across the field of health and care research, based at the Wolfson Centre and more widely in the SPARK and Cardiff University community.”

The Social Science Research Park brings together internationally leading research centres and institutes in sbarc|spark on the Cardiff Innovation Campus. SPARK’s interdisciplinary research teams address issues that affect us all, from the causes of unemployment to ways of making us healthier and safer.

Professor Chris Taylor, Academic Director of SPARK, said: “I warmly welcome these appointments as we set out on our journey in SPARK. They illustrate our strengths, particularly in the areas of health and care research, and will help us develop greater collaborations with other universities and organisations working in the health and care community.”

Learn more about the other members of the SPARK community and Cardiff University who have been appointed as Senior Research Leaders for Health and Care Research Wales.