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📣New #jobopportunity Project Manager Join the NCRN – a Wales-wide cardiovascular research network funded by Health and Care Research Wales & British Heart Foundation 📍 Based Swansea University 🌍 Collaborate with researchers, clinicians, & funders 🔗Apply now: swansea.ac.uk/jobs-at-swanse…




The first patient in Wales has received a new drug treatment which can slow the progression of incurable breast cancer. Thanks to research from Velindre Cancer Service patients can live months or even years longer. Learn more: healthandcareresearchwales.org/about/news/fir…


📢 Welsh-led trials are changing lives. Capivasertib, developed through the FAKTION trial, is now available on the NHS—and Gwen’s story shows what that means for real patients and families. 🔗 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… Health and Care Research Wales UKCRC CTU Network Cardiff University

👇 Want to know more about the science behind the breakthrough? Read about the FAKTION trial that helped bring capivasertib to patients across the UK: 🔗 cardiff.ac.uk/centre-for-tri… Health and Care Research Wales UKCRC CTU Network Cardiff University 🧪📈

👏 This is why we do research. A clinical trial led from Wales has helped bring a first-in-class breast cancer drug to patients like Gwen—offering hope and more time with loved ones. 🔗 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… Health and Care Research Wales UKCRC CTU Network Cardiff University

👇 Want to know more about the research study behind the breakthrough? Read about the FAKTION trial that helped bring capivasertib to patients across the UK: 🔗 cardiff.ac.uk/centre-for-tri… Health and Care Research Wales UKCRC CTU Network Cardiff University 🧪📈

“This is a great success story for Wales.” Hear Prof Rob Jones, Velindre University NHS Trust, discuss the research which led to the first patient in Wales receiving a new drug treatment which can slow the progression of incurable breast cancer: healthandcareresearchwales.org/about/news/fir… Velindre Cancer Service Cardiff University

Lead the future of health in Wales! Welsh Government is looking for a Chief Scientific Adviser for Health to drive research, policy & innovation across health, care & early years. Apply by 27 June healthandcareresearchwales.org/chief-scientif… #HealthLeadership #SciencePolicy #Wales #vacancy


Have you used the Public Involvement in Research Impact Toolkit to help plan or track the #impact of #publicinvolvement in your #research, in your advice work or in some other way? SHARE YOUR EXPERIENCES VIA THE SURVEY✍️: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/cardiff/piri… Marie Curie Research Centre, Cardiff NIHR Involvement Health and Care Research Wales PPI Ignite Network Ireland


📢 Reminder: Save the date Friday 20 June 2025 #Red4Research is back. Resources here: rdforum.nhs.uk/red4research-2… Health and Care Research Wales NHS Research Scotland National Institute for Health and Care Research NHS England teamCNO 💙 Research2note


📣New #jobopportunity Project Manager Join the NCRN – a Wales-wide cardiovascular research network funded by Health and Care Research Wales & British Heart Foundation ⌛️Closing tomorrow! 🌍 Collaborate with researchers, clinicians, & funders 🔗Apply now: swansea.ac.uk/jobs-at-swanse…



New fully funded #PhD opportunity in Population and Health Data Science 👇 Funded by Medical Research Council & National Institute for Health and Care Research Work on The CHILI Hub program which aims to accelerate the UK’s transition to a green economy. ⏰ 9th June ✏️Apply now: swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/s… Rhiannon K Owen



Read about our research volunteers and how you can contribute to research here! Bangor University Health and Care Research Wales healthandcareresearchwales.org/about/blog/cel…

Meet Dr Leah Mclaughlin, a healthcare scientist, who joined a Research Ethics Committee (REC) during the pandemic and found not only a way to give back, but also a space to grow professionally and personally. Find out more: healthandcareresearchwales.org/about/blog/cel… #VolunteersWeek WKRU
