150 posts
By Guest Author
19 August 2021
Alice Norton, Head of COVID CIRCLE, explains the benefits of using a Living Mapping Review to identify funding gaps and avoid duplication of research efforts during the pandemic.
By Guest Author
20 July 2021
In this blog post, Ahmed Samir Abdelhafiz, Cairo University, tells us about his work on developing ethical guidelines for the Egyptian human biobanking. His recommendations could strengthen mutual trust between the public and researchers and improve management and sharing of the valuable biological resources and related data.
By Jack Nash
13 July 2021
We are thrilled that Wellcome Open Research has published 1000 articles! In celebration of this milestone, we present the 3 most downloaded articles, which are all hosted in the Covid-19 Collection.
By Guest Author
16 June 2021
In this conversation with Dan Lewer, from University College London, we discuss the first study to identify a cohort of primary care patients in England with a history of illicit opioid use that he and his co-authors carried out. Find out more about the unique insights this offers into primary healthcare, and how it can help improve access and quality of healthcare for this population.
By Guest Author
03 June 2021
To engage the public in health research, researchers are using drama to reduce barriers and increase trust to raise awareness about health issues and health policy. To discuss the value of community and public engagement in health research, we invited Gladys Sanga, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya, to learn how health research can be made appealing and accessible to the public.
By Jack Nash
21 May 2021
Professor Mark Blaxter, Tree of Life Programme Lead at Wellcome Sanger Institute introduces the new Tree of life Gateway on Wellcome Open Research that launched today.
By Jack Nash
21 May 2021
Today, the Tree of Life programme at the Wellcome Sanger Institute has launched its own open access publishing hub to home the genome sequences of the thousands of animals, plants, fungi and micro-organisms, such as algae, that live on and around Britain and Ireland.
By Guest Author
12 May 2021
For Mental Health Awareness Week, we interviewed Denford Gudyanga, University of Zimbabwe, to find out more about the Z factor and a pilot community engagement project that he and his team are working on, as set out in their Study Protocol published on Welcome Open Research. They are investigating whether drama is itself a useful tool to engage communities about mental health, and to learn whether drama can help raise awareness and educate communities about mental health to reduce stigma in Zimbabwe.