46 posts
By Guest Author
26 July 2022
In this conversation with Matt Jaquiery (University of Oxford) and Marwa El Zein (Max-Planck Institute for Human Development) we dig deeper into how outcome ownership influences responsibility attributions in social contexts.
By Guest Author
28 March 2022
In this conversation with Bernard Appiah (Syracuse University), we discuss the use of storytelling and picture drawing as public engagement approaches to improve knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about antibiotics and antimicrobial resistance among schoolchildren in Ghana.
By Guest Author
18 November 2021
In this blog, Trisha Greenhalgh, Mustafa Ozbilgin, and Damien Contandriopoulos consider how a lack of interdisciplinarity impacted the public health discourse and policy around the transmission of COVID-19. Keep reading to learn more about their fascinating Research Article on Wellcome Open Research.
By Guest Author
27 October 2021
How can we track new variants of COVID-19 as they emerge? In this blog, Áine O’Toole and Verity Hill (University of Edinburgh) introduce ‘grinch’ – a new Software Tool which tracks the international spread of new variants of the virus through automated daily reports.
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 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.