46 posts
By Guest Author
04 June 2020
Jana Hutter, a member of the Early Career Researcher Advisory Board for Wellcome Open Research, and an open data convert, who despite all the barriers she had to overcome, now sees open data as the best way forward for research. Here’s her story.
By Guest Author
18 May 2020
This blog post is by King’s College London and was originally published on their site on 13th May. It is a story on Rosalyn Moran and her work on waves of infection and population immunity, published in the Covid collection on Wellcome Open Research.
By Guest Author
07 May 2020
Data suggests that Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic groups are at increased risk of infection and death from COVID-19. So, researchers from UCL, London, explored the risk of death in minority ethnic groups in England using data reported by NHS England. Their research is published in the Coronavirus Collection on Wellcome Open Research and is awaiting peer review. Click on the link to read a copy of the press release by UCL to find out more about their analysis.
By Guest Author
11 December 2019
Children born to women who reported domestic violence in pregnancy or during the first six years of the child’s life are almost 50% more likely to have a low IQ at age 8, according to a study on a British population, published in Wellcome Open Research. We discuss the associated negative influence this can have on the children’s later life outcomes and what can be done to help mitigate the adverse effects.
By Guest Author
06 November 2019
Researchers suggest that increasing political commitment to provide universal health coverage can drive the production of falsified or substandard medicines. We interviewed first author of the study, Elizabeth Pisani, King’s College London, UK to find out more about the drivers for poor quality medicines and the actions that can be taken to protect medicine quality, and thereby public health.
By Guest Author
11 October 2019
The new gateway for the Wellcome Centre for Integrative Parasitology (WCIP) provides a deeper understanding of parasites. Vickie Curtis, Public Engagement Manager at WCIP, and Andy Waters, research group leader and gateway advisor for WCIP, tell us more about the gateway and how this open research hub can benefit the community and could speed up the development of new treatments.
By Guest Author
15 August 2019
A third of all homeless deaths are due to preventable health conditions. In this blog, author, Robert Aldridge, (RA) University College London, discusses his research article published on Wellcome Open Research with reviewer, Glen Bramley, (GB) Heriot-watt university, covering the unmet healthcare needs of the homeless and why they used a linked data approach for their investigation.
By Guest Author
29 April 2019
Increased funding is needed to eliminate malaria across 22 Asia-Pacific countries and save an estimated 400,000 lives, according to research published in a new collection of studies on Wellcome Open Research.