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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.

Claire Whitaker, Communications Manager at CIDRI-Africa and a gateway advisor, tells us more about the CIDRI-Africa Gateway, which hosts articles from researchers based at CIDRI that have been published on Wellcome Open Research, and the centre’s role in supporting research on the interaction between communicable and non-communicable diseases.

In the first half of this two part blog about the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU), we heard from Katrina Lawson, who discussed in…

The Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (OUCRU) covers clinical and public health research, working with partners to enhance the infrastructure and capacity to perform clinical trials and research in Vietnam. Here’s Katrina Lawson,Grants and Communications Manager at OUCRU, to tell us more about OUCRU and its vision for health research.

Earlier this year we sought an early career researcher advisory board, and we proudly present the group to you now. Here is this energetic and creative group of researchers that will help shape the future of Welcome Open Research, and in turn the future of scholarly communications.

Using gene knowledge for medical, social and economic benefit. David Porteous, Principle Investigator for Generation Scotland, and an advisor for the Generation Scotland gateway on Wellcome Open Research, tells us about Generation Scotland, and the value its new gateway provides for researchers and the community.

Article collections on Wellcome Open Research are designed to serve the community in a way that works for them and there are many ways in which one can utilise this functionality. Demitra Ellina, Editorial Community Manager, F1000, tells us more.

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.

Last year when our Advisory Board met, there came a point in the meeting where everyone agreed that the board would be enhanced with an…

Robert Kiley, Head of Open Research, Wellcome and Michael Markie, Publishing Director, F1000 highlight Wellcome Open Research’s achievements after two years of publishing.