Where Would We Be Without Research?

Where Would We Be Without Research?

A deep dive into the world of Welsh health and social care research, featuring conversations about how research saves lives. In fact, where would we be without it? Golwg fanwl ar fyd ymchwil iechyd a gofal yng Nghymru yn cynnwys sgyrsiau am sut mae ymchwil yn achub bywydau. Yn wir, ble fyddem ni hebddo?

Episodes

Brwydro’r ’superbugs’— defnyddio ymchwil i achub dynoliaeth gyda Dr Angharad Davies

June 13, 2022 • 28 mins
Ni fyddai llawdriniaethau i achub bywyd yn gallu digwydd heb gwrthfiotigau Ond mae’r gwyddorau meddygol yn brwydro’n ddyddiol yn erbyn heintiau newydd a’r ‘superbugs’ sy’n gwrthsefyll gwrthfiotigau. Mae Dr Angharad Davies, arweinydd arbenigedd heintiau Ymchwil Iechyd a Gofal Cymru, yn esbonio wrth Dot Davies am y gwaith ymchwil sy’n mynd ymlaen yn y frwydr yn erbyn yr arch heintiau, un o’r prif heriau sy’n wynebu meddygaeth heddiw...
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Attack of the killer T-cells - researching the cure for cancer with Professor Andrew Sewell

May 31, 2022 • 23 mins
Professor Andrew Sewell is a senior research director for Infection and Immunity at Cardiff University. He specialises in T-cell research, which places him at the forefront of cutting-edge new therapies for cancer and other auto-immune conditions.

In this episode, host Emma Yhnell hears from Andy about his journey into cancer research, how killer T-cells work in the body and why medical breakthroughs like vaccines are invaluable to ...
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Working with Communities in Wales - From Boxing to the Butetown Mile with Dr Sarah Fry

May 17, 2022 • 23 mins
Dr. Sarah Fry is a senior lecturer in Adult Nursing and researcher at Cardiff University. After recovering from a brain tumour in her twenties, she was inspired to turn her attention to cancer research in underrepresented communities in Cardiff.

In this episode, she tells host Emma Yhnell about her own diagnosis, raising awareness of prostate cancer among black men and how researchers can form bonds of trust in the communities the...
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Putting postpartum psychosis on primetime TV with Professor Ian Jones

May 3, 2022 • 30 mins
As well as being a Health and Care Research Wales Senior Research Leader, Professor Ian Jones is also director of the National Centre for Mental Health.

Ian’s research focuses on understanding the triggers of women’s mental health illnesses after childbirth, particularly women with bipolar disorder.

20% of women with bipolar disorder are likely to experience postpartum psychosis, compared to just 0.1% of women in the general popula...
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Young people’s vital role in shaping research with Sophie Jones

April 28, 2022 • 23 mins
Sophie Jones has been involved in research since the age of 14 after joining a health and social care research engagement project as a teenager. Sophie is now the Senior Public Involvement Officer at DECIPHer and runs ALPHA, a research group designed to find out the views of young people on public health topics.

Working with 14 - 25-year-olds, ALPHA aims to change public health policy by getting young people involved from the start ...
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History of vaccines - the speckled monster with Dr David Llewellyn

April 25, 2022 • 24 mins
Dr Emma Yhnell - scientist and senior lecturer - is joined by David Llewellyn who has been studying the history of vaccines from the late 1700s to now. He’ll be explaining the importance of combining scientific research with both historical research and collaborative working in his approach to answering the question: Where would we be without research?

Vaccines have dominated conversations in recent years with the COVID-19 pandemic ...
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Dyma gyflwyno Dot Davies

April 8, 2022 • 2 mins
Ble fydden ni heb ymchwil? Fel mam i dri o blant, aeth y ddarlledwraig Dot Davies a'i babanod i gael eu brechu ond thalodd hi fawr o sylw i sut y daeth y brechlyn i fodolaeth. Ond wrth holi arbenigwyr yn ystod y pandemig ac wrth wneud rhaglenni yn ymwneud â salwch fel Clefyd Motor Niwron, daeth hi i ddeall ac edmygu’r gwaith ymchwil mae’r gwyddonwyr yn gwneud i ffeindio gwellhad. A nawr mae hi’n edrych ymlaen i wybod mwy am y ...
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Introducing Dr Emma Yhnell

April 6, 2022 • 1 min
Where would we be without research? Well, for Dr Emma Yhnell, perhaps not here at all. Emma is a research scientist but also one of IVF triplets born with under-developed lungs. A drug developed in a clinical trial helped her to live the life she lives today. So, Emma is on a quest to find out what kind of research people like her are conducting day-in-day- out right here in Wales and how it has, and continues to, change lives.
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