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Data drives our health system – and digital health research is a formidable engine for innovation! In today's episode, we explore how research turns into impact, knowledge spurs action, and what leaders need to know to support the next generation of digital health professionals. Guests: Dr. Kimberlyn McGrail, Professor, UBC School of Population and Public Health; CEO and Scientific Director, Health Data Research Network Canada Dr. Tracie Risling, Associate Dean of Innovation, Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary; president-elect, Canadian Nurses Association Learn more: Canadian Medical Association 2025 Health and media annual tracking survey World Economic Forum: Global Risks Report 2025 Music: RetroFuture Clean and Breakdown, by Kevin MacLeod. Used under Creative Commons. Summary: 00:00 Introduction to Digital Health in Canada 01:43 Guest Journeys: From Journalism to Nursing and Beyond 03:55 Mentorship and Inspiration in Academia 07:45 Learning from Students: Fail Space and Connectivity 14:02 Impact of Research on Policy and Practice 16:30 Knowledge Mobilization and Applied Health Research 27:52 Equity and Access in Digital Health 35:30 Key Messages for Health Research Enthusiasts 38:42 Conclusion and Reflections
This episode of Airing Pain focuses on person-centred care. Person-centred care is based on the individual rather than on a generic group of patients. In this episode: Vicky Sandy-Davis, Lead Nurse of Independent Health and Social Care, talks about the importance of recognizing the value of person-centred care, specifically for people with intellectual or learning disabilities Ian Taverner and Sarah Harrisson discuss the importance of involving people living with chronic pain in research studies so that researchers can be guided by those with experience of chronic pain Professor Nicole Tang and Jenna Gillett share findings from their research on mental defeat. For people living with chronic pain, mental defeat can be a way of characterizing how the pain impacts a person's perceived loss of autonomy which can lead to a loss of identity when experiencing repeated episodes of pain. The interviews were recorded at the British Pain Society's Annual Scientific Meeting, 2024. Contributors: Vicky Sandy-Davis, Lead Nurse for Independent Health and Social Care, West Midlands Ian Taverner, Chair of the Public Advisory Group of CRIISP (Consortium to Research Individual, Interpersonal and Social Influences in Pain) Sarah Harrisson Research Associate in Applied Health Research at Keele University, Specialist Pain Physiotherapist with the IMPACT Community Pain Service (Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust) in Stoke-on-Trent Professor Nicole Tang, Director of the Warwick Sleep and Pain Laboratory, Academic Co-Lead for the Warwick Health Global Research Priority Mental Health Theme Jenna Gillett, PhD student at Warwick University and Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Buckingham. If you have any feedback about Airing Pain, you can leave us a review via our Airing Pain survey
Historians of medicine often express the desire for their work to reach broader audiences; however, popular platforms—be they television, radio, podcasts, corporate or social media—can reach many but touch few. History of Medicine Week is dedicated to exploring the risks, benefits, experiences, and best practices for historians of medicine to make meaningful connections beyond familiar scholarly communities. This episode: Dana Landress Moderator University of Wisconsin Vanessa Heggie Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham Jessica Martucci Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania Lauren Small Center for Medical Humanities and Social Medicine, Johns Hopkins University For more information on this and other topics, please see https://www.chstm.org/video/200
This week we sit down with Dr. John Warner, an Emeritus professor of Pediatrics at the Imperial College of London in the United Kingdom and also at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. We discuss his recent paper entitled: Strategies and Future Opportunities for the Prevention, Diagnosis, and Management of Cow Milk Allergy. Dr. Warner completed his undergraduate medical training in the School of Medicine, University of Sheffield and his initial pediatric experience was at the Children''s Hospital, Sheffield in the United Kingdom. He moved to London as Professor of Pediatrics and Head of Department at Imperial College St Mary's hospital campus. He is also Hon Professor of Pediatrics in the University of Cape Town. In 2008 he became Director of Research for the Women and Children's Clinical Programme Group, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust (ICHT). He was the lead for pediatrics in both the Biomedical Research Centre in ICHT and the NW London CLAHRC (Collaboration for Applied Health Research and Care) and was President of the Academic Pediatrics Association. Professor Warner's research has focused on the early life origins of asthma and related allergic and respiratory disorders. He has published over 500 papers in scientific journals on these topics. He was Editor in Chief of the journal Paediatric Allergy and Immunology from 1997-2010 and chairman of the paediatric section of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology for 5 years until 2010. He was also a member of the Speciality and Training committee of the World Allergy Organisation and a past Trustee of the charity known as The Anaphylaxis Campaign. He was a member of the Advisory Committee for Novel Foods and Processes of the Food Standards Agency for 12 years until 2012 and was recognised for his work in food allergy research by the award of an OBE in 2013. Please enjoy my conversation with Professor Warner, Dr. M
This episode is brought to you by LMNT and MitoPure. What if I told you your diet does more than just affect your weight? And, have you ever wondered why you don't sleep as well after a late-night snack? Did you how your meal timings can influence your metabolic efficiency? All these questions - and more - are answered by today's guest, Dr. Kurt Hong, MD, PhD. Dr. Hong is a professor of clinical medicine and the executive director of the Center for Clinical Nutrition and Applied Health Research at University of Southern California. He specializes in treating patients with obesity, metabolic diseases, and other age-related nutritional disorders and currently holds joint appointments at USC Keck School of Medicine and USC Davis School of Gerontology. Dr. Hong received his medical degree with distinction in research from Harvard Medical School and a PhD in cellular and molecular pathology from University of California, Los Angeles. He is also the Chief Medical Officer for LIFEFORCE. Follow LIFEFORCE @golifeforce Follow Chase @chase_chewning ----- In this episode, you will learn... The Power of Nutrition: This episode highlights the profound impact of nutrition on our health, from our weight to our sleep patterns, emotional state, and cognitive function. Emotional Triggers and Eating Habits: Dr. Hong discusses the connection between our emotional and mental states and our relationship with food. Personalized Medicine and Healthcare: The conversation covers the limitations of the current healthcare system and how personalized medicine can empower individuals to take control of their health. This involves understanding one's physiology and asking the right questions to medical professionals. Dietary Supplements: We explore the potential benefits and risks of dietary supplements like creatine and multivitamins. It emphasizes the importance of understanding one's physiology and working with a doctor before beginning supplementation. Fasting for Longevity and Health: Dr. Hong shares insights on extended fasting and how it can promote cellular regeneration and autophagy. He discusses the balance between the longevity benefits of fasting and practicality for most consumers. ----- Episod resources: Save 10% on MitoPure mitochondrial revitalizer with code EVERFORWARD at https://www.TimelineNutrition.com/everforward Get a free sample variety pack of Recharge electrolyte drink mix at https://www.DrinkLMNT.com/everforward Watch and subscribe on YouTube Learn more about LIFEFORCE
Join us for a fascinating discussion about the ethics of care, and most especially the way structural racism and impediments to access heightened existing inequalities during both outbreak and lockdown. Brandy Schillace speaks to epidemiologist Professor John Wright, Bradford Institute for Health Research and Wolfson Centre for Applied Health Research. A blog post containing the transcript of this podcast is available here: https://blogs.bmj.com/medical-humanities/2022/09/15/infectious-disease-epidemics-and-inequality Subscribe to the Medical Humanities Podcast in all podcast platforms, including Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and Spotify. If you enjoy our podcast, please consider leaving us a review and a 5-star rating on the Medical Humanities Podcast iTunes page (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/medical-humanities-podcast/id961667204). Thank you for listening!
Dr Andy Daly-Smith is a reader in physical activity and healthy childhood. He leads the Wolfson centre for applied research health childhood theme. His research focuses on the design, development and evaluation of behaviour change interventions for physical activity and health in children. He is heavily involved in the Wolfson Centre for Applied Health Research and Born in Bradford as a Research Director on the Sport England funded Join Us: Move Play programme. Recently, Andy led the co-development of the first UK-based whole-school physical activity framework with 50 regional, national and international stakeholders. The model has been widely adopted across the UK to drive systems change for health and physical activity within schools. In May 2018 he co-delivered a TEDxEducation talk on physically active learning. --- This podcast episode is sponsored by Fibion Inc. | The New Gold Standard for Sedentary Behaviour and Physical Activity Monitoring Learn more about Fibion: fibion.com/research --- Collect, store and manage SB and PA data easily and remotely - Discover new Fibion SENS Motion: https://sens.fibion.com/ ---
Dr Andy Daly-Smith is a reader in physical activity and healthy childhood. He leads the Wolfson centre for applied research health childhood theme. His research focuses on the design, development and evaluation of behaviour change interventions for physical activity and health in children. He is heavily involved in the Wolfson Centre for Applied Health Research and Born in Bradford as a Research Director on the Sport England funded Join Us: Move Play programme. Recently, Andy led the co-development of the first UK-based whole-school physical activity framework with 50 regional, national and international stakeholders. The model has been widely adopted across the UK to drive systems change for health and physical activity within schools. In May 2018 he co-delivered a TEDxEducation talk on physically active learning. --- This podcast episode is sponsored by Fibion Inc. | The New Gold Standard for Sedentary Behaviour and Physical Activity Monitoring Learn more about Fibion: fibion.com/research --- Collect, store and manage SB and PA data easily and remotely - Discover new Fibion SENS Motion: https://sens.fibion.com/ ---
Air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year. World Health Organisation data shows that 9 out of 10 people breathe air that exceeds WHO guideline limits. And UK air pollution is 'linked to 40,000 early deaths a year' The podcast is in support of the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies. This episode explores the links between air pollution and transport. Featuring on the podcast: Andrea Lee - Campaigns and Policy Manager, Clean Air at Client Earth and Dr Suzanne Bartington from the University of Birmingham who is a Clinical Research Fellow in Environmental Health and Honorary Consultant in Public Health. In 2013 Ella Addo-Kissi-Deborah died at the age of 9. In the Coroner - Philip Barlow's - report he highlighted the medical cause of death as: 1a) Acute respiratory failure 1b) Severe asthma 1c) Air pollution exposure Ella is the first person in the UK to have air pollution listed as the cause of death on their death certificate; the implications of this are explored in the podcast. About the speakers: Andrea is the Clean Air Campaigns and Policy Manager for environmental law organisation ClientEarth, which has successfully challenged the UK Government in court for failing to meet legal levels of air pollution. Andrea has worked in sustainability and sustainable transport projects for more than 15 years and has been part of the clean air team at ClientEarth since 2013. At ClientEarth, she campaigns for a national network of Clean Air Zones to urgently reduce illegal levels of air pollution, alongside measures to provide help and support for people and businesses to quickly move on to cleaner forms of transport. She is also campaigning for new clean air legislation to better protect people's health and ensure that the UK meets stronger World Health Organization guideline levels for air pollution by 2030 at the latest. A strong believer in the importance of collaborating and bringing out different voices, Andrea also coordinates the Healthy Air Campaign. Together this national coalition of health, transport and environmental NGOs is advocating for more ambitious action at all levels of government to tackle air pollution.” Dr Suzanne Bartington (Principal Investigator) is a Clinical Research Fellow in Environmental Health in the Institute of Applied Health Research and Honorary Consultant in Public Health at Public Health England. Her research portfolio extends across three core themes: (i) health and environmental impacts of ambient and indoor air pollution; (ii) sustainable transport mobilities specifically links between active travel infrastructure and health; (ii) environmental public policy formulation, implementation and evaluation. Suzanne has cross-cutting interests in development of new methods for monitoring, analysing and modelling impacts of air quality and application of mixed-methods approaches for public health intervention evaluation. Existing research includes studies funded by the Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Public Health Research and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
Air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year. World Health Organisation data shows that 9 out of 10 people breathe air that exceeds WHO guideline limits. And UK air pollution is 'linked to 40,000 early deaths a year'The podcast is in support of the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies. This episode explores the links between air pollution and transport. Featuring on the podcast: Andrea Lee - Campaigns and Policy Manager, Clean Air at Client Earth and Dr Suzanne Bartington from the University of Birmingham who is a Clinical Research Fellow in Environmental Health and Honorary Consultant in Public Health.In 2013 Ella Addo-Kissi-Deborah died at the age of 9. In the Coroner - Philip Barlow's - report he highlighted the medical cause of death as:1a) Acute respiratory failure 1b) Severe asthma 1c) Air pollution exposure Ella is the first person in the UK to have air pollution listed as the cause of death on their death certificate; the implications of this are explored in the podcast.About the speakers: Andrea is the Clean Air Campaigns and Policy Manager for environmental law organisation ClientEarth, which has successfully challenged the UK Government in court for failing to meet legal levels of air pollution. Andrea has worked in sustainability and sustainable transport projects for more than 15 years and has been part of the clean air team at ClientEarth since 2013. At ClientEarth, she campaigns for a national network of Clean Air Zones to urgently reduce illegal levels of air pollution, alongside measures to provide help and support for people and businesses to quickly move on to cleaner forms of transport. She is also campaigning for new clean air legislation to better protect people's health and ensure that the UK meets stronger World Health Organization guideline levels for air pollution by 2030 at the latest. A strong believer in the importance of collaborating and bringing out different voices, Andrea also coordinates the Healthy Air Campaign. Together this national coalition of health, transport and environmental NGOs is advocating for more ambitious action at all levels of government to tackle air pollution.”Dr Suzanne Bartington (Principal Investigator) is a Clinical Research Fellow in Environmental Health in the Institute of Applied Health Research and Honorary Consultant in Public Health at Public Health England. Her research portfolio extends across three core themes: (i) health and environmental impacts of ambient and indoor air pollution; (ii) sustainable transport mobilities specifically links between active travel infrastructure and health; (ii) environmental public policy formulation, implementation and evaluation. Suzanne has cross-cutting interests in development of new methods for monitoring, analysing and modelling impacts of air quality and application of mixed-methods approaches for public health intervention evaluation. Existing research includes studies funded by the Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Public Health Research and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
Air pollution kills an estimated seven million people worldwide every year. World Health Organisation data shows that 9 out of 10 people breathe air that exceeds WHO guideline limits. And UK air pollution is 'linked to 40,000 early deaths a year' The podcast is in support of the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies. This episode explores the links between air pollution and transport. Featuring on the podcast: Andrea Lee - Campaigns and Policy Manager, Clean Air at Client Earth and Dr Suzanne Bartington from the University of Birmingham who is a Clinical Research Fellow in Environmental Health and Honorary Consultant in Public Health. In 2013 Ella Addo-Kissi-Deborah died at the age of 9. In the Coroner - Philip Barlow's - report he highlighted the medical cause of death as: 1a) Acute respiratory failure 1b) Severe asthma 1c) Air pollution exposure Ella is the first person in the UK to have air pollution listed as the cause of death on their death certificate; the implications of this are explored in the podcast. About the speakers: Andrea is the Clean Air Campaigns and Policy Manager for environmental law organisation ClientEarth, which has successfully challenged the UK Government in court for failing to meet legal levels of air pollution. Andrea has worked in sustainability and sustainable transport projects for more than 15 years and has been part of the clean air team at ClientEarth since 2013. At ClientEarth, she campaigns for a national network of Clean Air Zones to urgently reduce illegal levels of air pollution, alongside measures to provide help and support for people and businesses to quickly move on to cleaner forms of transport. She is also campaigning for new clean air legislation to better protect people's health and ensure that the UK meets stronger World Health Organization guideline levels for air pollution by 2030 at the latest. A strong believer in the importance of collaborating and bringing out different voices, Andrea also coordinates the Healthy Air Campaign. Together this national coalition of health, transport and environmental NGOs is advocating for more ambitious action at all levels of government to tackle air pollution.” Dr Suzanne Bartington (Principal Investigator) is a Clinical Research Fellow in Environmental Health in the Institute of Applied Health Research and Honorary Consultant in Public Health at Public Health England. Her research portfolio extends across three core themes: (i) health and environmental impacts of ambient and indoor air pollution; (ii) sustainable transport mobilities specifically links between active travel infrastructure and health; (ii) environmental public policy formulation, implementation and evaluation. Suzanne has cross-cutting interests in development of new methods for monitoring, analysing and modelling impacts of air quality and application of mixed-methods approaches for public health intervention evaluation. Existing research includes studies funded by the Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Public Health Research and Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).
MRI is essential to the clinical management of children and young people with brain tumours and it is common practice to show these to patients and families, but how they emotionally respond to seeing brain tumour imaging? Rachel Agbeko explores the qualitative study "Patients’ and parents’ views on brain tumour MRIs" with the leading author of the paper Natalie Tyldesley-Marshall (Research fellow at the Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham, UK) and Dr Gail Halliday, Consultant in Paediatric Oncology, Great North Children’s Hospital, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. You can read the paper FREE for a month: https://adc.bmj.com/content/early/2019/08/07/archdischild-2019-317306
Professor Karla Hemming discusses using evidence-based policy in the evaluation of policy interventions and answers the question 'how useful is the stepped-wedge study as an evaluation design? Professor Karla Hemming is the Professor of Biostatistics at the Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham.
Professor Karla Hemming discusses using evidence-based policy in the evaluation of policy interventions and answers the question 'how useful is the stepped-wedge study as an evaluation design? Professor Karla Hemming is the Professor of Biostatistics at the Institute of Applied Health Research, University of Birmingham.
Picture: Ophelia by John Everett Millais, 1865-66. Private Collection The Scottish National Party brings the autumn political conference season to a close this week. The leader of the SNP has made her party’s position clear – she wants the Conservative government out, a Brexit extension secured and a General Election as soon as possible. Last week the First Minister told the Scottish Parliament: "We need to get powers out of the hands of Boris Johnson and his ilk and into the hands of this Parliament so that we don't have to put up with Tory welfare cuts anymore because we can take the right decisions here in the first place to lift people out of poverty." Jane is joined by Shirley Anne Somerville, MSP for Dunfermline and West Fife and Scottish Government Cabinet Secretary for Social Security and Older People to discuss the SNP’s offer to women voters on Brexit, Scottish Independence and other pressing policy issues ahead of a much anticipated General Election. The “Pre-Raphaelite Sisters” exhibition opens at the National Portrait Gallery this week to show just how engaged and central women were to the production of the art. Over the next few days Woman's Hour features some of these overlooked models, artists, makers, partners and poets. Dr. Jan Marsh curated the exhibition and wrote The Pre-Raphaelite Sisterhood in 1985 and Dr. Alison Smith curated Tate's major Burne-Jones exhibition last year. Today Elizabeth Siddal. Faecal Incontinence: "It’s like a dirty secret,” one listener told us. Why is faecal incontinence after childbirth so hard to talk about, even to your GP? While conversations around many of the effects of childbirth – from postnatal depression to pelvic floor problems – have become more common in recent years, bowel problems, less so. It’s thought that sphincter injuries can affect 1 in 10 mothers who’ve had vaginal births - with a higher risk to those having their first baby. So why don’t we talk about it more? Jane speaks to two Woman's Hour listeners living with faecal incontinence and to Dr Sara Webb, Research Midwife at the Institute of Applied Health Research, Birmingham University. Sarah Phelps, award-winning British screenwriter, joins Jane to talk about her latest TV crime thriller Dublin Murders which starts tonight on BBC1. It's drawn from Tana French’s internationally bestselling Dublin Murder Squad books and stars Killian Scott and Sarah Greene as the two ambitious detectives investigating two murders in Ireland around the turn of the millennium. Presenter: Jane Garvey Producer: Caroline Donne Interviewed guest: Shirley Anne Somerville MSP Interviewed guest: Jan Marsh Interviewed guest: Alison Smith Interviewed guest: Dr. Sara Webb Interviewed guest: Sarah Phelps
Cost-utility analysis of mechanical thrombectomy between 6 and 24 hours in acute ischemic stroke Recently, two randomized controlled trials demonstrated the benefit of mechanical thrombectomy performed between 6 and 24 hours in acute ischemic stroke. The current economic evidence is supporting the intervention only within 6 hours, but extended thrombectomy treatment times may result in better long-term outcomes for a larger cohort of patients. I’m Carmen Lahiff-Jenkins Managing Editor of the International Journal of Stroke and I spoke to Dr. Elena Pizzo from the Department of Applied Health Research, University College London, submitting author of the manuscript ‘Cost-utility analysis of mechanical thrombectomy between 6 and 24 hours in acute ischemic stroke‘ You’ve been listening to a podcast interview with and Carmen Lahiff-Jenkins, Managing Editor of the International Journal of Stroke and Dr. Elena Pizzo from the Department of Applied Health Research, University College London, submitting author of the manuscript ‘Cost-utility analysis of mechanical thrombectomy between 6 and 24 hours in acute ischemic stroke‘ The International Journal of Stroke is the Flagship publication of the World Stroke Organisation Please consider becoming a member. Music is Kool Kats by Kevin MacLeod https://www.world-stroke.org
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Nicoline Vackerberg (Senior Development leader Qulturum, Region Jönköping County, Sweden) and Julie Reed (Deputy Director of National Institute of Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, North West London). Talking about being a critical optimist, Challenges with PDSA, integrating research and practice.
In this weeks podcast Megan Calvert-O'Hare talks to Emily Oliver and Naomi Gallant who are both Clinical Doctoral Research Fellows at the University of Southampton. Emily and Naomi discuss their research into NHS Dementia Care, which focuses mealtimes and relational care. They also discuss their work with the NIHR Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRCs) in Wessex, and how the organisation supports their work and research. There are around 450,000 people with a diagnosis of dementia, and when we further consider those with some form of cognitive impairment, the numbers are probably more than double that. When you consider that on average people with dementia have two of more co-morbidities, it’s should be no surprise that sadly there is a lot of time spent in and around hospitals, as both in-patients and out-patients.
Dr. Kamal R. Mahtani, Deputy Director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, in conversation with Professor Richard Hobbs, Head of Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford. Dr. Kamal R. Mahtani, Deputy Director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, in conversation with Professor Richard Hobbs, Head of Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, Director of NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, and National Director of NIHR School for Primary Care Research. Trust the Evidence is a new podcast series presenting conversations with individuals interested in improving healthcare through the use of better evidence. Send us your thoughts and feedback: cebm@phc.ox.ac.uk. Edited and produced by Alice Rollinson.
Plan, do, study, act cycles, or PDSA cycles, are the basis of many quality improvement projects, they're a model to trial changes and feed the lessons from each test into the next. Why are they a popular method, and how do you get the best out of them? And what on earth happens when they explode? Harriet Vickers asks Julie Reed, National Institute for Healthcare Research CLAHRC (Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care) for north west London. Read all of Julie's paper (for free): http://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/25/3/147 Check out BMJ Quality: http://quality.bmj.com
Plan, do, study, act cycles, or PDSA cycles, are the basis of many quality improvement projects, they're a model to trial changes and feed the lessons from each test into the next. Why are they a popular method, and how do you get the best out of them? And what on earth happens when they explode? Harriet Vickers asks Julie Reed, National Institute for Healthcare Research CLAHRC (Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care) for north west London. Read all of Julie's paper (for free): http://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/25/3/147 Check out BMJ Quality: http://quality.bmj.com
The recording was taken in the office of the Dept of Applied Health Research. This track is published under Creative Commons Attribution, so you may download, use and remix, but you must cite the sound recordist and UCL as the source. This track is part of our Sounds of UCL, a series of audio recordings from around the university created by our staff and students. For more sounds, check out the full set here: https://soundcloud.com/uclsound/sets/sounds-of-ucl Recordist: Dr Helen Barratt Wellcome Trust Research Fellow Department of Applied Health Research University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the world's top universities. Across all disciplines our faculties are known for their research-intensive approaches, academic excellence and engagement with global challenges. This is the basis of our world-renowned degree programmes. Visit us at ucl.ac.uk.