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Ruth Challis
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Project Manager working to develop the NIHR Wessex Experimental Medicine Network (WEMN) in partnership with @whpartners.bsky.social. Based in the NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre @uhsft.bsky.social.
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Ruth Challis @drruthchallis.bsky.social · Jul 17
If you are interested in the Wessex Health Partners @whpartners.bsky.social / NIHR WEMN Small Grants Call and missed the webinar please find the recording on Youtube: youtu.be/R1OLmxLC9ks?...

@uhsft.bsky.social @uhdnhs.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social @uhsftresearch.bsky.social
Small Grants Webinar June 11 2025
YouTube video by Wessex Health Partners
youtu.be
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This looks AMAZING! I love it!

Check it out @uhsftresearch.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
superbugs.bsky.social Superbugs 🦠🔬🏫🧒🏽 @superbugs.bsky.social · Aug 5
Some numbers.

📆 28 days
🧑🏼‍🔬 54 volunteers
🎓 3 universities
🛝 8 activities
💰 6 treasures
🧟 11 horror show booths
🖼️ 52 picture frames
🦟 100 live mosquitoes
👪 4,955 visitors
🏫 11 school visits
🎯 900 sticker challenges
🔍 753 treasure hunts
🧫 1,254 body swabs
📝 258 feedback forms
📸 >500 photos
🤷🏼 0 regrets
Photo album: Superbugs Pop-up 2025 — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us
Photos from the Pop-Up Science Shop in the St David’s Dewi Sant shopping centre in Cardiff from 7th July to 3rd August 2025 A selection of photos taken during pre-booked school visits and on open day...
www.superbugs.online
August 6, 2025 at 9:17 AM
drruthchallis.bsky.social
If you are interested in the Wessex Health Partners @whpartners.bsky.social / NIHR WEMN Small Grants Call and missed the webinar please find the recording on Youtube: youtu.be/R1OLmxLC9ks?...

@uhsft.bsky.social @uhdnhs.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social @uhsftresearch.bsky.social
Small Grants Webinar June 11 2025
YouTube video by Wessex Health Partners
youtu.be
July 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
drruthchallis.bsky.social
Wessex Health Partners / Wessex Experimental Medicine Network (WEMN) Small Grant Scheme now open @whpartners.bsky.social @uhsftresearch.bsky.social
July 3, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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NHS 10 year health plan published today
www.gov.uk/government/p...
10 Year Health Plan for England: fit for the future
Sets out the government’s 10 Year Health Plan for England.
www.gov.uk
July 3, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Reposted by Ruth Challis
dementiaresearcher.bsky.social
Apply Now - Associate Professor in Psychiatry of Older Age at University of Southampton, combining research leadership with clinical work in partnership with HIOW NHS Trust. Closing date: 15th July

www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk/job/associat...
Associate Professor: Psychiatry of Older Age
Associate Professor in Psychiatry of Older Age at University of Southampton, combining research leadership with clinical work in partnership with HIOW NHS Trust
www.dementiaresearcher.nihr.ac.uk
July 2, 2025 at 6:57 AM
drruthchallis.bsky.social
Getting ready for the #iFLS hosted Future Diagnostics Symposium @unisouthampton.bsky.social Chilworth Science Park today,
Today also marks the launch of our new Small Grants funding call with @whpartners.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Reposted by Ruth Challis
uhsftresearch.bsky.social
Taking part in an advanced liver disease study at @uhsft.bsky.social has changed Alan’s life 🏥💙

Now, he is supporting an @nihr.bsky.social campaign to encourage others to #BePartOfResearch. More than half a million people have already registered 👏

Read more: research.uhs.nhs.uk/news/man-wit...
June 23, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Reposted by Ruth Challis
uhsftresearch.bsky.social
Great to see @laboursatvir.bsky.social cut the ribbon to officially open a new commercial research centre 📸

Working with regional partners, @uhsft.bsky.social will host the multi-million pound centre set to increase access to cutting-edge clinical trials.

🔗👉 research.uhs.nhs.uk/news/regiona...
June 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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Bit late to the party for #Red4Research as I was at another party myself that day! #IsleofWightfestival 😉
but highlighting some the unique challenges Isle of Wighters have accessing complex healthcare
Here I am in all weathers on the ferry crossing ‪@redfunnelferry.bsky.social
@hiowaa.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Reposted by Ruth Challis
uhsftresearch.bsky.social
Southampton is proudly turning #Red4Research ❤️

Teams at @unisouthampton.bsky.social and @uhsft.bsky.social are wearing red to celebrate everyone who plays a part in making progress possible.

Find out how you can get involved in @nihr.bsky.social research 👇
bepartofresearch.nihr.ac.uk/join
June 20, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Reposted by Ruth Challis
arcwessex.bsky.social
Our latest news update includes: How one woman has been changing the way veterans are treated on hospital wards & groundbreaking support to boost the number of women leaders. Oh & why we're all so busy 😁
www.linkedin.com/pulse/summer...
@uhdnhs.bsky.social @hiowhnhsft.bsky.social @nihr.bsky.social
Summer update - June 2025
Contents ARC Event | Applied Research, Real Lives & Change that matters News round up | How research can improve ambulance services for older people, Domestic Abuse project continues after recognition...
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June 3, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Reposted by Ruth Challis
whpartners.bsky.social
Have you seen our latest newsletter?

Here it is! Check out our latest news, partner updates and events: mailchi.mp/0c9a9275f4aa...

👉 Subscribe here: mailchi.mp/20f6423ef49a...
June 5, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Reposted by Ruth Challis
uhsftresearch.bsky.social
Meet Andrew Bates, who's helping patients recover after intensive care 🛌

Around one in five of these people develop post-traumatic stress disorder (#PTSD).

He's using his @uhsft.bsky.social Research Leaders Programme award to find treatments for them 👇
www.soar-southampton.org/rlp-cohort-5...
April 8, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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It was fantastic to see such a great outcome at the @bournemouthuni.bsky.social hosted conference last week co-designed with @uhdnhs.bsky.social Dorset Healthcare, and Dorset County Hospital which WEMN was proud to support
@uhsftresearch.bsky.social

wessexhealthpartners.org.uk/news/58/work...
"Working in Partnership" BU-NHS Event | Wessex Health Partners
More than 200 academics and healthcare leaders gathered for a unique collaborative event between Bournemouth University, Dorset County Hospital NHS Tr
wessexhealthpartners.org.uk
April 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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This is an AMAZING timeline of infectious diseases over the history of time which just shows the impact that modern medicine has had on treating devastating pandemics that have happened throughout human history.

Brilliantly presented - I love it 👏👏👏
superbugs.bsky.social Superbugs 🦠🔬🏫🧒🏽 @superbugs.bsky.social · Mar 26
Check out our interactive timeline of some of the most devastating infectious diseases in history, alongside major advances in science and medicine that have helped control and prevent them.

In English, Welsh, Gaelic, Irish, German and Spanish.

🦠🧫🔬💉

#CelebrateVaccines
Timeline 'R' Us — Superbugs - The microbial world in, on and around us
Of superbugs and superheroes. Timeline 'R' Us – Explore devastating infections through the ages, alongside crucial scientific discoveries to help control them.
www.superbugs.online
March 27, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Reposted by Ruth Challis
britsocimm.bsky.social
Thanks to global immunisation efforts, an estimated 154 million lives have been saved over the past 50 years 🌎 🤝

That’s equivalent to 6 lives every minute.

#CelebrateVaccines
March 26, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Reposted by Ruth Challis
nihrarcs.bsky.social
The 2025 national #ARCseminar series on:
The healing power of creative arts

💃🏾🎷🎵
7 May: Improving #MentalHealth & wellbeing with creative arts

🎭🎤🖌️
11 June: Exploring lived experience with creative arts

🎵🕺🎭
9 July: Creative arts for #dementia

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NIHR National Institute for Health and Care Research #ARCseminar (background picture: silhouette of an adult and a child singing and dancing)
March 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Calling Wessex researchers!
@whpartners.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social @uos-primarycare.bsky.social @hiwessex.bsky.social @solentuniversity.bsky.social @hiowaa.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 11:31 AM
drruthchallis.bsky.social
Fantastic to see such brilliant onward work from one of the earliest recipients for the NIHR Wessex Experimental Medicine Network (WEMN) and Wessex Health Partners @whpartners.bsky.social seed funding
👏👏👏
uhsftresearch.bsky.social Health Research | Southampton @uhsftresearch.bsky.social · Jan 28
Could a world-first data project reduce road crash deaths?

@uhsft.bsky.social and TRL are partnering on Data Sustains Life with new funding from Department for Transport and the Road Safety Trust.

Learn more on BBC South News 🚁📺

research.uhs.nhs.uk/news/world-f...
February 12, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Reposted by Ruth Challis
whpartners.bsky.social
We've been bringing great minds together again!

NIHR WEMN (Wessex Experimental Medicine Network) is finding innovative new ways to #collaborate with regional partners.

wessexhealthpartners.org.uk/news/42/brin...
January 29, 2025 at 3:31 PM
drruthchallis.bsky.social
Looks like the innovative PPIE #Research event run in #Southampton city centre last week was a real success - have a look at this great video with views from public contributors. @unisouthampton.bsky.social @uhsft.bsky.social

#whywedoresearch

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckm8...
Shaping the future of health research together
YouTube video by Health Research | Southampton
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January 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
drruthchallis.bsky.social
Did you apply for the recent NIHR WEMN / WHP joint funding call?
@whpartners.bsky.social

Find out more about 2 of the successful projects, and the overall funding call outcomes: shorturl.at/qmVvN
January 28, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Reposted by Ruth Challis
whpartners.bsky.social
Did you apply to our most recent funding call? Find out more about the outcomes - shorturl.at/hqaeE
January 27, 2025 at 11:38 AM
drruthchallis.bsky.social
Massive congrats to Dr Phil Hyde on this onward funding. Phil is also the lead on the linked PRANA (Pre-hospital Research and Audit Network) project funded in the first round of NIHR Wessex Experimental Medicine Network seed funding 👏 @whpartners.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Car crash project 'world leading' say researchers
Data Sustains Life will combine crash data with health records to try to reduce road collisions.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Reposted by Ruth Challis
arc-west.bsky.social
Join academic physiotherapist Vincent Singh on 7 March 11-12pm for our latest Research Conversation. Vincent is researching how to improve engagement with rehabilitation for people with shoulder pain
arc-w.nihr.ac.uk/events/resea...
Research conversations: Improving engagement with rehabilitation for people with shoulder pain - ARC West
About the event During this research conversation, Vincent Singh will talk about a behaviour change intervention to improve engagement with rehabilitation for people with shoulder pain. He wants to kn...
arc-w.nihr.ac.uk
January 28, 2025 at 9:56 AM