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Foreword                                                                                                                   Introduction



        Welcome to the third annual report of the National Centre for Population                                                   The National Centre for Population Health & Wellbeing Research (NCPHWR)
        Health and Wellbeing Research (NCPHWR), covering its activities during 2017-                                               has been established to carry out research to improve the health and
        18. It has been a year in which the Centre has continued to drive its mission of                                           wellbeing of people in Wales. It is funded by the Welsh Government through
        improving the health and wellbeing of the population of Wales.                                                             Health and Care Research Wales.


        To achieve this, we have continued to enable large numbers of successful
        funding bids to be created, securing over £6.5 million in funding.                                                         The NCPHWR brings together expertise from across academia with Swansea,
                                                                                                                                   Cardiff and Bangor University working alongside Public Health Wales and our

        In last year’s report we identified how our research was showing impact in                                                 third sector partner Children in Wales.
        health and beyond. This year we will show the results from our research into
        children and young people and healthy ageing.                                                                              Executive Board                                       NCPHWR Staff


        We are working to translate our quality, evidence-based research findings to                                               Centre Director                                       Centre Manager
        inform public services and government decision making.                                                                     Professor Ronan Lyons                                 Sam Dredge
                                                                                                                                   Deputy Director                                       Centre Administrator
        This report will discuss our progress in our key areas of research between                                                 Professor Sinead Brophy                               Elizabeth Irvine
        April 2017 and March 2018.                                                                                                 Deputy Director                                       Communications Officer
                                                                                                                                   Professor Simon Murphy                                Sarah Toomey
        Thank you for taking the time to read it, we hope you enjoy.                                                               Deputy Director                                       Knowledge Exchange Officer
                                                                                                                                   Professor Shantini Paranjothy                         Ceri Davies
        The NCPHWR Executive Board                                                                                                 Deputy Director

                                                                                                                                   Professor Jane Noyes
                                                                                                                                   Knowledge Transfer Lead
                                                                                                                                   Dr Alisha Davies

                                                                                                                                   Who we work with


                                                                                                                                   Research Centres
                                                                                                                                       • DECIPHer (Centre for Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions
                                                                                                                                       for Public Health Improvement)
                                                                                                                                       • CASCADE (Children’s Social Care Research and Development Centre)

                   Professor Ronan                Professor Sinead               Professor Simon                                       • ADRC-W (Administrative Data Research Centre Wales)
                        Lyons                          Brophy                         Murphy
                                                                                                                                   HealthWise Wales

                                                                                                                                   HDRUK (Health Data Research UK)












                  Professor Shantini            Professor Jane Noyes             Dr Alisha Davies
                      Paranjothy



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