In this episode we are exploring the connection between the gut and the mind known as the Gut-Brain Connection. We are recording this episode of the podcast to coincide with National Self–Care Week, which has a special theme around Mind & Body.

Andy Tattersall is joined by three experts in the areas of mental health and nutrition. First up is Dr Tanefa Apekey who is a Senior Lecturer in Human Nutrition, also on the panel is Dr Viren Ranawana who is a Senior Lecturer in Public Health at Sheffield. Finally Dr Chris Blackmore who is a Senior University Teacher in Mental Health.

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In this episode, Andy Tattersall is joined by a panel of knowledge mobilisation experts he is currently collaborating with as part of the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) funded Knowledge for Public Health (KNOW-PH) project. They are working as part of a three year programme to move NIHR’s research closer to local and national public health decision Making. The project is called KNOW-PH and is a collaboration between the universities of Nottingham, Sheffield and Hallam. Andy’s part in this podcast is that of a dual role, not only as a host and producer but also as someone funded as part of this project to lead on the communications side. Andy is joined by Dr Liz Such and Dr Fiona Marshall from The University of Nottingham, Dr Joe Langley from Sheffield Hallam University and Naeema Ahmed from AFRUCA who are working in partnership with the KNOW-PH team to bring an important co-production element to the work. 

https://www.know-ph.ac.uk/

KNOW PH Figshare Collection

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Host and Producer - Andy Tattersall https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/smph/andy-tattersall

Liz Such https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/beacons-of-excellence/rights-lab/our-team/liz-such/index.aspx

Joe Langley https://www.shu.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/staff-profiles/joe-langley

Fiona Marshall https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/expertiseguide/medicine/fiona-marshall.aspx

Naeema Ahmed https://www.linkedin.com/in/naeema-ahmed-60761750/

Disclaimer

This project is funded by the NIHR. KNOW-PH (Knowledge for Public Health) Award ID: NIHR159057

For the latest episode of the podcast we're joined by Dr Annette Haywood. Annette is a senior research fellow at SCHARR and although she has undertaken mixed methods research, she mostly undertakes qualitative research. Annette has worked with a wide range of individuals from women with young children, older adults and NHS, Local Authority and third sector staff groups. Annette has a particular interest in public health and health inequalities. In addition, she has led a number of impactful consultancy projects as Principal Investigator for high profile organisations including the British Red Cross, Yorkshire Cancer Research, and the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra).

Annette Haywood 

Annette Haywood on X

GSP Evaluation Interim Report – Briefing

GSP Evaluation Interim Report – Summary

GSP Evaluation Interim Report – Main Report

GSP Evaluation Interim Report – Main Report Appendices

University of Sheffield contribute to a report into green social prescribing to prevent and tackle mental ill health

In the latest episode of the Communicable Research Podcast, Andy Tattersall is joined by Dr Steven Ariss who is a Senior Research Fellow at SCHARR.

Steven has a diverse set of research interests that include the development and evaluation of health innovations, programmes and policies including service redesign and the use of technology in healthcare delivery. Steven has experience of working in a wide range of health areas such as Mental Health and Wellbeing, Cancer, End of Life and Palliative Care, Care Homes, Kidney medicine, Stroke and Dementia to name but a few. In this episode we are discussing his methodological interest in Real World Evaluations. 

Dr Steven Ariss

For the latest episode of our podcast series we are joined by Dr Emily Wood. Emily is a senior research fellow within SCHARR and is a mental health nurse researcher working on healthcare workforce and policy research. The focus of Emily’s research is on the factors affecting the retention of staff in NHS services. 

In this episode we discuss Emily's retention research and the collaboration between Emily and Professor Damian Hodgson - from the Management School at Sheffield - which explores how new roles in mental health should be introduced to improve care and support staff working in the NHS. 

Dr Emily Wood

Professor Damian Hodgson

How should new roles be introduced in mental health services to improve care?

New Roles, New Challenges: Understanding boundary work to support the implementation of new roles in mental health Trusts

New Roles in Mental Health YouTube playlist

Podcast produced and hosted by Andy Tattersall

In this episode of the SCHARR Communicable Research Podcast we are joined by Dr Kate Fryer who is a research associate at SCHARR and has expertise in qualitative health research with a focus on working with marginalised populations. Dr Fryer currently co-leads the Deep End Research Alliance within the Primary Care Research group, with Dr Caroline Mitchell. Kate works in collaboration with the Deep End Clinical Research Network, a network of 9 GP practised in socio-economically deprived areas of Sheffield, with higher than average ethnic minority populations.

https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/smph/people/population-health/kate-fryer

DERA website

Our latest guest on the Communicable Research podcast is Dr Rebecca Mawson. Rebecca started her professional career after studying medicine at the University of Leeds going on to completing foundation training in Leeds and Dewsbury. She then travelled halfway across the globe to work in New Zealand in obstetrics and gynaecology. Rebecca then completed her GP training in Harrogate in 2014 before moving back to her home town of Sheffield where she joined our university.

Her main area of interest is around addressing inequalities in sexual and reproductive health provision in primary care. Rebecca completed her MD in 2022 which explored this topic in relation to general practice. She started her NIHR Clinical Lectureship post in 2023 and has focused on various areas of sexual and reproductive health including contraception access and experience of under-represented populations, menopause care and HIV in primary care. Rebecca also has a special interest in primary care research around endometriosis and Polycystic Ovary Syndrome. 

Guest Rebecca Mawson

Rebecca Mawson on X

The Lowdown

Host Andy Tattersall

In this episode of the SCHARR Communicable Research podcast we discuss the topic of research ethics and in particular how current research aligns with equality, diversity and inclusion practices.

We are joined by Dr Jennifer Burr who is a Senior University Teacher at Sheffield and the Chair of the University Research Ethics Committee (UREC). Jennifer has been leading this work at Sheffield and we will discuss the importance of ED&I as part of research ethics proposals. 

Jennifer Burr

Hosted and produced by Andy Tattersall

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For this episode of the SCHARR Communicable Research podcast, Andy Tattersall is joined by his colleagues Dr Duncan Gillespie and Dr Nick Woodrow alongside Mark O’Brien and Scott Chapman to discuss their collaboration between SCHARR and the North Yorkshire Council Living Well Smokefree Service. 

Smoking remains the largest avoidable cause of premature death and disability in the UK. There are approximately 70,000 smokers within North Yorkshire, with higher rates in areas of greater deprivation, and above national average rates of smoking during pregnancy. This podcast discusses the work and research that has been undertaken to develop and evaluate a ‘hybrid’ stop-smoking service model, where support for people trying to stop smoking is offered in person and remotely.

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Nicholas Woodrow

Duncan Gillespie 

North Yorkshire Council Living Well Smokefree Service

Hosted and produced by Andy Tattersall

Music credit

Creation by airtone (c) copyright 2019 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) licence. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/airtone/59721

Welcome to this special, bonus edition of the SCHARR Communicable Research Podcast. Andy Tattersall is joined by a trio of experts from SCHARR to discuss the NHS at 75 and what potentially lies ahead for the organisation in the next 25 years and its 100th birthday in 2048, in relation to healthcare service and the research that supports it.

In this podcast we will discuss the NHS’s priorities for the coming decades and the challenges it faces. Those being a changing demographic, the legacy of Covid, and a quickly evolving technological landscape.

Andy is joined by three academics at SCHARR who all have strong links to the NHS in their roles as a mental health nurse researcher who has previously worked in the NHS frontline services, an emergency care doctor and a GP. Dr Emily Wood, Professor Steve Goodacre and Professor Chris Burton.

Professor Steve Goodacre | Medicine and Population Health | The University of Sheffield

Dr Emily Wood | Medicine and Population Health | The University of Sheffield

Professor Chris Burton | Medicine and Population Health | The University of Sheffield