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Research and Development Conference
Research and Development Conference, 13 and 14 October 2026
It's a wrap! What a fantastic few days! A huge thank you to our brilliant speakers who gave their time and shared their latest work with such enthusiasm. And thank you to everyone who joined us.
As in previous years the aim of our conference was to showcase some of the fantastic work that's happening in the research world.
This event was open to all with free tickets available. It was a virtual conference which ran via Microsoft Teams with four sessions running across the two day.
Recordings from the majority of presentations can be found below:
Agenda
Tuesday 13th October:
Learning Disabilities focus (10am - 12.15pm):
- Dr Amy Russell and Gary Bourlet: 'No research about us, without us.'
- Dr. Rory Sheehan: 'Learning from Lives and Deaths - People with a Learning Disability and Autistic People.' (Recording not possible).
- Dr Helen Ellis-Caird: 'Making Positive Moves – a research project and toolkit for supporting adults with Learning Disabilities to live their best life after discharge from hospital'
Psychosis focus (1pm — 3pm):
- Professor Graham Murray and Dr Marie Bowers: 'Early Intervention Mission and turbo-boosting NHS psychosis research'
- Dr Dominic Oliver: 'Using electronic health records to improve detection of risk for psychosis and bipolar disorders in clinical practice'
- Dr Jodie Russell: 'EI study- KIWI- Investigating Impact of Experience of Epistemological Injustice... impact on being experience being invalidated.'
Wednesday 14th October:
Management of long-term conditions (10am - 12 noon):
- Prof Sally Singh: Chief Investigator of the PERFORM study (Personalised Exercise-Rehabilitation FOR people with Multiple long-term conditions). This study was run here.
- Prof Suzanne Reeves: 'Trial of Ondansetron as a Parkinson's Hallucinations Treatment or those with Lewy Body Dementia' (The TOP HAT study).
- Dr Stephanie Rossit: 'New portable tools for spatial inattention/neglect post-stroke.' This study is currently open here.
Health Inequalities - led by the University of Worcester (1-3.15pm):
- Dr Peter Unwin: 'Community based work: Gypsy, Romany, Travellers'
- Dr Cate Rose: 'Developing Partnerships for Inclusive Health Research: Engaging Rural and Underserved Communities'
- Dr Shirley Evans and Dr Ruby Smith: 'Exploring Access to Dementia Diagnosis and Support in Herefordshire and Worcestershire'
- Professor Liz Hughes and Professor Dez Kyte and PhD student Laura Burley: 'Progress and plans for the THRIVE rural mental health programme'
Please note: The Trust assumes no responsibility or liability for any errors, omissions or inaccuracies in materials circulated and/or content presented by speakers during this conference. This also applies to our previous conferences.