The Durham Group recently held their annual open day at their weekly Pain Cafe which meets at Brandon Community Hall. They find that holding an open day not only gets the word out to the local community, but also brings together a good network of professionals to network and help each other. The day was a great success with plenty of people coming along for information.

In January 2025, the UK Parliament’s Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee launched a call for submissions to inform the next priority areas for its work.

Dr Frances Cole (WRIHW Honorary Fellow) and Professor Paul Chazot (Director, WRIHW Pain Challenge Academy) say thank you to everyone who attended the first ever Live Well with Pain Footsteps to Change Conference 2025 in Birmingham, and for all your contributions and support on the day.

WRIHW's Andrea Lambell (Co-Director) has been involved in a vital report which will assist the University in creating a welcoming and inclusive environment to all.

Professor in the School of Education Nadia Siddiqui explains the disadvantage gap index and what can be done to reduce it.

The latest and the last Child of the North report has been published on the important topic of creating a culture of inclusive opportunity through arts and creativity. Many WRIHW Fellows feature in the author list and we are incredibly proud of this contribution.

Next week, Durham University are hosting the Coimbra Group 40th Anniversary Climate Symposium. We’ll welcome Rectors and Vice-Chancellors from across Europe to Durham for a thought-provoking two-day event. The Symposium will explore the role of universities as agents of transformative change for climate, nature, planetary health, and society. As institutions at the forefront of research, education, and policy engagement, universities play a critical role in addressing the climate emergency.

The NHSA are shining the spotlight on hundreds of innovative women today - on International Women’s Day - as they publish the annual #NorthInnovationWomen list. You may recognise some familiar faces from the WRIHW and Durham.

What we eat not only impacts our overall health, it can actually affect our pain levels too. So what exactly are the foods we need – and why are they important for pain?

This study from the Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing Concussion Team (Dr Dan Glassbrook, with Professors Paul Chazot and Karen Hind) investigated the precision of the new Integrated Cognitive Assessment (ICA; Cognetivity Neurosciences Ltd., Vancouver, Canada) test for the assessment of information processing ability in athletes.

This new up-to-date guide was developed by the County Durham Dementia Strategy Implementation Group.

We do not know whether women with serious mental illness in prison access primary care services. We would like to understand more about this. Hardly any evidence exists about how imprisoned women with SMI use primary care services. These services include general practice, dentists, eye health (opticians) and pharmacists. We want to find out how such services meet their healthcare needs and how these experiences are racially differentiated. This Study is led by WRIHW Fellow Prof Tammi Walker.