A huge amount of time and energy from so many people, with a range of emotions throughout, was the story behind my submission to the MRC Career Development Award. That was April. Now September brings news of rejection and no interview.

And here comes a 3rd article from my @researchwales.bsky.social funded PhD/fellowship hosted by @ctrcardiffuni.bsky.social: this on the content validity of a 12-item item pool to measure the construct of Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity doi.org/10.1093/rheu...

Latest paper out now from @picklestim.bsky.social's doctoral work - congratulations Tim! Shows good content validity for a brief set of 12 items that were identified using Rasch measurement theory for assessing rheumatoid arthritis disease activity. academic.oup.com/rheumatology...

@picklestim.bsky.social reflects on his journey through a Doctoral Fellowship and Next Steps Award—and how it's shaped his research career. 🔗 youtu.be/eYV3HUcZehc @researchwales.bsky.social @ukcrc-ctu.org.uk 📊🧠

Skin cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer worldwide. What is the current evidence for skin cancer prevention and how to best use sunscreens? Read the full guidance or check out this visual summary #BMJInfographic www.bmj.com/content/390/...

Fantastic way to sign off my PhD @cardiffuni.bsky.social in the @ctrcardiffuni.bsky.social, and lovely to graduate with my friend and colleague Mandy Lau #CardiffGrad

Front cover of European Burn Journal for CARe Burn Scales! Congratulations Catrin Griffiths Ella Guest @dianaharcourt.bsky.social 🥳 @ctrcardiffuni.bsky.social www.mdpi.com/2673-1991/6/2 doi.org/10.3390/ebj6...

Great to have this published in @painreports.bsky.social doi.org/10.1097/PR9.... Congratulation Stephanie Smith and team. I was happy to provide further CAP-RA data for analyses as part of the SOCRATES data collection funded by @researchwales.bsky.social @ctrcardiffuni.bsky.social

📝 Discover how funding shapes research careers! Dr Tim Pickles reflects on his Health and Care Research Wales awards + next steps at a free webinar on Tues 15 July 2025. 🎯👨‍🏫 🔗 healthandcareresearchwales.org/about/events... @researchwales.bsky.social @cardiffuni.bsky.social @ukcrc-ctu.org.uk

Excited to share the second published article from my PhD funded by @researchwales.bsky.social on Patient Reported Outcome Measures for Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity. doi.org/10.1093/rheu...