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THINK is a collaboration between Aberystwyth University Psychology Department and Public Health Wales. It is funded by Health and Care Research Wales and is led by Charles Musselwhite, Professor in Psychology, Aberystwyth University, and Dr Sarah Jones, Consultant in Environmental Public Health, Public Health Wales.

Image: iStock.com/ Si-Gal, Sustainable city in a form of brain

THINK Foundry

The THINK Foundry will enrich the network with new knowledge.  The foundry will provide:

  1. Support for researchers and practitioners to systematically work together to develop, submit and win new funding in research
  2. Support to use research in policy and practice by holding workshops with key stakeholders aimed at maximising impact
Image: Aberystwyth University, conference dinner and discussion
THINK Academy

The THINK Academy will enhance the network by increasing knowledge and skills in transport and health. The academy will provide summaries of research findings and other materials designed to support knowledge and growth of THINK, a website, seminars every few months and an annual conference. It will support training of professionals new to transport and health, including:

  1. An annual continual professional development workshop
  2. Bespoke training support
  3. Systematic mentoring scheme with experienced researchers https://think.aber.ac.uk/think-mentor-scheme/
Demonstration that the THINK Academy will be doing practical teaching in industry settings
Image: iStock/SolStock, Practical demonstrations
Students look at posters of research demonstrating sharing of knowledge in the THINK Academy
Image: Aberystwyth University, Poster session
A stack of books demonstrating learning new knowledge as part of the THINK Academy
Image: Charles Musselwhite, sharing knowledge
Lecturing to spread knowledge
Image: Aberystwyth University, conference in a lecture hall
THINK Participate

THINK Participate will develop professional and public understanding of the relationships between transport and health.

Participate will foster collaboration by supporting mini-research secondment opportunities for people from research to work in policy, or practice.

Participate will provide the same opportunities for people from policy and practice in academic settings.

Participate will involve the public through interactive roadshows, research and accessible policy summaries, and participatory methods that could include storytelling, film, photography, go-along interviews, or monitoring air pollution or road safety, for example.

THINK’s participatory approach will help to prioritise key issues and to involve people in developing the policies that will impact the future of their community, health, wellbeing, and mobility. 

Image: Aberystwyth University, conference discussion table
Funded by Health Care Research Wales – Today’s Research; Tomorrow’s Care
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Health and Care Research Wales provides an infrastructure to support and increase capacity in research and development, runs a range of responsive funding schemes and provides funding to NHS Wales to support the development and delivery of research for the benefit of patients and the public.

Our innovative infrastructure and portfolio of funded programmes consolidates, updates and builds on what has been created and delivered to date, placing Wales at the international forefront of health and social care research.

Our infrastructure allows a sharper focus on Wales’ current and emerging areas of excellence and ensures an integrated, interdisciplinary, interagency, all-Wales approach, from research development to changes in practice based on research evidence.

The people of Wales are central to the infrastructure and the programmes which lead to major gains in health and wellbeing, effectiveness of services and the generation of national wealth.

THINK - the Transport and Health Integrated research NetworK
  • Systems mapping active travel for all in the UK
  • Summary of THINK’s Public Agenda Setting Workshops 2023
  • The Human Factor
  • THE E-MOVE TRIAL: E-CYCLING PRACTICES IN RURAL WELSH COMMUNITIES, AND THE POTENTIAL FOR LOW-CARBON TRANSPORT TRANSITIONS
  • THINK and Transport for Wales (TfW) are seeking women to participate in research workshops on their safety using public transport in, to and from Cardiff

THINK Podcast

Transport and Health Integrated research NetworK – THINK Podcast
Transport and Health Integrated research NetworK – THINK Podcast

THINK is a collaboration between the psychology department of Aberystwyth University and Public Health Wales, and is funded by Health and Care Research Wales to improve health outcomes for all, in relation to transport. The network is made up of individuals working in academic, practitioner, policy or charity roles across different areas of transport and health. THINK facilitates research, training and seminars to develop knowledge and provide opportunities to work collaboratively across four different themes – air and noise pollution; injuries and deaths stemming from vehicle crashes; the impact of active travel (walking and cycling) on health; and the impact of vehicles dividing communities. You can sign up as a member of THINK for free on the website https://think.aber.ac.uk/sign-up/ or follow us @TransportHealth

Access to Healthcare with Community Transport
byThe Transport and Health Integrated Research NetworK - THINK

Hear how community transport & health care providers in Pembrokeshire are leading the way on life giving collaborative projects. Featuring Emma Bingham (CTA), Debbie Johnson (PACTO), Gemma Lelliott (CTA), Kellie Lowther (PIVOT & Country Cars driver), Rod Bowen (Dolen Teifi Community Transport), Tina Norman (wheelchair accessible vehicle user and Chair of PVT) and community transport users of the Fflesci bus service trial in St Davids and Dolen Teifi Community Transport.

Access to Healthcare with Community Transport
Access to Healthcare with Community Transport
13 March 2023
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Wales and Community Transport with Gemma Lelliott, Director for Wales, Community Transport Association
9 March 2023
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Digital Futures in Community Transport
9 March 2023
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Co-production in Community Transport
9 March 2023
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More Than Just a Journey – Community Transport
8 March 2023
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