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Top Medicine Researchers at Swansea University for 2026
Swansea University’s recent work in Medicine spans a wide range of clinical and health research, from mental health and primary care to emergency medicine, epidemiology, and patient-centered services. Looking across the last year, the featured researchers below show how the institution is combining data-driven methods with practical questions from care settings, public health, and health systems.
You’ll see themes that connect psychology, surgery, chronic disease, and service delivery, alongside studies that focus on real-world implementation and outcomes. Together, they offer a useful snapshot of where Swansea’s medical research community has been active recently.
Featured Researchers
Ann John
Ann John’s recent work at Swansea University centers on clinical psychology, health, and social psychology, with studies on severe mental illness, psychosis and bipolar disorder risk, and COVID-19 shielding policy.
Activity over the last year: 16 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Prevalence and patient characteristics associated with cardiovascular disease risk factor screening in UK primary care for people with severe mental illness: an electronic healthcare record study (Jan 2025)
- Psychosis and bipolar disorder risk in child and adolescent mental health services in the UK: population cohort study (May 2025)
- Evaluation of the UK's COVID-19 public health policy “Shielding: Results of a linked data matched cohort study (May 2025)
Sonu Goel
At Swansea University, Sonu Goel’s recent publications connect physiology with cardiovascular medicine and healthcare practice, including work on electronic nicotine delivery systems, emotional intelligence in healthcare, and tobacco use.
Activity over the last year: 8 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
Sue Jordan
Sue Jordan’s recent research at Swansea University spans geriatrics, emergency medical services, and child health, with a strong focus on adverse drug reactions, medication exposure in pregnancy, and secondary healthcare data.
Activity over the last year: 12 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Methods for identifying adverse drug reactions in primary care: A systematic review (Feb 2025)
- Risk of Congenital Ocular Anomaly After Prenatal Exposure to Medications: A EUROmediCAT Study (Jan 2025)
- The Effect of Different Algorithms on Prevalence of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorder in Secondary Healthcare Data in Five European Countries: A Contribution from the ConcePTION Project (Aug 2025)
Ceri Battle
Ceri Battle’s Swansea University publications focus on surgery, respiratory medicine, and emergency medicine, especially blunt chest trauma, physiotherapy in injury care, and pain outcomes after thoracic injuries.
Activity over the last year: 7 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Predictors of chronic pain, chronic opioid use and neuropathic pain in Ukrainian military patients with isolated thoracic injuries sustained during the Russia-Ukraine conflict: a single-centre prospective observational study (Jun 2025)
- The role of the physiotherapist in the assessment and management of blunt mechanism chest wall injury: A systematic integrative review and narrative synthesis (Apr 2025)
- Mixed-methods study protocol to develop and pilot a Competency Assessment Tool to support therapists in the care of patients with blunt CHest trauma (CATCh study) (Aug 2025)
Simon Dymond
Simon Dymond’s recent Swansea University work brings together developmental and educational psychology, clinical psychology, and experimental psychology in studies of gambling harm, screening, and intervention.
Activity over the last year: 7 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- A scoping review of routinely collected linked data in research on gambling harm (Jun 2025)
- Electronic Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (e-SBIRT) for Gambling Harm: A Mixed-methods Acceptability Study (Sep 2025)
- Screening and Assessment of Gambling in Military Populations: A Systematic Review and Gap Analysis (Jul 2025)
Laura L. Wilkinson
Laura L. Wilkinson’s Swansea University research links clinical psychology, food science, and social psychology through studies of meal-replacement decision-making, emergency department experiences, and emotional eating.
Activity over the last year: 7 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- The relative influence of perceived processing level alongside nutrition, health, sustainability and price on consumer decision-making for meal-replacement products: A conjoint analysis (Jun 2025)
- Streaming and redirection of lower acuity adult patients attending the ED: patient and staff experience (Jun 2025)
- Emotional eating and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD): a pre-registered study in a clinical population (Nov 2025)
Philip M. Newton
Philip M. Newton’s recent Swansea University work spans safety research, public health, and health informatics, including pragmatic studies of GenAI in education, migraine-related preclinical research, and training guidance.
Activity over the last year: 6 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- How vulnerable are UK universities to cheating with new GenAI tools? A pragmatic risk assessment (Jun 2025)
- Efficacy of MEDI0618, a pH-dependent monoclonal antibody targeting PAR2, in preclinical models of migraine (Feb 2025)
- Education and Training Assessment and Artificial Intelligence. A Pragmatic Guide for Educators (Feb 2025)
Hayley Hutchings
Hayley Hutchings’s Swansea University publications connect genetics, surgery, and epidemiology, with recent work on electronic health record implementation, chest wall injury care, and therapist competency assessment.
Activity over the last year: 10 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Barriers to the implementation of large-scale electronic health record systems in primary healthcare centers: a mixed-methods study in Saudi Arabia (Apr 2025)
- The role of the physiotherapist in the assessment and management of blunt mechanism chest wall injury: A systematic integrative review and narrative synthesis (Apr 2025)
- Mixed-methods study protocol to develop and pilot a Competency Assessment Tool to support therapists in the care of patients with blunt CHest trauma (CATCh study) (Aug 2025)
What Swansea University's Medicine Community Is Working On
The most common subfields across Swansea University’s recent Medicine output point to a community working at the intersection of clinical psychology, social psychology, and surgery, with additional activity in health, physiology, epidemiology, and health informatics. That mix suggests a strong emphasis on both patient experience and clinical outcomes, alongside practical research on service delivery, implementation, and assessment. Across the featured work, researchers are asking how care is delivered, how risk is identified, and how health systems can better support patients and practitioners in everyday settings.- Clinical Psychology - seen across 3 of the featured researchers
- Social Psychology - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
- Surgery - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
- Health - seen across 1 of the featured researchers
- Physiology - seen across 1 of the featured researchers
These researchers illustrate the breadth of Medicine at Swansea University, with work that moves between clinical practice, population health, and the realities of health service delivery. If you want to keep exploring similar research workflows, Resub can help with citation discovery, manuscript formatting, and submission preparation for your own projects.
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