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Human infection studies have the power to rapidly accelerate the development of much-needed vaccines and treatments, including for Covid-19.

What are human infection studies and why do we need them?

Coronavirus (Covid-19)

Epidemics

Vaccines

Sonia Gonçalves

New Covid-19 variants could potentially jeopardise a lot of the work that has been done so far to contain the pandemic. Sonia Gonçalves explains how genomic surveillance can help us track and contain them.

An expert explains how to track coronavirus variants 

We aim to influence policy so that researchers can be as effective as possible, and to help tackle global health challenges.

Global health policy

Beth Thompson

The profound and inequitable health and economic impacts of Covid-19 highlight flaws in the systems we have in place to prepare for and respond to infectious disease outbreaks. Beth Thompson explains how this also gives us a unique opportunity to think about how we could do things differently in future.

 How should the world invest to prevent the next pandemic?

What are adverse events related to vaccination, how often do they happen and why?

What are 'adverse events' and 'emergency use authorisation' in relation to vaccination?

From repurposed drugs to new therapies – researchers are working at incredible speed to find the best ways to treat Covid-19 patients.

What drugs are working as treatments for Covid-19?

The Covid-19 pandemic is global, and to bring the pandemic to a close, a collaborative, global approach is needed. But why is it so important that all countries have access to vaccines as soon as possible?

Why is a global Covid-19 vaccine rollout vital?

Miranda Wolpert

Miranda shares the thinking behind what Wellcome wants to achieve in the mental health space in the next 30 years, and how.

Mental health at Wellcome: looking forward 

Mental health

Michael Dunn

Michael Dunn shares more information about our new discovery research funding schemes, and the role of the Discovery Research team in Wellcome’s new strategy.

Our new funding will support bold and creative discovery research to improve health 

How feasible is it to create a community-led databank that enables an open science community? Wellcome’s mental health team is running a project to find out.

Collaborative data banking to improve mental health for young people

We need urgent international action to achieve more equitable global access to Covid-19 vaccines. Countries that have ordered more vaccine doses than they need are best placed to take the lead, by sharing doses now, through COVAX.

Why we need to share vaccine doses now and why COVAX is the right way to do it 

Lauren Couch

Ed Whiting

By 2031 Wellcome will be an inclusive employer, an inclusive funder, and our work and all the activities we fund will be inclusive in design and practice.

How we're putting diversity, equity and inclusion at the heart of our strategy

Diversity and inclusion

Government investment helps to support world-leading research and develop the best researchers.

Research culture

Building a positive and inclusive research culture is an ongoing process, but what drives change forward?

How can we continually improve workplace culture?

We hear from researchers about some amazing initiatives and cross-sector partnerships that are transforming research culture in the UK.

Which changes are already making a difference to research culture?

For a long time, academia has emphasised individual achievement over teamwork and collegiality. We want to change that.

How can we better reward teamwork in research?

Georgina Humphreys

Has the research community shared their data openly and transparently during the Covid-19 pandemic? Clinical Data Sharing Manager, Georgina Humphreys reflects on the last 14 months, and whether any changes will lead to a collaborative and transparent research culture.

Has Covid-19 changed researcher behaviour? 

What can the research sector learn from other industries about creating a healthy working environment?

Learning from others to create a healthier research culture

What roles do individuals and funders play in creating research culture? We speak to Dan O’Connor and Megan Reitz about how different groups can sustain or disrupt the status quo.

Research culture: putting change into action ourselves

Senior leaders from UK research funders get together to discuss research culture, using one of Wellcome's Café Culture kits.

Café Culture: reflections from research funders

Critics warned against the UK government policy of leaving a longer gap between doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines. Now we have more data, so what do we actually know?

How well do first and second vaccine doses work against Covid-19?

Where does research culture originate and what tools do we have to change it? People from across the research community share their ideas for change.

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