Contract Research

​The discipline team under take contract research in a number of areas.

Occupational Health and Safety / Occupational Hygiene

Contract research projects include occupational monitoring of workplace hazards, particularly dust and bio aerosols in waste treatment and endotoxins analysis.

We also have experience in chemical, heavy metals and particulate exposure assessment,  risk assessment and risk mitigation.

See Centre for Health, Safety and Environment for details or please email psykes@cardiffmet.ac.uk or jallen@cardiffmet.ac.uk to discuss your requirements.

For examples case studies undertaken by CHSE please see the  Consultancy page

 

Public Health – contract research case studies

2013: Cosmetic piercing – developing the evidence base. Research design project for Welsh Government - to support policy development and Ministerial statements on legislation relating to the health impacts of cosmetic piercing, Welsh Government identified that research might be needed to investigate the prevalence of cosmetic piercing in Wales and the associated health risks. This research report evaluated potential approaches for investigating these issues, and proposed a phased research design (cross-sectional study followed by case-control study) accompanied by indicative budget figures.


2017: Independent review of smoking cessation services in Wales - Working with Emma George Consulting, undertook rapid review of the future delivery of smoking cessation services in Wales. This involved a review of published systematic reviews relating to effective smoking cessation interventions and services, and qualitative interviews with key stakeholders, leading to production of recommendations and potential options for the future provision of smoking cessation services in Wales. Interim findings have been presented to Welsh Government’s Tobacco Control Strategic Board, and we expect the final research report to be published by Welsh Government in early 2018.

Please contact Alastair Tomlinson or Mel Jones for further enquiries

 

We are also able to undertake contract research in the following topic areas.  Please click on the appropriate link for the contact details of a relevant member of the team. They will be more than willing to discuss your requirements.