Swansea Immunology Research Lab

09/02/2026

Menstrual Health Education Study

🩸 Teachers - we need your voice!

We’re conducting a research study on menstrual health education in UK schools andare looking for school staff to take part in a short anonymous questionnaire.

We want to learn:
✨ What’s currently being taught
✨ What support teachers might need
✨ How we can build a more empowering curriculum for KS3–KS4 students

Ideal for PSHE, Science, and Wellbeing staff.

Takes just 15–20 minutes. Click the link below to take part: https://tinyurl.com/yvwcxy9x

This project has received ethical approval from Swansea University Medical SchoolResearch Ethics Sub-Committee, Project ID 15051

Thank you for helping improve menstrual health education!
If you have any questions, feel free to get in touch.

22/01/2025

Hi everyone! 🩷

We are looking for participants for a research study we are conducting! 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬

We are conducting research on the perception of menstrual blood 🩸, and the receptiveness to the use of menstrual blood via menstrual cups as a diagnostic tool.

We require females who menstruate over the age of 16 🚺.

Participants would be required to complete an anonymous questionnaire form via Microsoft forms: https://forms.office.com/e/vSfHMvDkA7

Please could you pass on this information to anyone you think might be interested and if you have any questions or require further information, please contact us via the website below or email immunology-studies@swansea.ac.uk
https://www.swansea-immunology.com/participate-in-a-study

This research has been given a favourable ethical opinion by Swansea University Medical School (SUMS) Research Ethics committee (RESC), project reference 2 2024 12319 11414

06/08/2024

🤩New study requiring participants🤩

Please see poster for details!

Register your interest here

01/08/2024

Hi everyone! 🎉

We are looking for participants for a research study we are conducting! 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬

The study aims to investigate whether pregnant women 🤰 make a different response to air pollution compared to non-pregnant women 👩 and men 👨

We require non-smoking/non-vaping pregnant female volunteers at any stage of pregnancy 🤰 aged 18+ years. Participants will be required to tell us a bit about themselves and their health and then donate a few samples of their choosing. This could include a nasal swab, some saliva, some exhaled breath, a skin sample collected with a sticking plaster, urine, and a few drops of blood from a finger prick. 🩸 Which ones you donate is up to you. This would be carried out at Swansea University Singleton campus. 🎓 Free parking is available and you will receive a £10 voucher for your participation.

Please could you pass on this information to anyone you think might be interested and if you have any questions 💭 or require further information, please contact us via the website below 💬 or email immunology-studies@swansea.ac.uk

https://www.swansea-immunology.com/participate-in-a-study

This research has been given a favourable ethical opinion by Swansea University Medical School (SUMS) Research Ethics committee (RESC), project reference 2022-0099.

30/06/2023

🔔 This study is now closed, thank you to all who participated 🔔

Hello everyone,
We are inviting women who were pregnant and/or gave birth during the COVID-19 pandemic to participate in a research study.

The participation criteria includes:
• Women who were pregnant and/or gave birth during the COVID-19 pandemic, between the end of March 2020 and March 2022.
• Received maternity care from a Health Board in Wales

This study aims to examine the experiences of women who were pregnant and/or gave birth during the COVID-19 pandemic to assess what impact the pandemic had on their pregnancy, birth, and postnatal experiences and their experiences of using maternity services and the maternity care they received during the pandemic when significant changes to maternity services were put in place.

With this data, we aim to make recommendations on how maternity services in Wales should be managed during any future crisis situations.

Participation in this study involves:
• Attending an interview (on Zoom in English), likely to last between 30-45 minutes.

The research has been approved by Swansea University Medical School Research Ethics Committee (SUMS RESC 2022-0045).

Please could you pass on this information to anyone (friends and family) you think might be interested. For more information about this study, please contact the principal investigator, Lucy Stone, by email at 617136@swansea.ac.uk or message us on Facebook.

Thank you.

27/06/2023

Hi everyone, we are looking for new participants for a research study we are conducting at Swansea University.
The study aims to investigate if pregnant women 🤰 make a different response to air pollution compared to non-pregnant women 👩 and men 👨
We require non-smoking/non-vaping pregnant female volunteers 🤰 aged 18+ years who are 37+ weeks pregnant. We also require non-pregnant females aged 18-40 👩 and men aged 18-40 👨 who are non-smokers/non-vapers.
Participants will be required to tell us a bit about themselves and their health and then donate a few samples of their choosing. This could include a nasal swab, some saliva, a skin sample collected with a sticking plaster, urine, and a few drops of blood from a finger prick. 🩸 Which ones you donate is up to you. This would be carried out at Swansea University. 🎓 Free parking is available and you will receive a £10 Amazon voucher for your participation.

Please could you pass on this information to anyone you think might be interested and if you have any questions 💭 please contact us on Facebook, email immunology-studies@swansea.ac.uk ✉️ or visit our website: https://www.swansea-immunology.com/

This research has been given a favourable ethical opinion by Swansea University Medical School (SUMS) Research Ethics committee (RESC), project reference 2022-0099A.

At Swansea Immunometabolism research lab we are led by Principal Investigator Professor Cathy Thornton. Our group is comprised of undergraduate & postgraduate project students, PhD students, postdoctoral researchers, research assistants and lecturers. We have several research projects underway with....

21/04/2023

Here is an article by us on why research into the link between endometriosis and the immune system is necessary.

If you'd like to participate in one of our studies looking for a biomarker and the underlying immunology of endometriosis, please drop us a message or email us at immunology-studies@swansea.ac.uk

Further exploring this connection could potentially lead to better treatment of the condition.

20/04/2023

Hello everyone,

We are inviting women who were pregnant and/or gave birth during the COVID-19 pandemic to participate in a research study.

The participation criteria includes:

• Women who were pregnant and/or gave birth during the COVID-19 pandemic, between the end of March 2020 and March 2022.
• Received maternity care from a Health Board in Wales

This study aims to examine the experiences of women who were pregnant and/or gave birth during the COVID-19 pandemic to assess what impact the pandemic had on their pregnancy, birth, and postnatal experiences and their experiences of using maternity services and the maternity care they received during the pandemic when significant changes to maternity services were put in place.

With this data, we aim to make recommendations on how maternity services in Wales should be managed during any future crisis situations.

Participation in this study involves:

• Attending an interview (on Zoom in English), likely to last between 30-45 minutes.

The research has been approved by Swansea University Medical School Research Ethics Committee (SUMS RESC 2022-0045).

Please could you pass on this information to anyone (friends and family) you think might be interested. For more information about this study, please contact the principal investigator, Lucy Stone, by email at 617136@swansea.ac.uk or message us on Facebook.
Thank you.

04/04/2023

Hello everyone,

We are inviting midwives and maternity staff who worked at a Health Board in Wales and provided maternity care to women during the COVID-19 pandemic to participate in a research study.

The participation criteria includes:

• Provided maternity care to women in Wales during the COVID-19 pandemic between March 2020 and March 2022
• Worked at a Health Board in Wales

This study aims to gather and examine midwives and maternity staffs’ experiences of providing maternity care to women in Wales during the COVID-19 pandemic when significant changes were made to maternity services and care.

With this data, we aim to make recommendations on how maternity services in Wales should be managed during any future crisis situations.

Participation in this study involves:

• Attending an interview (on Zoom in English), likely to last between 30-45 minutes.

The research has been approved by Swansea University Medical School Research Ethics Committee (SUMS RESC 2022-0044).

Please could you pass on this information to anyone (friends and family) you think might be interested. For more information about this study, please contact the principal investigator, Lucy Stone, by email at 617136@swansea.ac.uk or message us on Facebook.

Thank you.

10/03/2023

ASTUDIAETH DIABETES YN YSTOD BEICHIOGRWYDD🎙

Rydym yn gwahodd menywod a gafodd brawf am ddiabetes yn ystod beichiogrwydd (gestational diabetes mellitus) i gymryd rhan yn astudiaeth ymchwil.

Mae’r cyfranogiad meini prawf yn cynnwys:
• Menywod a fynychodd ysbyty neu gyfleuster lleol i dderbyn prawf goddefedd glwcos.
• Profi oedd wedi ei wneud yn y DU neu Awstralia.

Nod yr astudiaeth yma yw gwerthuso y barn ynglyn a’r ddau feini prawf profi a diagnostig ar gyfer diabetes yn ystod beichiogrwydd (y DU yn seiliedig ar risg, Awstralia yn dilyn dull sgrinio cyffredinol). Gyda’r data yma, rydym yn anelu at gynnig argymhellion at newidiadau er mwyn gwella profiadau y cleifion.

Mae cymryd rhan yn yr astudiaeth hon yn gofyn am:
•Fynychu cyfweliad (naill mewn person neu ddros Zoom), sydd yn debygol o barhau am dua 20-30 munud.

Y mae yr ymchwil wedi’i gymeradwyo gan Bwyllgor Ymchwil Ethig Ysgol Feddygyniaeth Prifysgol Abertawe.

Os ydych yn meddwl bod diddordeb gan un o’ch ffrindiau neu deulu, a fyddech mor garedig ag anfon y gwybodaeth yma atynt os gwelwch yn dda?
Am fwy o wybodaeth cysylltwch a ni ar immunology-studies@swansea.ac.uk , neu adael neges ar ein tudalen Facebook.

Diolch.

28/02/2023

Hi all, please see below a research study in the Medical School that might be of interest to some of you.

We are inviting women who are currently diagnosed with polycystic o***y syndrome and/or endometriosis to participate in a research study.

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the opinions of women as to whether they would be amenable to using a finger-prick blood test as a diagnostic tool. The research has been approved by Swansea University Medical School Research Ethics Committee (SUMS RESC 2023-0004).

Participation in this study involves:

• Completing a short online survey
• https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/L5VMT9F

Please could you pass on this information to anyone (friends and family) you think might be interested. For more information about this study, please contact Shalviya Balogun, by email at 2012657@swansea.ac.uk or immunology-studies@swansea.ac.uk .

Thank you.

15/02/2023

Hi everyone! 🎉

We are looking for new participants for a research study we are conducting! 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬

The study aims to investigate if pregnant women 🤰 make a different response to air pollution compared to non-pregnant women 👩 and men 👨

We require non-smoking/non-vaping pregnant female volunteers 🤰 aged 18+ years who are in the last (37+) weeks of pregnancy. We also require non-pregnant females aged 18-40 👩 and men aged 18-40 👨 who are non-smokers/non-vapers.

Participants will be required to tell us a bit about themselves and their health and then donate a few samples of their choosing. This could include a nasal swab, some saliva, some exhaled breath, a skin sample collected with a sticking plaster, urine, and a few drops of blood from a finger prick. 🩸 Which ones you donate is up to you. This would be carried out at Swansea University. 🎓 Free parking is available and your travel will be reimbursed with a £10 supermarket voucher.

Please could you pass on this information to anyone you think might be interested and if you have any questions 💭 or require further information, please contact us 💬 or email immunology-studies@swansea.ac.uk. ✉️

This research has been given a favourable ethical opinion by Swansea University Medical School (SUMS) Research Ethics committee (RESC), project reference 2022-0099.