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South Yorkshire Children and Young People's Health Research

South Yorkshire Children and Young People’s Health Research (SCYPHeR) aims to build collaboration between Sheffield Children’s Hospital, Sheffield Hallam University and the University of Sheffield and embed high-quality research and practice across South Yorkshire.

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About SCYPHeR

South Yorkshire Children and Young People’s Health Research (SCYPHeR) aims to build collaboration between institutions across South Yorkshire and embed high-quality research and practice in the region.

About SCYPHeR

Research themes

Rare Disease

One in 17 people will be affected by a rare disease at some point in their lifetime. This equates to nearly 1 million children in the UK. Rare disease research aims to improve awareness, diagnostics, access to treatment and outcomes for these children.

SCYPHeR Rare Disease

Child Welfare and Safeguarding

Researching the experiences and outcomes of children who may be engaged in welfare services due to concerns for their safety or their development.

SCYPHeR Child Welfare and Safeguarding

Health Inequalities

Health inequalities are unfair and avoidable differences in health between different groups of people.

SCYPHeR Health Inequalities

Child Health Technologies

This theme promotes close collaboration with the other SCYPHeR themes to define the technological research challenges and co-creating innovative solutions that improve children’s lives.

SCYPHeR Child Health Technologies

Mental Health and Wellbeing

This theme focuses on child and adolescent mental health. We are particularly concerned with the interaction or expressions of mental health difficulties with a physical health or paediatric context.

SCYPHeR Mental Health and Wellbeing

Co-Production and Children's Voices

Hearing and understanding the voice of children, young people and their families underpins the ethos of SCYPHeR. Rather than being the subject of research, children and young people, and their families should shape research that focuses on the issues important to them.

SCYPHeR Co-Production

Contact us

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Get in touch

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If you're not sure who to contact, you can get in touch via our email:

scypher@sheffield.ac.uk

News

19 September 2024

The Children’s Hospital Charity commit to invest £5m in research at Sheffield Children’s

Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is receiving an incredible £5m funding boost towards research thanks to The Children’s Hospital Charity.

Published by Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Katie Ellis and Meena Balasubramanian at the Sycpher launch

7 March 2024

Collaboration can help tackle Yorkshire’s child health challenges

In a comment piece originally published in the Yorkshire Post, Dr Meena Balasubramanian, Dr Katie Ellis & Professor Joanna Smith explain how a joined-up approach is fundamental to tackling significant regional challenges in children's healthcare.

5 December 2023

Is your child afraid of the dentist? CBT could help

A pioneering study led by the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals will investigate whether Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) could help reduce the worryingly high number of children who are afraid of the dentist.

Olivia wearing her back brace — Olivia wearing her brace

5 December 2023

Study launches to compare back brace treatment for children with scoliosis

The University of Sheffield and Sheffield Children’s Hospital are leading a new study to compare two back braces for children with adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS).

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