Thomas Bray

Keen on all things medicine- and humanities-related @wellcometrust. Likes cycling, cats, and clever come-backs. Fan of out-of-context comments. Highly sporadic.

[Wellcome @wellcometrust]

From periods to maternity to menopause – @DrAimeeGrant at @SwanseaUni is researching the reproductive health needs of autistic people.

Read more about her study funded by our Discovery Research Career Development Award ⤵️
https://t.co/1Og69giRAK

[Thomas Bray @ThomasBray12]

I'll be talking about our support for early- and mid-career researchers asking the bold, creative, and high-quality questions about life, health, and wellbeing. Please note: there is nothing high-quality about my nail-chewing tendencies, even if it is sometimes bold and creative

[Thomas Bray @ThomasBray12]

How’s this for tweet-ception: a photo of me preparing to draft this tweet. Today’s @wellcometrust #DiscoveryResearch is online, so no exotic travels for me 😩 I do get to use my favourite mug, though ☕️👌

[Thomas Bray @ThomasBray12]

The carpets at @RCPhysicians, the venue for today’s @wellcometrust #DiscoveryResearch event, are bold, creative, and (very!) high-quality, much like a good research project. @Helenarosewells explains what we mean with these terms in our session for early-/mid-career researchers

[Thomas Bray @ThomasBray12]

Another day, another #DiscoveryResearch event from my @wellcometrust colleagues and me, and another opportunity to hear thoughts and questions from the research community, all in the delightful surroundings of the @RCPhysicians . I’m really looking forward to the discussions!

[Thomas Bray @ThomasBray12]

If you're wondering what could animate me so, well; what else but #DiscoveryResearch?!? I hope that rather came across, and that my walkie talkie presentation-style was suitably bold, creative, and high-quality

[Sarah Lloyd @SarahELloyd24]

How are @discoveryresearch @wellcometrust grants assessed? @ThomasBray12 explains and offers some top tips for attendees at our regional event Yorkshire and North-East @UniversityLeeds

[Thomas Bray @ThomasBray12]

To steal a phrase from Angela Woods, it’s very much been a day of ‘intellectual whiplash’ as we bounce between ideas, questions, thoughts, and lots of handheld lunch components. It’s been wonderful!

[Thomas Bray @ThomasBray12]

Now wrapping up our @wellcometrust #discoveryresearch visit to Yorkshire and the North East with a panel to discuss the opportunities and challenges of discovery research and how we’re reflecting on who, what, and how we fund.

[Thomas Bray @ThomasBray12]

And now @Christi_Fowler talks through the range of #DiscoveryResearch fields and disciplines which will produce the bold and creative ideas to transform our understanding of health and wellbeing, as part of our @wellcometrust visit to (a very sunny !) Leeds

[Thomas Bray @ThomasBray12]

Ask us about #DiscoveryResearch, says @SarahELloyd24 at our latest @wellcometrust event. Really looking forward to hearing (and reading!) all your questions and hearing your thoughts. I’m also very glad just to be here after swan-related delays on the train-line….

[Thomas Bray @ThomasBray12]

The spectre of #NNMHR2023, along with the fact that I'll be bouncing up to Leeds for a @wellcometrust #DiscoveryResearch visit, means that my head is very much up north this week.Find me online, or, if you're attending the Leeds visit, nab me over a cup of tea for MH and ECR chat

[Thomas Bray @ThomasBray12]

Am I critically excited? Am I an entanglement of anticipation? Yes I am! But why, I hear you tweet? Because it's... Northern Network for Medical Humanities Research Congress time! You can find me knee-deep in narratives, creative methods, and provocations #nnmhr2023

[Thomas Bray @ThomasBray12]

That tweet was meant to have a photo... Such bold, creative, and high-quality use of that mic.

[Thomas Bray @ThomasBray12]

Making deft use of the roving mic, @MichaelWKChew talks to our early- and mid-career session about #DiscoveryResearch assessment criteria at our @wellcometrust visit to Liverpool. I am digesting the many sandwiches and many lively lunchtime conversations i had with researchers...

[Thomas Bray @ThomasBray12]

Michael Dunn adjusts his glasses as he takes in the Mersey of faces who have braved icy winds to hear @wellcometrust staff talk about #DiscoveryResearch in Liverpool. Really excited to hear your thoughts and questions!

[Hetan Shah @HetanShah]

A heads up from @UKRI_News that they will be putting out a call soon for interdisciplinary ideas (£200k-£1.2m) which cut across research councils and aren't funded via their usual schemes. Great opportunity for STEM and SHAPE collaboration
https://t.co/PBoWojCoeE

[Thomas Bray @ThomasBray12]

@ErmerlindaJ Good question!Although the old Research Resources scheme is now closed, we're considering how we support resources like archives through strategic+directed funding. We’ll be talking about directed funding at the regional visits, alongside discussing our Discovery Research schemes

[Thomas Bray @ThomasBray12]

Do you want to find out more about how Wellcome’s Discovery Research funding can support you and your ideas? Join us between March and May at one of eight events near you, or at a virtual event if you’re based outside the UK & Republic of Ireland. https://t.co/E2M52WVkqu

[Thomas Bray @ThomasBray12]

And doing this as well because I like quotes, and I like quote-tweeting.

[Victoria Pelly @VSPelly]

💡Do you want to find out more about how Wellcome’s Discovery Research funding can support you and your ideas? Join us between March and May at one of eight events near you🚂, or at a virtual event if you’re based outside the UK & Republic of Ireland 🌍. https://t.co/AltJGGWx6k

[Thomas Bray @ThomasBray12]

We're really excited about funding across a breadth of disciplines, and keen to get out there and meet a variety of research communities, so it would be remiss of me not to tag some of those closest to my disciplinary heart @SSHMedicine @TheBSLS and @NNMHRmed Spread the word!

[Thomas Bray @ThomasBray12]

Register now for your preferred location or join us at our virtual event at the end of the series. https://t.co/E2M52WUMAW