Shows
Talking traumaCharity podcast- Chid Brain Injury TrustSharon Buckland from CBIT talks about brain injury in the young and the support needed by families.
Read about the trust
Find out about N-ables
Read CBIT's réponse to the recent government SEND strategy
2026-02-2521 minTalking traumaResearch podcast-FIELDThe Field study showed that rates of a kind of dementia are 3 times higher amongst professional football players. James discusses the project with Willie Stewart
The field study
2026-02-1030 minTalking traumaPatient story- Steve BrownT.V presenter and paralympian Steve Brown talks to James about injury and identity.
2026-01-2736 minTalking traumaResearch podcast- TBI reporterProf David Menon talks about the UK wide research platform TBI-Reporter.
https://tbi-reporter.uk/
2026-01-1422 minTalking traumaInnovation podcast- KnitregenMany people have limited movement after a stroke. Hear about a new technology which promises a new way to restore motion.
Find out more at https://www.knitregen.com/
2025-12-3021 minTalking traumaInnovation podcast- Motor learning
James talks to Ian howard about a new system to asses motor learning and movement.
Ian's research group http://www.howardlab.com
The backwards Bike https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFzDaBzBlL0
2025-12-1721 minTalking traumaInnovation podcast- Eye focusSpatil neglect affects as many as 1/3 of stroke survivors. James talks with Stephanie Rossit about the condition and a new project which hopes to help.
Eyefocus https://www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/article/uea-researchers-developing-revolutionary-new-stroke-recovery-app
The Man who mistook his wife for a hat
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/63697.The_Man_Who_Mistook_His_Wife_for_a_Hat_and_Other_Clinical_Tales
Spatial neglect
https://www.stroke.org.uk/stroke/effects/problems-noticing-things-on-one-side-spatial-neglect
Clinical guideline
Rehabilitation and recover...
2025-12-0319 minTalking traumaCharity Podcast- AnchorpointJames talks to Alyson Norman about support for families after brain injury.
Anchorpoint
2025-11-1921 minTalking traumaInnovation- fetal monitoringA conversation with Antoniya Georgieva from Oxford university about the use of AI to identify babies at risk of brain injury during birth.
Oxford Labour Monitoring — Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health
MMBRACE
Prof Redman obituary
2025-11-0522 minTalking traumaCharity podcast- Stroke AssociationJuliet Bouverie of the Stroke Association talks to James about the work of the charity and the impact of stroke.
The Stroke association
Nrol
2025-10-2222 minTalking traumaBrain injury innovation- HEADYJames talks to Theo Farley and Aaron Chung-Jukko about a new concussion tracking app
2025-10-0821 minTalking traumaToo many to countJames talks about brain injury and domestic abuse with Stephanie Bechelet from Brainkind. Read the Too many to count report here
2025-09-2324 minTalking traumaPatient Story- Steph GrantSteph talks about his brain injury, going to university and work with homeless people.
2025-09-1032 minTalking traumaPatient Story- Greg DeanJames takes to Greg about his brain haemorrhage and volunteer work
2025-08-2621 minTalking traumaHeadway Cambridge and PeterboroughHear about the work of Headway Cambridge and Peterborough who support people with brain injuries
2025-08-1220 minTalking traumaComa in Fiction and realityHow are comas and brain injuries shown in books and movies? James talks to Matthew Colbeck about his research exploring the gap between fact and fiction.
2025-07-3030 minTalking traumaPatient story -KavitaKavita shares the story of her brain haemorrhage and talks to James about her Patient Involvement work.
2025-07-1422 minTalking traumaThe cost to the UK of acquired brain injuryHow much does brain injury cost the country? James Piercy talks to Chloe Hayward Executive director of UKABIF and economist Jennifer Misak about a new report exploring the impact of abi on the nation
2025-06-3026 min
Talking traumaPatient story -Jesús MonteroJesús Montero shares the story of his traumatic brain injury. He talks to James about the need to improve care and support for all.
2025-06-1322 min
Talking traumaPatient story -GillianGillian shares the story of her son's brain injury, unmet needs and her motivation to become Involved in research
2025-06-0617 min
Talking traumaA new project exploring brain coolingCan we cool injured brains without harming other parts of the body?
Listen to James Piercy talk with Enrico Giuliani, Founder of NeuronGuard, and Andrea Lavinio, Clinical Lead and Consultant in NeuroTrauma, about Aurora, a selective and portable cerebral targeted temperature management system, and their next study SELETHERM 2 (Selective Brain Temperature Management).
2025-03-0719 min
Talking traumaAnimorph - Modernising digital health careNew tech and gamification can support rehabilitation.
Listen to James Piercy talk with Szczepan Orlins, Founder of Animorph Coop, a company that aims to push rehabilitation into the future and make it fun and accessible for your home. They discuss 2 new devices that support the rehabilitation of people with brain injury: EyeFocus and CrossSence.
2025-03-0719 min
Talking traumaDecently - Tracking and recording behaviour using MeloUsing new tech to track and record information about patients.
Listen to James Piercy talk to James Chapman, co-founder of Decently, about Melo and how data can be used to understand people’s recovery journey. During your time as a patient in a hospital, you go through many different teams. As patients are handed between departments, data is often lost, and patients have to explain their situation all over again. Melo is data collection software that tracks patient behaviour during their time in the hospital, monitoring their entire journey.
2025-02-1320 min
Talking traumaNon-invasive brain injury monitoringUnderstanding what is going on inside someone's head is crucial. Is it possible to do this without piercing the skull?
Listen to James Piercy talk with Jeremy Holland, Chief Executive of Crainio, about their non-invasive intracranial pressure monitoring system. Crainio has developed a sensor which can be stuck to the outside of the head and monitor the pressure using infrared light and machine learning. The results are then continuously displayed in real time. This exciting new technology will reduce infection and could allow first responders to measure intracranial pressure at the scene of an accident.
2025-02-1317 min
Talking traumaNIHR Brain Injury HRC - Restoration and Rehabilitation ThemeProfessor Valerie Pomery and James discuss what different methods are used in rehabilitation and how biomarkers may be the key to creating more effective personalised therapies. They also discuss the similarities and differences between physical and cognitive rehabilitation. Are there any cutting-edge techniques which could restore brain function, and will they be enough on their own to ensure recovery?
2024-12-0312 min
Talking traumaNIHR Brain Injury HRC - Prevention and Education ThemeDr Mark Wilson, Professor Julie Mytton, and James discuss what we can do to prevent brain injury and what we can do in the pre-hospital phase to reduce long-term injuries. Julie talks about the importance of collecting and using data to help predict outcomes for patients. Mark talks about the latest technologies being trialled to see how they can improve outcomes, and testing different techniques to ensure that the way we manage injury is the best, rather than what we have always done.
2024-11-1115 min
Talking traumaNIHR Brain Injury HRC - Acute Care and Monitoring ThemeDr Virginia Newcombe and James discuss the acute time period when patients with brain injury enter the hospital and how they are managed in our emergency departments. They discuss some cutting-edge monitoring techniques used in Critical Care, some new research being done in this area, and how this can improve care given to patients.
2024-11-0519 min
Talking traumaNIHR Brain Injury HRC - Life Course ThemeProfessor Topun Austin and James discuss the effects of brain injury at the extremes of life and how the way we treat people and their brains at these key points in time can have huge effects on their recovery journey. They also explore some of the cutting-edge techniques in the neonatal sphere and discuss their positive benefits, but they also explore the dangers of these new techniques. What is the best way to look after a brain at these two important stages of life?
2024-11-0523 min
Talking traumaNIHR Brain Injury HRC - Diagnostics ThemeProfessor Stephen Price and James discuss new techniques for understanding how to diagnose patients correctly, some of the limitations of current diagnostic practice, and the importance of diversifying data across different injuries, communities and ethnic backgrounds. How can we strengthen the prognosis for patients by looking at the data we collect and changing the current pathways in place?
2024-10-0717 minTalking traumaImmature plateletsA conversation with Paul Vuilliamy about the role of young platelets in blood clotting
2024-07-3015 minTalking traumaGroup B or not Group BFollowing serious injury blood may not clot properly. James Piercy talks to Henry Schofield and recent work linking this coagulopathy to blood type.
2024-07-3015 minTalking traumaCutting knife injuriesA conversation about research to better understand the social factors that can lead to knife injuries
2024-07-3057 min
Headpods PodcastHeadpods S1 Ep8: James PiercyIn 2011 James Piercy was involved in a car accident with his family. Thankfully, James' three children were not injured, but his wife was tragically killed and he was left unconcious with a serious traumatic brain injury. James has now re married and is committed to continuing his recovery and sharing his passion of public speaking to inspire other brain injury surviviors. Hope you enjoy this incredible podcast. To find out more about James Piercy: TedTalk - https://youtu.be/jJ3BwZPhyMMTwitter - @thepiercy Radio 4 - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05w3...
2023-03-0629 min