University of Liverpool

Professor Liz Perkins
William Rathbone VI Professor of Community Nursing
Health and Community Care Research Unit
Institute of Psychology Health and Society
University of Liverpool
Thompson Yates Building
LIVERPOOL L69 3GB
Tel: 0151-794 5503
Email: e.perkins@liv.ac.uk
Website: http://www.liv.ac.uk/healthsciences/research/index.htm

Special areas of research activity

Patient and professional practice communication and decision making - increasing understanding of how and why people with disease, or those caring for them, explain decisions they have reached.
Group Leader Professor Liz Perkins, email: e.perkins@liv.ac.uk

PhD Supervision

Professor Julian Pine, Director for Postgraduate Research
Email: julian.pine@liverpool.ac.uk
Website: www.liv.ac.uk/study/postgraduate

Postgraduate research training opportunities

Master of Research (MRes)

The programme is available full-time over one calendar year or part time over either two calendar years or three academic years. The aim of the programme is to contribute towards building research capacity for medical, health- and social-care professionals, so meeting regional and national demands for re-search oriented skills in these disciplines. A key element of the programme is the experiential development of relevant, appropriate and rigorous research skills together with a systematic understanding and critical awareness of the research process.

Liverpool is one of the seven Universities in England who offer the MRes via the NIHR Clinical Academic Careers pathway, where funding is available for fees and to cover salary costs for successful applicants. The details about the NIHR funded places are available on a link on the MRes web pages.

Contact: Dr Maria Flynn, Programme Director
Tel: +44 (0) 151 794 5775
Email: m.flynn@liverpool.ac.uk
Web: University of Liverpool Master of Research