Swansea University

Dr Ian Pepper
Research Manager
College of Human & Health Sciences
Swansea University
Singleton Park
SWANSEA SA2 8PP
Tel: 01792-518 539
Email: i.pepper@swan.ac.uk
Website: http://www.swan.ac.uk/humanandhealthsciences/

Special areas of research activity

Innovative Ageing
Professor Vanessa Burholt (v.burholt@swansea.ac.uk)
With an unashamedly positive view of ageing and older people, this theme pursues a philosophy of translating research into practice, achieved through active interaction with policy makers, managers and practitioners
Brain and Behaviour
Professor David Benton (d.benton@swansea.ac.uk)
Integrating neuroscience and behaviour research within the themes of 'brain chemistry', 'neuropsychology and brain injury' and 'psychophysiology' particularly EEG, this group has strengths in the effects of nutrition and drug use on cognition, mood & behaviour; dyslexia and closed head injury; and sleep disorders
Children and Young People's Health and Well-Being
Dr Ian Pepper (i.pepper@swansea.ac.uk)
Focussing on improving health and wellbeing across a variety of areas such as obesity, inactivity, health promotion, mental health, looked after children, child abuse and neglect, and disabled children. The rights of children and young people, along with issues relating to their migration, are also priorities
Cognition and Perception
Professor Toby Lloyd-Jones (t.j.lloyd-jones@swansea.ac.uk)
Adding to expertise in the areas of attention and perception, reading and language, memory and implicit learning with a range of techniques which include mathematical modeling, eye movement recording, neuropsychological testing, electroencephalography and functional magnetic resonance imaging
Evolutionary Behavioural Science
Dr Steve Stewart-Williams (s.stewart-williams@swansea.ac.uk)
Studying the evolutionary origins of behaviour and mind - in particular, human behaviour and the human mind, focusing on such areas as altruism, kinship, and mating behaviour
Health Economics
Professor Ceri Phillips (c.j.phillips@swansea.ac.uk)
Delivering a first class research and consultancy service to organisations in the healthcare sector, aiming to bridge the gap between academia and industry in Wales and the UK
Health, History and Culture
Professor Anne Borsay (a.borsay@swansea.ac.uk)
Leading the way in medical humanities by applying the concepts and methods of history, literature and the visual arts to the analysis of health and healthcare
Health Services Research
Professor David Hughes (d.hughes@swansea.ac.uk)
Ensuring the systems underpinning a range of health service areas such as healthcare organization, policy and patient involvement are evaluated and enhanced
Learning and Behaviour
Dr Louise McHugh (l.mchugh@swansea.ac.uk)
Examining the mechanisms that allow behaviour and thoughts to adapt to the environment, and investigating the role of learning processes in generating such flexible and adaptive behaviours. The occasional negative consequences of these otherwise adaptive processes and the resulting psychopathological states are also a major focus of work
Nursing, Midwifery and Healthcare Practices
Professor Joy Merrell (j.a.merrell@swansea.ac.uk)
Committed to transferring research from 'the bench to bedside', this theme addresses the issues of professional working and contributions to patient care which cut across traditional boundaries
Philosophy, Ethics & Law in Healthcare
Professor Mike McNamee (m.j.mcnamee@swansea.ac.uk) & Professor Steve Edwards (s.d.edwards@swansea.ac.uk)
Concentrating on the scrutiny of the philosophical, ethical and legal aspects underpinning healthcare theory and practice across the breadth of medicine, nursing and sport
Psychology Applied to Health & Medicine
Dr Phil Tucker (p.t.tucker@swansea.ac.uk)
Using research into areas such as diet, exercise, sleep, working conditions and brain injury to examine the ways in which brain and behavior affect, and are affected by, our physical and psychological well-being
Social Work and Social Care Research
Professor Peter Huxley (p.j.huxley@swansea.ac.uk)
Generating new knowledge about the changes affecting the social care workforce and service provision, including the issues surrounding social care education and development

PhD supervision

Maria Davis
Tel: +44 (0)1792-295 309
Email: a.m.davis@swansea.ac.uk
Website: http://www.swan.ac.uk/humanandhealthsciences/Postgraduate/Researchdegrees/

Postgraduate Training

Doctorate in Professional Practice

Six years (part-time), this will be of interest to professionals working in the health and social care profession. The programme focusses on research conducted by practitioners in their own workplace. Although similar to a traditional PhD, it utilises a 'three way model', interconnecting the university, the candidate's profession and their workplace to explore the themes: planning research for practice; initiating and managing change, and evaluation and synthesis of theory and practice.

Contact: Postgraduate Admissions, Swansea University, Swansea, SA2 8PP
Tel: +44 (0) 1792 518531
Email: SHSAdmissions@swansea.ac.uk
Website: http://www.swansea.ac.uk/pgcourses/HumanandHealthSciences/DoctorateinProfessionalPractice/

MSc Social Research

One Year (full-time), Two or Three Years (part-time). Provides advanced training in the range of research methods used in the social sciences. Core modules develop practical research skills, methodological expertise, and familiarity with examples of good practice in contemporary research and knowledge of theoretical issues relevant across the spectrum of social science disciplines. Course holds Research Training (RT) status from Economic & Social Research Council.

Contact: Ms. Sherril Snelgrove
Tel: +44 (0) 1792 513466
Email: S.R.Snelgrove@swansea.ac.uk
Website: http://www.swan.ac.uk/pgcourses/HumanandHealthSciences/MScSocialResearch/