UK Higher Education Institutions and their research interests - England (East Midlands)
In March 2012, we wrote to every UK Higher Education Institution which offers a healthcare related course, asking them for details of their areas of research interest. The list below provides details of those who responded from England (East Midlands).
De Montfort University
Special areas of research activity
- Midwifery research
Rosemary Garratt, email: rgarratt@dmu.ac.uk - Pedagogic research in nurse education
Dr Peter Norrie, email: pnorrie@dmu.ac.uk - Diversity in health and social care
Dr Sue Dyson, email: smccartney@dmu.ac.uk - Infection control
Professor Judith Tanner, email: jtanner@dmu.ac.uk - Mental health/ service user involvement
Jim Dooher, email: jdooher@dmu.ac.uk - Sexual health
Wendy Norton, email: wnorton@dmu.ac.uk - Oncology nursing
Annie Law, email: plaw@dmu.ac.uk
Website: De Montfort University
University of Derby
Special areas of research activity
- Health workforce development practice/ nurse education
Professor Lorraine Ellis, l.ellis@derby.ac.uk - Social care/ social care policy
Professor Guy Daly. g.daly@derby.ac.uk - Mental health/ alcohol abuse
Dr Tony Daley: t.daley@derby.ac.uk - Clinical educators/ clinical education
Dr Bill Whitehead: b.whitehead@derby.ac.uk - Public health/ health visiting
Pat Owen p.owen@derby.ac.uk - Practice education/ community nursing
Wendy Wesson. W.Wesson@derby.ac.uk - Cognitive behavioral psychotherapy
Dr Michael Townend. M.townend@derby.ac.uk - Undergraduate nursing education
Dr Paula Crick: p.Crick@derby.ac.uk and Richelle Duffy: r.duffy@derby.ac.uk - Occupational therapy
Dr Helen Stoneley. H.stonely@derby.ac.uk - Parkinson’s Disease/ arts therapy
Dr Jill Bunce: j.bunce@derby.ac.uk - Art therapy
Professor Susan Hogan: S.Hogan@derby.ac.uk - Applied mental health
Professor Chris Brannigan: c.brannigan@derby.ac.uk
Website: University of Derby
University of Nottingham
Special areas of research activity
- Supportive & palliative care
Dr Kristian Pollock: kristian.pollock@nottingham.ac.uk - Child, maternal & sexual health
Dr Sarah Redsell: sarah.redsell@nottingham.ac.uk - Education & technology for health
Dr Heather Wharrad: heather.wharrad@nottingham.ac.uk - Mental health
Professor Patrick Callaghan: patrick.callaghan@nottingham.ac.uk - Neurological and Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation
Grahame Pope: grahame.pope@nottingham.ac.uk
Website: University of Nottingham
Previous and non-responders
This is an annual review. For completeness, we list below the Universities who, whilst not responding to the 2012 survey, did respond to a previous survey. Any university without a link has not responded to this survey since its inception in 2008.
Website: UK Higher Education Institutions and their research interests

