UK Higher Education Institutions and their research interests - England (London)

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 (London).

University of Greenwich

Special areas of research activity

  1. Patient outcomes and experiences
    E. West, R. Reeves, A DeCourcy
  2. Sociology applied to health and social care
    E. West, E. Meerabeau, S. Page
  3. Children and families
    P. Maras, K. Cleaver
  4. Sexual health
    L. Hoggart, D Evans, A Pryce
  5. Mental health, substance abuse and offender health
    J.Foster, G Gilchrist, A Barton-Breck
  6. Stress and resilience
    B. Bruneau
  7. Nurses' careers, education and workforce issues
    E. West, E Meerabeau, C Scott, P Schofield
  8. Long term conditions: diabetes, stroke and dementia
    S Shea, B Bruneau, O Ojo, J Brooke
  9. Compassion and humanity of care
    S Shea, C Lionis (VP), E. West
  10. Patient and public involvement
    E West, J Foster, S Shea
  11. Older people
    P Schofield
  12. Pain management
    P Schofield

Website: University of Greenwich

 

Kingston University & St George's, University of London

Special areas of research activity:

  1. Health & social care for people with long term conditions and their carers
  2. Health & social care workforce innovation, development and education
  3. Health , exercise and rehabilitation research
  4. Families and children
  5. Service user and public involvement in health and social care research

Research in the health and social care group cuts across nursing and midwifery, health services research and allied health professions. Our researchers have considerable strength in each of these areas and draw on substantive collaborations with colleagues elsewhere in St George's, University of London, Kingston University and Royal Holloway, University of London through the South West London Academic Network (SWan) alliance.

Website: Kingston University & St George's, University of London

 

King's College London

Special areas of research activity:

  1. Patient and carer experience
    A programme of work that explores and seeks to improve the patient and carer experience of health care with a particular focus on cancer, mental health, diabetes and long-term conditions.
  2. Healthcare workforce, organisation and service delivery
    This programme of work contributes to the understanding of healthcare systems at national, regional and global levels, with particular regard to equity, access to care and workforce issues. Within this the National Nursing Research Unit (NNRU)’s major policy research programme for the Department of Health examines how the organisation of the nursing workforce impacts upon service delivery and organisation within the NHS and beyond
  3. Health and wellbeing
    Public health and wellbeing is the focus of activity within this programme. This ranges from ensuring the safety and quality of care for women and their babies before, during and following birth and supporting individuals and families’ wellbeing through the long-term trajectory into older age and at the end of life
  4. National Nursing Research Unit (NNRU)
    The School is also home to the National Nursing Research Unit (NNRU), the only Department of Health-funded unit of its kind in England, putting it at the forefront of health services, policy and evaluation research. The aim of the NNRU is to produce world class health services research that is of relevance to policymakers and healthcare leaders and which contributes to improving the quality and effectiveness of nursing in its social, political, local, national and global contexts. Contact: Estelle Clinton, Unit manager (estelle.clinton@kcl.ac.uk) 

Website:  King's College London

 

London South Bank University

Special areas of research activity

  1. Children and young peoples cancer nursing
    Professor Faith Gibson (gibsonf@lsbu.ac.uk)
  2. Public health & health promotion
    Professor Jane Wills (willsj@lsbu.ac.uk)
  3. Psychological therapies and mental health nursing
    Professor Marcantonio Spada (spadam@lsbu.ac.uk)
  4. Health statistics
    Professor Nicola Crichton (crichtnj@lsbu.ac.uk)
  5. Practice development
    Professor Joan Curzio (curziojl@lsbu.ac.uk)
  6. Leadership & service improvement
    Dr Alex Mears (alex.mears@lsbu.ac.uk)
  7. Health literacy
    Professor Gill Rowlands (growlang2@lsbu.ac.uk)
  8. Allied health sciences
    Professor Pamela Eakin (eakinpa@lsbu.ac.uk)
  9. Social work
    Professor Keith Popple (popplekj@lsbu.ac.uk)

Website: London South Bank University

 

Middlesex University

Special areas of research activity:

  1. Nursing and healthcare policy
    Michael Traynor (m.traynor@mdx.ac.uk)
  2. Transcultural health
    Rena Papadopoulos (r.papadopoulos@mdx.ac.uk)
  3. Alcohol policy, drugs
    Betsy Thom (b.thom@mdx.ac.uk)

Website: Middlesex University

 

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.

  1. City University
  2. University of West London

 

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