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

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 (Northern).

 

Durham University

Special areas of research activity:

  1. Obesity Related Behaviours (ORB) Research Group
  2. Centre for Integrated Health Care Research
  3. Centre for Medical Humanities
  4. Centre for Public Policy & Health
  5. Centre for the History of Medicine and Disease
  6. Evaluation Research Development Unit (ERDU)
  7. Medical Education Research Group
  8. Mental Health Research Centre (Psychotropic drug safety; youth mental health; primary care mental health; genetics of learning disability and major psychiatric disorders)
  9. North East Public Health Observatory (NEPHO)
  10. Qualitative Health Research Group
  11. Research Design Service (RDS) 

Website: Durham University

 

Newcastle University

Special areas of research activity

  1. Ageing, Health and Society
  2. Clinical Trials Unit
  3. Economics of Safety, Health, Environment and Risk
  4. Effective Professional Practice and Organisation of Care
  5. Environment and Health
  6. Advancing Research in Chronic Disease Epidemiology
  7. Public Health Nutrition
  8. Health Technologies and Human Relations
  9. Oral Health Services Research
  10. Public Health
  11. Development and Disability
  12. Risk Communication and Decision Making

Website: University of Newcastle

 

University of Teesside

Special areas of research activity

  1. Nursing
    Dr Sharon Hamilton Sharon.hamilton@tees.ac.uk
  2. Rehabilitation sciences
    Dr Denis Martin,  D.Martin@tees.ac.uk
  3. Centre for health and social evaluation (CHASE)
    Professor Janet Shucksmith j.shucksmith@tees.ac.uk and Dr Sharon Hamilton sharon.hamilton@tees.ac.uk
  4. Physical activity and exercise
    Professor Alan Batterham a.batterham@tees.ac.uk
  5. Public health
    Professor Janet Shucksmith j.shucksmith@tees.ac.uk

Website: University of Teesside

 

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 the 2011 survey. Any university without a link has not responded to this survey since its inception in 2008.

  1. Northumbria University
  2. University of Sunderland

Website: UK Higher Education Institutions and their research interests