UK Higher Education Institutions and their research interests - England (Yorkshire and the Humber)

In March/April 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 (Yorkshire and the Humber).

University of Huddersfield

Special areas of research activity:

  1. Risk and the organisation of health and social care - focused on women's health, primary care, mental health, screening, survivorship and occupation and return to work
  2. Health, wellbeing and psychosocial and nurse/AHP led interventions in healthcare - focused on long term conditions including diabetes, wound care, cancer, back pain, end of life, spirituality and mental health
  3. Health professional workforce and education - learning and teaching strategies for competence using simulation, advanced practice roles and new ways of working including social enterprise  

Website: University of Huddersfield

 

University of Hull

Special areas of research activity

  1. Maternal, reproductive and family health
    Lead: Prof J Jomeen: j.jomeen@hull.ac.uk
  2. Wellbeing in long term conditions
    Lead: Professor Steven Ersser: s.ersser@hull.ac.uk
    a) Skin health. Dr Fiona Cowdell: f.cowdell@hull.ac.uk
    b) Mental health. Ms J White: jacqueline.white@hull.ac.uk
    c) Older people
  3. Healthcare innovations and interventions
    Lead: Dr Anji Gardiner: a.gardiner@hull.ac.uk
    a) Telehealth and telecare. Mr D Barrett: d.i.barrett@hull.ac.uk
    b) Paediatrics/naso-gastric tubes. Mrs. B. Elliott: b.elliott@hull.ac.uk 
    c) Equality, diversity and inclusivity. Ms J Wray: j.wray@hull.ac.uk

Website: University of Hull

 

University of Leeds

Special areas of research interest

  1. Cardiovascular care
    Felicity Astin (F.Astin@leeds.ac.uk)
  2. Decision making
    Dawn Dowding (D.Dowding@leeds.ac.uk)
  3. Medicines management
    D Raynor (D.K.Raynor@leeds.ac.uk)
  4. Mental health
    Dawn Freshwater (D.S.Freshwater@adm.leeds.ac.uk)
  5. Pain management
    José Closs (S.J.Closs@leeds.ac.uk)
  6. Wound management
    Andrea Nelson (E.A.Nelson@leeds.ac.uk)
  7. Methodological development is a cross cutting program that intersects each of the topic based research programs
    A Long (A.F.Long@leeds.ac.uk)

Website: University of Leeds

 

Leeds Metropolitan University

Special areas of research activity:

  1. Men's health
    Professor Alan White, email: a.white@leedsmet.ac.uk
  2. Men, gender and wellbeing
    Professor Steve Robertson, email: s.s.robertson@leedsmet.ac.uk
  3. Health promotion
    Dr Jane South, email: j.south@leedsmet.ac.uk
  4. Childhood obesity
    Dr Pinki Sahota, email: p.sahota@leedsmet.ac.uk
  5. Pain
    Professor Mark Johnson, email: M.johnson@leedsmet.ac.uk
  6. Children, families and social work
    Professor Nick Frost, email: N.Frost@leedsmet.ac.uk

Website: Leeds Metropolitan University

 

University of Sheffield

Special areas of research activity

  1. Children, young people and families
    Dr Penny Curtis, email: p.a.curtis@sheffield.ac.uk  
  2. Supportive care in later life
    Professor Mike Nolan and Professor Christine Ingleton, email: m.r.nolan@sheffield.ac.uk, and c.ingleton@sheffield.ac.uk
  3. Workforce and practice development
    Professor Kate Gerrish, kate.gerrish@sheffield.ac.uk

Website: University of Sheffield

 

Sheffield Hallam University

Special areas of research activity

  1. Inequalities, inclusion and public health
    Dr Angela Tod, email: a.tod@shu.ac.uk 
  2. Knowledge translation
    Dr Ann McDonnell, email: a.mcdonnell@shu.ac.uk
  3. Professional development
    Dr Ann McDonnell, email: a.mcdonnell@shu.ac.uk
  4. Commissioning service delivery and organisation
    Professor Malcolm Whitfield (m.whitfield@shu.ac.uk)  

Website: Sheffield Hallam University

 

University of York

Special areas of research activity

  1. Addiction group
    Charlie Lloyd, email: charlie.lloyd@york.ac.uk 
    Dr Steve Parrott, email: steve.parrott@york.ac.uk
  2. Cardiac care and education
    Professor Bob Lewin, email: bob.lewin@york.ac.uk
  3. Communication and decision making in health care research group
    Professor Carl Thompson, email: carl.thompson@york.ac.uk
  4. Complementary medicine research group
    Dr Hugh MacPherson, email: hugh.macpherson@york.ac.uk
  5. Epidemiology and Genetics Unit (EGU)
    Professor Eve Roman, email: eve.roman@egu.york.ac.uk
  6. Health inequalities research group
    Professor Kate Pickett, email: kate.pickett@york.ac.uk
  7. Mental health
    Professor Simon Gilbody, email: sg519@york.ac.uk
  8. Mother and infant research unit
    Professor Mary Renfrew, email: mary.renfrew@york.ac.uk
  9. Statistics and methods group
    Professor Martin Bland, email: martin.bland@york.ac.uk
  10. Wounds group
    Sandy Newby, email: shn1@york.ac.uk
  11. York health policy group
    Professor Alan Maynard, email: alan.maynard@york.ac.uk
  12. York Trials Unit (YTU)
    Professor David Torgerson, email: david.torgerson@york.ac.uk

Website: University of York

 

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.

 

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