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Overview
Postgraduate research supervision is available in:
- applied epidemiology
- decision-making organisation of care
- life-course
- development and ageing
- public health improvement
Our research
We have four research themes underpinned by four discipline groups. You'll work within these themes and groups. You'll have a team of supervisors, including clinicians or policymakers. They will be from a range of health and social care settings. Current research interests, projects and publications are available from our staff profiles.
Our research themes include:
The applied epidemiology theme contributes to the understanding of chronic non-communicable disease across the life course. Research areas include:
- maternal and perinatal health
- childhood cancer
- life course epidemiology
Decision making and organisation of care brings together social and behavioural science, and clinical expertise to conduct applied health research. Research areas include:
- implementation/improvement science
- shared decision making/patient-centred care
- experience of health, illness and healthcare.
Life-course, development and ageing explores healthy ageing. From development in childhood and consequences of disability to health and wellbeing of the oldest old. Research areas include:
- ageing and health
- transitions in health and disability
- understanding child disability
- improving quality of life
- technologies and the environment
- cognitive impairment and dementia.
The public health improvement theme conducts applied health research. It has a focus on the development, evaluation and translation of health interventions. Research areas include:
- understanding and tackling health inequalities
- understanding and changing health-related behaviours
- evaluation of public health policy
- public health nutrition
- prevention of alcohol misuse
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