Institute of Health
School of Health and Social Studies
University of Warwick
Clare Blackburn
Acting Co-Director
Institute of Health
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Cross-faculty Institute, based within the School of Health and Social Studies in the
Faculty of Social Studies
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Directors: Professor Gillian Hundt, School of Health and Social Studies and Dr
Davide Nicolini, IKON in the Warwick Business School
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Aims to:
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To profile internally and externally health-related social science research at the
University of Warwick
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To support and foster individual and institutional capacity in health-related social
science research in SHSS and the Faculty of Social Sciences
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To link with staff in other Faculties of the University (particularly WMS) to develop
multidisciplinary health-related research with a strong social science component
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To develop user and carer involvement in teaching and learning and research
Our Strategy
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Profiling health-related social science research externally and within the
University through events, networking and media activities eg Update
publication, IoH web portal, seminars
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Develop and support new innovative interdisciplinary research with internal
and external collaborators, both within the UK and internationally
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Providing development opportunities for research leadership and research
management to academic staff and research fellows
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Provide support to the health-related social science teaching in Warwick
Medical School and within SHSS
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Involving PhD students as part of research apprenticeship
Our ethos is inclusive, informal and multidisciplinary
Research Interest Groups
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Health Inequalities (Convenor: Blackburn)
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Disability and Inequalities (Convenors: Read and Blackburn)
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Social Work and Health Inequalities (Convenors: McLeod & Bywaters)
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Applied Theatre in Health and Social Care (Convenors: Bryanston and
Jarrett)
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E Health and Knowledge Translation (Convenors: Powell and Nicolini)
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Global Health and Human Rights (Convenors: Stuttaford, Harrison, Ali )
Examples of recent research
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2008-9 Evaluation of Rosette Life Social Arts Activities for the Pan Birmingham
Palliative Care Network (Hundt, Galloway, Bryanston)
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2008-9 Study of the ethical understandings of clinical practice in non UK qualified
doctors (Slowther, Hundt)
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2006-09 Development of a Quality of Life Instrument for Visually Impaired Children
(Rahi [UCL], Hundt)
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2007-09 Morale of staff in adult psychiatric clinical settings (Johnson [UCL], Paul,
Hundt)
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2006-09 End of Life Care Study (Jackson, Hundt, Blaxter)
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2006-8 Can we Count Them? Disabled Children and their Households in the UK
(Read, Spencer, Blackburn)
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2006-8 Evaluation of Apnee Sheehat (Coe)
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2006-10 Evaluating and Improving Health Care to Marginal Groups in Jordan and
Lebanon (Hundt et al)
Thank you
Contact Davide Nicolini or Clare
Blackburn for further details