Research in the School of Health

The School of Health at The University of Northampton is engaged in a wide variety of research activities and works with local and national health and social care providers and businesses.

The school responds to local, regional and national research needs and welcomes enquiries from individuals or groups who are interested in collaborating on projects or who wish to commission research or evaluations.

The research activities in the School of Health are focussed in a research centre, Centre for Health and Wellbeing Research (CHWR) and a research group, the Biosciences Research Group.

Postgraduate study

The School of Health has the expertise to support postgraduate studies in a number of research areas.

The school has an active postgraduate community of full-time and part-time students. An interdisciplinary training programme and a research seminar programme are available to all postgraduate research students. There are also opportunities to undertake research training workshops in collaboration with the Knowledge Exchange.

For more information about subject areas available at The University of Northampton please contact carol.phillips@northampton.ac.uk.

For details about fees and the application process please contact david.watson@northampton.ac.uk.


Latest School of Health output added to the University's institutional repository, NECTAR

The GDF5 gene and anterior cruciate ligament rupture Raleigh, S. M., Posthumus, M., O'Cuinneagain, D., van der Merwe, W. and Collins, M. (2013) The GDF5 gene and anterior cruciate ligament rupture. International Journal of Sports Medicine. 34(4), pp. 364-367. 0172-4622. Nurses! Test Yourself in Non-Medical Prescribing Harris, N. and Shearer, D. (2013) Nurses! Test Yourself in Non-Medical Prescribing. Maidenhead: Open University Press. 9780335244997. Protecting Children: Developing Basic Skills (e-learning programme), by Dr Liz Davies and Kate Cairns Bartoli, A. and Tedam, P. (2012) Protecting Children: Developing Basic Skills (e-learning programme), by Dr Liz Davies and Kate Cairns. Child Abuse Review. 21(5), pp. 378-381. 0952-9136. MSc student recruitment and retention Dickenson, F. (2012) MSc student recruitment and retention. Invited Presentation presented to: The Society of Chiropodists & Podiatrists Annual Conference, Glasgow, UK, 11-13 October 2012. 'Do I, don't I ask for help?': The perpetual dilemma of parents whose children are ill at home Neill, S. and Carter, B. (2012) 'Do I, don't I ask for help?': The perpetual dilemma of parents whose children are ill at home. Journal of Child Health Care. 16(4), pp. 317-319. 1741-2889. Optimising gas foaming to obtain highly porous gelatin scaffolds Poursamar, A., Lehner, A. N. and Antunes, A. P. M. (2012) Optimising gas foaming to obtain highly porous gelatin scaffolds. Poster presented to: 3rd Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine (TERMIS) World Congress, Vienna, Austria, 05-08 September 2012.

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