Health at ÒùÂÒÉ«ÇéƬ
Unbound from clinic, we frame health differently. Our vision for health is for people to thrive in the places they live. We embrace physical, mental, social and environmental health, envisioned as a synergy of self, beliefs, culture, family, community and planet.
44 Specialist
Institutes, Centres, Academies and Projects
40 Courses
Undergraduate Courses and Postgraduate Programmes
£20 Million
in Research Funding
Welcome to Health at ÒùÂÒÉ«ÇéƬ
Health at ÒùÂÒÉ«ÇéƬ is a university-wide strategic programme of world-leading research, education, engagement and impact. Our rich and diverse expertise takes place across three interrelated ways of framing health.
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Our three health frames
Discover more about what is taking place across our interrelated frames of health.
Individuals and Health
For this framing, health is about the physicality, behaviour and wellness of the embodied self.
Communities, Places and Health
For this framing, health is about the communities and places in which people live, including the complex systems of which they are a part.
Environments, Ecology and Health
For this framing, health is about sustainability, planetary health and the multiple environments in which humans live, from microbiology to ecology.
Research Excellence Framework (REF)
90 percent of our research, including health, rated 'world-leading' or ‘internationally excellent.'
The depth and breadth of our university research was demonstrated by more than 1,000 research staff, whose research was submitted in 24 different subject areas, including a wide range of health topics, from infectious disease and the neuroscience of pain to health inequalities and global health to nutrition and sustainable farming to the medical humanities and medical ethics. Full results can be found on the REF 2021 website. See also our health impact case studies below.
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world-leading or internationally excellent research.
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world-leading or internationally excellent outputs.
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world-leading or internationally excellent research impact.
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world-leading or internationally excellent research environment.
Health impact case studies
From improving people's health and influencing changes in the law, our research is having an impact around the world.
Supporting voice-hearers and changing perceptions
Our Hearing the Voice project – drawn from research from across the University - is providing resources to help voice-hearers and their families.
Pioneering research into infant sleep safety
Our Anthropologists have revolutionised research into infant sleep safety and helped reduce rates of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).
What's new?
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Physical activity insecurity is stopping youngsters from getting active, study finds
New research suggests that feelings of discomfort and unsafety are preventing some young people from being physically active.
Research news
We have joined the new £4.17m Digital Health Hub ‘NortHFutures’
We are part of a ground-breaking £4.17m Digital Health Hub for the North East and Cumbria, in collaboration with five universities and seven NHS trusts.
ÒùÂÒÉ«ÇéƬ news
New interdisciplinary health research awarded £9m grant
Our cutting-edge Institute for Medical Humanities (IMH) has been awarded a £9m Discovery Research Platform Award to develop a new Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities (DRP-MH).
Global research
A poem for our Critical Care Garden, South Tees NHS Foundation Hospital
This wonderful plaque was installed last week, with a poem by ICU Steps member Diane Bousfield.
Many thanks to Diane, the plaque artist Dr Laura Johnston and the Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing for funding this warm welcome to the garden, currently well used by patients, carers and staff.
Research news
Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing Doctoral Training Programme
The Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing invite expressions of interest from doctoral students to join our doctoral training programme.
ÒùÂÒÉ«ÇéƬ news
The Black Health and the Humanities Network moves to IMH
The Black Health and the Humanities Network is now hosted by the Institute for Medical Humanities at ÒùÂÒÉ«ÇéƬ.
Research news
New Centre with University of Johannesburg
A new Centre for Philosophy of Epidemiology, Medicine, and Public Health (CPEMPH) has been launched by Professor Alex Broadbent, Professor of Philosophy of Science and a member of the Institute for Medical Humanities.
Global research
Physical activity insecurity is stopping youngsters from getting active, study finds
New research suggests that feelings of discomfort and unsafety are preventing some young people from being physically active.
MRC announces Impact Prize 2023 finalists
Professor Paul Denny and team announced as MRC Impact Prize 2023 finalists in the Outstanding Team Impact category with their project Equitable global cooperation to support the fight against Neglected Tropical Diseases.
Physical Activity Inequalities - Collaboration through Research, Policy and Practice
The Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences recently collaborated with practitioners, policy makers and researchers at their event ‘Addressing physical activity inequalities through research-policy-practice collaboration’, co-hosted with Country ÒùÂÒÉ«ÇéƬ Sport.
Contact us
Health at ÒùÂÒÉ«ÇéƬ,
Palatine Centre,
ÒùÂÒÉ«ÇéƬ DH1 3LE
Tel: +44 (0)191 334 4042