Research groups in the School of Health Sciences

The Healthy Active Ageing research group investigates health and wellbeing experiences of growing older (from mid to later life), particularly concerning marginalised older people with an important focus on the individual and community-based challenges of population ageing.

Our research focus is Healthcare improvement and innovation through co-creating and applying knowledge and evidence to improve the delivery of care.

Implementation and scaling up of health interventions through co-developing approaches to the equitable implementation and scaling up of health policy, programmes and practices.

The Living Well with Long-Term Conditions research group works with people who have post-acute or long-term conditions affecting their physical and mental health.

Focussing on understanding their experiences and working with them to develop and evaluate new interventions to support them to improve and maintain their health and wellbeing.

We deliver impactful research to improve the health and wellbeing of women, babies, children and their families, and to reduce health inequalities focussing on infant feeding quality of care, perinatal mental health and adverse childhood experiences.

The Substance Use Research Group conducts research which aims to understand the harms associated with a wide range of substances, and to inform the design and delivery of interventions and services.