'Chronic Illness' (by Liz Price and Liz Walker) shortlisted for prestigious book prize

Liz Price

We are delighted to announce that Dr Liz Price and Professor Liz Walker’s book ‘Chronic Illness, Vulnerability and Social Work: Autoimmunity and the Contemporary Disease Experience’ (Routledge, 2015) has been shortlisted for the FSHI BSA 2016 Book Prize. The Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness (FSHI) Book Prize is awarded annually each September to the author(s) of the book making the most significant contribution to medical sociology/sociology of health and illness. I am really pleased that our colleagues have been shortlisted from a, without doubt, long list of nominated books. The winner will be announced in September 2016.

Liz Walker

Michelle Harris Memorial Presentation

The Michelle Harris Memorial Presentation took place on Friday 20 March 2015.  The winning student Rachel Kew (Sept 2013 cohort) had the highest aggregate mark in the first year and was presented with the trophy and a cheque for £210 from the Glandford and Lindsey Lions Club.

Hull PhD student wins prize

Tim Buescher, a PhD student in the Faculty won the prize for:

Best poster of the day on 4 April 2014 at the Royal College of the United Kingdom International Research Conference 2014 in Glasgow this year for the poster:

How compulsive hoarding affects family relationships

Tim has also published:

Buescher TK, Cowdell F (2013) The effects of hoarding disorder on families: an integrative review Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing doi: 10.1111/jpm.12098