The Faculty of Health Sciences offer an array of international opportunities during programs and courses

Pictured here, are some of our second-year students from the Faculty of Health Sciences.

This year, five students spent time visiting hospitals, labour wards, schools and local villages in Ghana as a part of their ‘alternative practice placements’.

Mark Hayter engaged in research work in India

Working on a recently awarded Global Challenges Research Fund grant Professor Hayter has spent 4 days in Pune, India working on a collaborative project on gender equality and health. This project, among other things, will survey 1000 India adolescents on their attitudes towards gender equality, as part of a larger project to evaluate the work of local NGOs to promote gender equality and equity in rural India.

Do psychopharmacological interventions affect suicide reattempters?

Kirsty Fishburn and Andrew Barker have published:

Do psychopharmacological interventions affect suicide reattempters? Evidence-Based Nursing

Research grant success for Mark Hayter with FOSE and University colleagues;

Working as part of a University team and with colleagues from the Faculty of Science and Engineering Mark Hayter, Maggie McGowan (University Director of Research) and David Atkinson (ADR FOSE) have been awarded a ‘Confidence in Concept’ grant by the Medical Research Council (MRC). This grant is designed to develop translational work around key areas of Faculty research activity – including in health, PET CT and wound healing work.

Exploratory analysis of single 15 min videotaped structured play session of children aged 1 year reveals no differences between fathers parenting behaviours whether infants are born prematurely or at term

Amanda Lee has published:

Lee A (2019) Exploratory analysis of single 15 min videotaped structured play session of children aged 1 year reveals no differences between fathers parenting behaviours whether infants are born prematurely or at term Evidence-Based Nursing doi:10.1136/ebnurs-2018-103057