Spotlight: Fraser Philp
This edition of Spotlight focuses on Dr Fraser Philp who recently won the Dr Tom Shannon Best Paper Award at the 2023 Clinical Movement Analysis Society (CMAS) conference. The award was for his work in biomechanics and human movement, specifically shoulder instability and muscle activity in young people. Fraser’s analysis utilised 3D movement analysis and surface electromyography which assesses muscle activity through the skin.
Posted on: 25 May 2023
Public involvement in applied health research
The Institute of Population Health is home to the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration North West Coast (ARC NWC), which supports applied health research and research on the implementation of health and care evidence into clinical practice. Selina Wallis is Public Involvement manager at the ARC NWC and writes about her experiences.
Posted on: 24 May 2023
The role of Public Advisers in health research
Dr Kerry Hanna is a Lecturer in Orthoptics in the School of Health Sciences and her research focusses on health inequalities. Here she discusses the vital role public advisers play in her research.
Posted on: 18 April 2023
Physios for ME
Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) is a chronic condition affecting more than 250,000 in the UK. Dr Nicola Baker, Lecturer in the School of Health Sciences discusses her work with the ME community as part of a group of physiotherapists called Physios for ME.
Posted on: 21 March 2023
Rebecca Evans wins STEM for Britain Award
Rebecca Evans, PhD candidate from the Department of Psychology, was awarded the Nutrition Society prize for her poster, in the biological and biosciences category at the prestigious annual STEM for Britain poster competition this week.
Posted on: 10 March 2023
World Hearing Day 2023: Ear and Hearing Care for Public Health Equity
To mark World Hearing Day, Dr Dalia Tsimpida, a Lecturer in Public Health and a proud member of the World Hearing Forum, highlights the importance of governments prioritising hearing health.
Posted on: 1 March 2023
Influencers for Influenza? How health researchers could use social media as a data source
Watching your favourite movie. Selling that old armchair. Or getting through a new bout of illness – whatever you want to talk about, social media is now a firmly mainstream way to do it. And with so many users, that’s a lot of information. However, we still haven’t tapped into the full potential of these data for scientific research, particularly for how they might shed light on the health needs of local communities.
Posted on: 28 February 2023
Top tips for Public Engagement & Involvement
We’re really lucky in the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences to have such an amazing breadth of research, everything from lameness in sheep to maternal mental health.
Posted on: 24 February 2023
Hearing Public Health: Who is listening?
Dr Dalia Tsimpida, Lecturer in Public Health recently visited the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva and attended the Core Committee meeting of the World Hearing Forum, together with 40 global leaders in the area of public health policy-making for hearing health. Dalia explains what motivated her to work in this field and how she is aiming to make a difference and tackle hearing health inequalities.
Posted on: 2 December 2022