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Faculty of Health Sciences Research

The University has a richly-deserved reputation for world-class multi-disciplinary research that drives forward improvements to healthcare and the wellbeing of society as a whole.

The Faculty of Health Sciences is a successful and innovative research environment – an outstanding 87% of the University’s health research was classed as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’ in the most recent UK national assessment (REF2014).

Our research encompasses work at the laboratory bench through to the health of populations - ranging from ‘lab on a chip’ through to end of life care and from sports excellence through to managing chronic illnesses.

Our world-leading research hub, the Institute of Clinical and Applied Health Research (ICAHR), brings together a range of specialist research groups to make a real difference to the health of our region and beyond.

Research facilities include our spectacular new £28 million Health Campus, our PET Research Centre and the Daisy Research Laboratories at Hull's Castle Hill Hospital.

We conduct research that demonstrates internationally excellent outputs with sustained impact on health in its widest form. Our research is truly inter-disciplinary and always has the patient, public or service user at its heart. 

Research areas

Maternal and Reproductive Health

Our research focuses on the psychosocial aspects of reproductive, maternal and sexual health and the interface between these three areas. Research activity addresses nationally and internationally relevant areas such as; peri-natal mental health, teenage pregnancy and maternity care. Using a variety of methods our research has distinct relevance to contemporary clinical practice and service development.

Chronic Disease and Long Term Conditions

Chronic illness and long term conditions are one of the key areas of health need locally, nationally and internationally. Research in this group ranges from biological mechanisms and translational models through to the experiences and impact of living with chronic, long term conditions. Our research is multi-disciplinary; patient focussed and designed to transform clinical practice and care.

Social and Psychological Research in Long Term Conditions

Psychology, Wellbeing and Mental Health

Our research applies psychological knowledge to the understanding of health behaviours and lifestyle. We study the effects of psychological interventions and investigate the importance of resilience and mental toughness in both health and wellbeing. Our research allies closely to the experiences of patients and service users, their families and the clinical staff who support them.

Health and Sports Psychology

Our cross-disciplinary research spans elite sports performance, exercise epidemiology and clinical exercise interventions. Using both physical and psychological approaches we target both health and disease, applying our expertise to rehabilitation and performance to groups including elite athletes through to those with disability and illness.

Personal Technologies

Cancer, End of Life and Palliative care

Our research in health-based technologies provides unique solutions to a wide range of clinical issues. We develop and deliver cutting edge research in imaging, clinical diagnostics, individualised therapy and rehabilitation. Our service development and evaluation research improves the lives of service users, their families and enables professionals to deliver care and services more effectively.

Health Technologies, Service Development and Evaluation.

Our research in health-based technologies provides unique solutions to a wide range of clinical issues. We develop and deliver cutting edge research in imaging, clinical diagnostics, individualised therapy and rehabilitation. Our service development and evaluation research improves the lives of service users, their families and enables professionals to deliver care and services more effectively.

Vascular Medicine and Wound Management

Our vascular research addresses a number of major clinical problems from heart failure to peripheral arterial disease – it has a strong focus on the translation into patient care. In collaboration with industry partners our wound care research explores the causes of wound pathology and is developing more effective treatments and management techniques.

Key research strengths

The Faculty of Health Sciences will have key research strengths in the following areas.

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Hull York Medical School

Cancer; primary care; palliative care; respiratory medicine; cardiology, diabetes and endocrinology; vascular surgery; biomedical research in haemostasis and thrombosis, and in metabolic aspects of health and disease.

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Mental health nursing

Health and Social Work

Maternal and reproductive health; long term conditions; health interventions and behaviour change; health and social care service development and evaluation.

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Life Sciences

Pre-clinical and clinical PET imaging; cancer; wound healing; lab on a chip; human information processing (attention and perception, learning and memory, cognitive development); clinical exercise testing and cardiovascular rehabilitation; clinical biomechanics.

Postgraduate research opportunities

We have a vibrant PhD community and welcome applications from students planning to conduct research in areas of our research strengths. Postgraduate research opportunities can be found on our subject pages:

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Faculty of Health Sciences
  • University of Hull
  • Hull, UK
  • HU6 7RX