Mouth swabs are being taken from volunteers at gay venues in Brighton and Hove to gather new data on HIV risk patterns, prevention needs, and local prevalence, as part of an international research project.
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Two new research awards for Professor Angie Hart, other university colleagues and community partners
Professor Angie Hart has been awarded funding for two new research projects:
The social, historical, cultural and democratic context of civic engagement: imagining different communities and making them happen (ESRC)
Creating a UK community partner network (AHRC)
CHR staff win second prize in research poster competition
Staff from the Centre for Health Research have recently won second prize in a research poster competition organised by the university's research office as part of the 'Celebration of research' event.
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Preventing obesity in children and young people in Europe
Dr Nigel Sherriff and Carol Williams from the Centre for Health Research have recently travelled to Luxembourg for the launch of an EC-co-funded project aiming to promote healthy eating and physical activity in local communities in Europe.
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Read the Daiwa Foundation's news article on the work completed by Dr Nigel Sherriff on the feasibility of implementing the Everywhere Project for the prevention of HIV in men who have sex with men (MSM) in Japan.
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Congratulations to Dr Becky Heaver on gaining her PhD in Psychology
Dr Becky Heaver, who recently gained her PhD in Psychology, is a Research Officer in the Centre for Health Research.
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Welcome to Professor Dr Ida Torunn Bjørk
Welcome to Professor Dr Ida Torunn Bjørk of the University of Oslo, Norway, who has joined CHR on a sabbatical study tour for five weeks
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Dr Theofanis Fotis appointed co-editor of the British Journal of Anaesthetic and Recovery Nursing
Dr Theofanis Fotis, Senior Lecturer in the School of Nursing and Midwifery, has been appointed co-editor of the British Journal of Anaesthetic and Recovery Nursing.
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New award: Obesity prevention among children and adolescents
Dr Nigel Sherriff of the Centre for Health Research has been awarded €95,000 by the European Commission to act as Principle Investigator for the UK on a three-year project on obesity prevention among children and adolescents.
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Faculty successfully wins two health research training awards
The faculty has been successful in two bids for funding from the National Institute for Health Research.
Clinical Academic Training Programme Internship programme:
Two physiotherapists and one nurse are currently completing the internship programme at the University of Brighton from September 2012 to March 2013.
MRes (Clinical Research):
Twelve fully funded places will be available for each of the next three years on the Clinical Research MRes course in the Faculty of Health and Social Science.
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Proudly a member of the Athena SWAN Charter
The Athena SWAN Charter encourages and recognises good practice in the employment of women in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and medicine subjects in higher education.
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Dr Nigel Sherriff comments on male postnatal depression study for British Psychological Society
Dr Nigel Sherriff, a Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Health Research and a Chartered Psychologist, has recently commented on a new study on male postnatal depression for the British Psychological Society.
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The School of Nursing and Midwifery is pleased to announce that two new students have started their doctoral studies. Mr Gareth Partington and Ms Heather Baid, who is a member of SNM staff, have registered for their MPhil studies this October.
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Action for Health project kicks-off
Dr Nigel Sherriff and Dr Lisa Gugglberger from the Centre for Health Research have recently travelled to Luxembourg to mark the launch of the EC-co-funded Action for Health Project.
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Senior lecturer speaks at two international events on infant feeding
Carol Williams, senior lecturer in the school, has recently spoken at two international events on infant feeding in Italy and London.
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Shirley Bach gives keynote lecture to Malaysian nurses association
Professor Shirley Bach, head of the School of Nursing and Midwifery, recently gave the keynote lecture at the annual conference of the Malaysian nurses association.
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Heart failure research will save NHS millions
A senior lecturer from the University of Brighton is conducting research that could save the NHS millions of pounds by treating heart patients in their own homes.
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Cate Bell, a Centre for Health Research professional doctorate student who is due to graduate this summer, has been invited to give a presentation at the All Wales Midwifery and Reproductive Health Research Forum in Wales on 7 December 2012 about her research into women's experiences of excellent midwives.
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Dr Chris Cocking has won second prize in a university research poster competition
Dr Chris Cocking, senior lecturer in the school, has one second prize in a research poster competition hosted by the Research Office. Find out more on his blog.
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New award: funding to support Community University Partnership Resilience research
Professor Angie Hart has been awarded £32,000 by the AHRC to act as principal investigator on a 12 month research project into Community University Partnership Resilience.
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Senior researcher joins CHR on secondment from Austria
Lisa Gugglberger from the Ludwig Boltzmann Institute Health Promotion Research in Vienna has recently joined the Centre for Health Research on secondment.
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As a core part of the Gradient Project on reducing health inequalities, Professor John Kenneth Davies and Dr Nigel Sherriff from the Centre for Health Research have now published the Gradient Evaluation Framework (GEF).
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International relations funding
As part of an attempt to develop a new research partnership between the Centre for Health Research and Nagoya City University, Dr Nigel Sherriff has been awarded International Relations funding from Nagoya City University to travel to Japan.
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Computer-generated tours of virtual hospitals can help patients with intellectual disabilities to overcome fears and to understand treatments they are about to undergo, according to a new study.
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Research featured in the Times Educational Supplement
An article by Dr Nigel Sherriff of the faculty's Centre for Health Research and Dr Carolyn Jackson of Lancaster University has been made the subject of a two-page piece in the Times Educational Supplement published on 7 October 2011.
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Led by Dr Nigel Sherriff, the Centre for Health Research has been invited to be a key partner in a new HIV project funded by the Executive Agency for Health and Consumers (EAHC) of the European Commission (EC).
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