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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Systematic reviews – Thursday 6 December 2012
This session on systematic reviews was given by Dr Karen Pilkington of the University of Westminster and addressed the various types of reviews that are published in the field of healthcare and the distinguishing features of systematic reviews.
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Easing the pain through research
Professor Ann Moore, director of the Clinical Research Centre for Health Professions, has been working to help health professionals collect high quality data in practice and improve the lives of their patients.
Oliver Thomson, a PhD student in the Clinical Research Centre for Health Professions, has won an award for new researchers at a conference hosted by the British College of Osteopathic Medicine.
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This event will take place on Saturday 22 September 2012 on our Darley Road campus.
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Funding secured for collaborative project
The Clinical Research Centre for Health Professions is to be part of a collaborative project funded by the Wellcome Trust entitled Significant Walks: personal visualizations of the chronic lower back pain experience.
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Postgraduate student wins £3,500 research bursary
Congratulations to Serena Naidoo, a student on our Podiatry with Rheumatology MSc programme, on winning a £3,500 Curriers' Company Millennium Healthcare Bursary to support her dissertation research.
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Conference in Bergen, Norway
Nikki Petty presented a talk and two workshops on Clinical Reasoning at the annual conference for the Norwegian manual therapy group on 10 February 2012.
Professor Ann Moore awarded honorary doctorate
Professor Ann Moore was recently awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Bedfordshire in recognition of her work as a researcher.
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'Volunteering enhances our health'
Professorial public lecture
Find out more about this lecture to be given by Professor Gaynor Sadlo on Monday 12 December 2011 on volunteering and health.
Professor Ann Moore awarded International Service Award
Professor Ann Moore was awarded an International Service Award for Research by the World Confederation of Physical Therapists at the recent World Congress of Physical Therapy held in Amsterdam in June 2011.
Fuelling the flame: the good, the bad and the ugly
What do the 2012 Olympics mean for you? This is the first in a series of open lectures by the Eastbourne Professoriate, University of Brighton, to be held at the Town Hall, Grove Road Eastbourne on Monday 16 May 2011.
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Professor Ann Moore elected President of Physio First Organisation
Professor Ann Moore has been elected President of Physio First Organisation. She hopes to raise the profile of Physio First among the profession. At the inauguration she said "It is a great pleasure and honour for me to have been asked to be your president. I have great affiliation with private practitioners as for 11 years of my career I was a full-time academic, a part-time private practitioner as well as carrying out my PhD."
Dr Anne Mandy featured in NIHR innovative partnering booklet
Dr Anne Mandy was featured in an NIHR innovative partnering booklet for her collaboration in the design of a wheelchair for hemiplegic patients.
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