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      Health and Wellbeing

      • SurgeryWhat is well-being and its determinants, and how is it related to physical and mental health and to public and social interventions? 
      • What are the major causes and consequences of inequalities of health? 
      • How do physical, social, family and work environments promote or damage well-being and health? 
      • What is the social and individual impact of innovative health technologies such as genetic screening and therapies?
      • How does people's health affect society at large?
      • What are the social and economic consequences of people living longer and more healthily?               
      Award Holder 
      Research title
      Dr Karen Throsby
      RES-000-22-2643 - Obesity Surgery: A Clinical Ethnography - 31/10/2009
      Dr Angela Rowe
      RES-062-23-0052 - Adult Attachment and the Perceptual Processing of Facial Expressions of Emotion - 31/08/2009
      Dr Nicola Ansell
      RES-167-25-0167 - Averting 'New Variant Famine' in Southern Africa: Building Food-Secure Livelihoods with AIDS-Affected Young People - 30/04/2009
      Professor Bernard Harris
      RES-062-23-0324 - The Health and Morbidity of Friendly Society Members in the Late-Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries - 30/04/2009
      Dr Charlotte Clark
      RES-062-23-1165 - RANCH Follow-up Study: The Long-Term Effects of Aircraft Noise Exposure on Children's Cognition - 28/02/2009
      Dr Frances Griffiths
      RES-000-22-2654 - Discerning Dynamics for Understanding Chronic Illness - 28/02/2009
      Professor Carol Thomas
      RES-000-22-2031 - Narratives of Living and Dying with Cancer: Sociological Perspectives - 06/02/2009
      Dr Rowena Jacobs
      RES-166-25-0013 - Exploring the Impact of Public Services on Quality of Life Indicators - 31/12/2008
      Dr Amanda Nicholson
      RES-000-22-2429 - Does Religious Involvement Promote Individual Health Independent of Social Influences? A Comparative Test - 31/12/2008
      Professor John Abraham
      RES-000-23-0873 - Drug Safety Regulation in the UK and US in Changing Political Contexts - 31/08/2008
      Dr Mark Blagrove
      RES-000-22-2426 - The Effects of Recreational MDMA ('Ecstasy') on Skills Learning, Memory, Sleep and the Memory Consolidation Function of Sleep - 31/07/2008
      Dr Brian Woods
      RES-000-23-1134 - Food Allergies: Constructing a Sociological Agenda - 31/07/08
      Professor Brigitte Nerlich
      RES-000-22-2289 - Enlisting the Help of Friendly Bacteria: Probiotics and Visions of Health, Nutrition and Science in a Modern World - 03/06/2008
      Professor James Nazroo
      RES-000-23-0590 - Inequalities in Health in an Aging Population: Patterns, Causes and Consequences  - 03/04/2008
      Dr Ben Rickayzen
      RES-163-27-0003 - Decomposition of Changes in Disability-free Life Expectancy by Cause. England, 1991-2001 - 31/03/2008
      Professor Giuliana Mazzoni
      RES-000-22-1894 - The Effects of Information, Observation and Gender on Psychogenic Symptoms - 20/03/2008
      Dr Martha Chinouya
      RES-000-22-1919 - HIV and Religion: Disclosure and the Church - 31/12/2007
      Professor Frank Windmeijer
      RES-166-25-0022 - Targets and Waiting Times: Exploiting a Quasi-Experiment to Evaluate the Use of Targets in the Provision of Health Care - 31/12/2007
      Dr Jeffrey Brunstrom
      RES-000-22-1745 - Individual differences and food-cue reactivity: Predictors of BMI, portion size, and everyday dietary behaviour - 30/09/2007
      Dr R Cookson
      RES-166-25-0055-A - Historical and Longitudinal Small Area Analysis of the Effects of Market-Oriented Reform on Equity of Access to NHS Care - 30/09/2007
      Dr Hardiman
      RES-000-23-0413 - Healing, Medical Power and the Poor - Contests in Tribal India - 30/09/2007
      Professor I Crawford
      RES-000-22-2221 - Measuring UK Consumers' Preferences for Dietary and Nutritional Characteristics - 01/09/2007
      Professor Carl May
      RES-000-27-0084 - The Social Shaping of Health Technology Assessment - 31/08/2007
      Ms Christine Hogg
      RES-000-22-1654 - User Involvement in Health - Values and Conflicts in National Policy 1974-2004 - 31/07/2007
      Professor James Banks
      RES-000-23-0588 - Late Life Work, Health and Retirement - 30/06/2007
      Professor VS Berridge
      RES-000-23-0265 - Drug User Patient Groups 'User Groups' and Drug Policy 1970's to 2002 - 30/06/2007
      Dr D Behague
      RES-000-22-1039 - An Ethnography of Evidence-Based Policy-Making in International Maternal Health - 30/04/2007
      Dr J Rudge
      RES-000-22-1402 - The Impact of Fuel Poverty on Health: Contributing to the Evidence Base - 28/02/2007
      Dr J Aldridge
      RES-000-22-1321 - Pictures of Young Caring - 31/01/2007 
      Dr L Clare 
      RES-000-22-1308 - Awareness among People with Moderate to Severe Dementia Living in Care Homes - 02/01/2007
      Dr A Hayes
      RES-000-23-0429 - Visuomotor Experience: Action, Mirror Systems and Emotion- 31/12/2006
      Dr J Mills 
      RES-000-27-0018 - Cannabis, Drugs and British Government 1928-2002: The History of Policy - 31/12/2006 
      Dr SB Andersen  
      RES-000-22-1444 - Rumination, Anxiety and Neural Activity - 31/12/2006 
      Dr D Sporton
      RES-000-22-1427 - Population Ageing and Sustainable Livelihoods in Regions affected by HIV/AIDS - 31/11/2006
      Dr J Adda 
      RES-000-22-1263- The Effect of Cigarette Prices and Bans on Passive Smoking - 31/10/2006 
      Dr G Lewis 
      RES-151-25-0049 - Pharmacogemonics Diagnostic Tests and Clinician Acceptance - 31/10/2006 
      R Lowe 
      RES-000-22-1336 - Associations between Physical Activity, Implicit Attitude and Visual Attention - 31/08/2006
      Dr C Cassidy 
      RES-000-22-1076 - Can Social Comparison Improve Cognitive Performance & Well-being in Later Life? - 17/07/2006
      Dr RC O'Connor
      RES-000-22-1134 - Predictors of Suicidality: Towards and Integrated Motivational Model- 17/07/2006
      Dr J Turner-Cobb 
      RES-000-23-0141 - The Social Experience of Transition to School: Learning and Health Outcomes - 17/07/2006
      Dr UV Hecker 
      RES-000-23-0496 - Attentional Control in Sad Mood - 30/04/2006
      Professor J Bond 
      RES-151-25-0032 - Boundary Work, Normal Ageing and Brain Pathology - 30/04/2006
      Dr Dr Paul Dickerson
      RES-000-22-0865 - Interactional Competencies in Children with an Autisitic Spectrum Disorder - 31/03/2006
      Dr PE Razzell
      R000239761 - The Sociological Study of Fertility and Mortality in Ipswich, 1872-1910 - 31/01/2006
      Professor Lyn Quine
      R000239590 - Understanding Adherence to Anti-Hypertensive Medication: A Theory Based Approach - 31/12/2005
      Professor W M Cox
      RES-000-22-0314 - Developing and Evaluating Attention-Diversion Training for Excessive Drinkers - 31/10/2005 
      Professor R Brown
      RES-000-22-0773 - Effects of the Media Priming Asylum-seeker Stereotypes on Thoughts and Behaviour - 30/09/2005
      Dr M Stuttaford
      RES-000-22-0618-A - Collective Rights to Health: Exploring the Experiences of Homeless Families - 30/09/2005
      Dr J Rugg
      RES-000-22-0333 - Burial Policy and the Management of Death in England, 1939-1979 - 30/09/2005
      Dr R De Visser
      RES-000-22-0406 - Young Men, Masculinity and Health - 09/09/2005
      Dr D B O'Connor 
      RES-000-23-0087 - Effects of Stress on Eating Behaviour: an Integrated Approach - 31/08/2005
      Dr I Kessler
      RES-000-23-0069 - Assistant Roles and Changing Job Boundaries in the Public Services - 31/07/2005
      Professor R Crompton
      RES-000-22-0106 - Families, Employment and Work-Life Integration in Britain and Europe - 30/06/2005
      Dr N Morris 
      RES-000-22-0093 - Patients as Partners in a Biomedical Research Project - 30/06/2005 
      Professor M Eraut
      L139251073 - Learning During the First Three Years of Postgraduate Employment - 30/06/2005
      Dr F Steele 
      H333250044 - Multilevel Multiprocess Models for Partnership and Childbearing Event Histories - 31/05/2005
      Dr B Ahmed
      RES-000-22-0334 - Understanding South Asian Women's Experiences of Sexual Violence - 05/03/2005
      Dr P A Tovey
      L218252053 - The Mediation of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in and by Cancer User Groups and Charities: UK and Pakistan - 28/02/2005
      Dr M Holmes
      RES-000-22-0351 - Living Love at Long-distance: Intimacy in Couples Who Live Apart - 15/01/2005 
      Professor GDA Brown
      R000239351 - A New Unifying Model of Memory, Identification and Categorisation - 31/12/2004
      Professor C Donaldson
      RES-331-25-0003 - Developmental Senior Fellowship: Public Services, Health Care Priority Setting - 31/12/2004 
      Ms L Potts
      RES-151-25-0024 - Divided We Stand: Bridging Differential Understanding of Environmental Risk - 31/12/2004 
      Dr R Wilkinson 
      R000239306 - Long Term Adaptation to Conversation by People with Aphasia and their Partners - 31/12/2004 
      Professor J Fairhead 
      L144250051 - Childhood Vaccination: Science & Public Engagement in International Perspective - 31/12/2004 
      Dr D Voas 
      RES-000-22-0168-A - The British Household Panel Study and Key Issues in Religious Change - 30/11/2004
      Professor R P Hobson
      R000239355 - Interpersonal Engagement and Communication in Young People with Autism - 30/11/2004
      Professor G Lewando-Hundt
      L218252042 - Social Implications of One-Stop First Trimester Ante-Natal Screening - 30/09/2004
      Dr E Meins
      R000239456 - Developmental Outcomes of Joint Attention and Maternal Mind-Mindedness - 30/09/2004
      Professor A Anning
      R000239916 - New Forms of Professional Knowledge and Practice in Multi-Agency Services - 30/09/2004 
      Professor C A Dyhouse
      RES-000-22-0139 - Women in Higher Education - An Historical Perspective - 30/09/2004 
      Dr R S Bramwell
      RES-000-22-0352 - How do Users Interpret Probabilistic Pregnancy Screening Information - 30/09/2004
      Dr K Lander 
      R000239557 - Why are Moving Faces Easier to Recognise? - 29/09/2004 
      Professor A S Meyer
      R000239659 - Speech Planning in Multiple-Object Naming - 31/08/2004
      Dr J W Hunter
      L328253023 - NEONATE - Effective Decision Support in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit - 31/08/2004 
      Professor N Wrigley
      L135251002 - Food Deserts in British Cities - 30/06/2004
      Professor R F Ellen
      R000239310 - Frequency and Periodicity in Nuaulu Ritual Reproduction, Eastern Indonesia - 30/06/2004
      Professor H A Pilkington
      R000239439 - "Everyday" but Not "Normal": Drug Use and Youth Cultural Practice in Russia - 30/06/2004
      Professor A Memon
      RES-000-22-0059 - The Creation of False Reports in Children with Stereotypes - 16/06/2004
      Professor D J Mason
      L218252043 - The Technological Management of Childbirth: Risk, Empowerment and Professional Accountability - 31/05/2004 
      Professor P A Atkinson
      L218252009 - Genetic Screening for Susceptibilty to Disease: The Case of Haemochromatosis - 06/05/2004 
      Dr C Vincent
      R000239232 - Choice and Provision in Pre-School Childcare Markets - 30/04/2004 
      Professor P Sheeran
      RES-000-22-0260 - Unconscious Effects of Prototypes on Young People's Health and Social Behaviour - 30/04/2004
      Professor L McDowell
      R000239470 - Living and Labouring in London and Manchester: Young Adults' Work/Life Choices - 04/04/2004 
      Dr G Greville-Harris
      RES-000-22-0161 - Restriction and Reward: Consequences for Children's Food Preferences - 31/03/2004
      Professor S E Curtis
      RES-000-22-0221 - Neighbourhood Influences on Adolescent Health in East London - 31/03/2004
      Dr M T Conner
      RES-000-22-0077 - Understanding Adolescent Smoking Initiation: A Four-Year Longitudinal Study - 29/02/2004 
      Dr Y Galligan
      R000223989 - Public Attitudes Towards Women's Political Participation in Northern Ireland - 19/02/2004
      Professor N Charles
      R000238454 - Social Change, Family Formation and Kin Relationships - 31/01/2004 
      Professor J Hewison
      L218252013 - Social and Ethnic Differences in Attitudes and Consent for Prenatal Testing - 31/12/2003
      Dr E Van Loon 
      RES-000-22-0058 - Visual Strategies Used for Collision Detection in Driving  - 30/11/2003 
      Dr C M Holdsworth
      R000223985 - Choices and Experiences of Higher Education Students Living in the Parental Home - 30/11/2003
      Dr T McCormack
      R000239002-A - The Development of Timing in Children - 30/11/2003 
      Mr A Glendinning
      R000223988 - New Rural-Urban and Class Divides? Social Well-Being of Youth in Eastern Siberia - 31/10/2003
      Dr J H Keenan
      RES-000-22-0197 - Sedentarisation, Islamisation and Gender Amongst the Tuareg of the Sahara - 31/10/2003 
      Dr R Ward
      R000223651 - Automatic Responses to Visual Objects - 30/09/2003 
      Professor K M Melia
      R000271191 - Nursing in the New NHS: A Sociological Analysis of Learning and Working - 30/09/2003
      Dr G Greville-Harris
      R022250208 - Towards an Understanding of How Young Children Make and Overcome Neophobic Food Responses - 30/09/2003 
      Professor B Remington
      RES-000-22-0142 - Development of a Tutor Training System for Early Intervention with Autism - 30/09/2003 
      Dr E A Buchanan-Barrow
      RES-000-22-0073 - The Development of Children's Conceptions of Mental Illness - 19/09/2003 
      Professor J B Davidoff
      R000223894 - Colour Categorisation in Infants - 31/08/2003
      Professor J E Raymond
      R022250212 - Are Emotional Responses to Visual Images Influenced by Selective Attention? - 31/07/2003
      Professor G Walt
      L216252018 - Policy Transfer in Infectious Diseases - 30/06/2003
      Professor P Rogers
      R022250201 - Caffeine, Stress and Task Performance in Individuals, Dyads and Groups - 30/04/2003 
      Dr P Flowers
      L218252011 - Transitions in HIV Management: The Role of Innovative Health Technologies - 31/03/2003 
      Professor B Clifford
      R000223566 - Verbal Overshadowing Effects in Adult and Child Face and Voice Memory - 31/03/2003
      Dr A F Rutland
      R000223188 - The Development and Regulation of Prejudice in Children - 04/03/2003
      Professor S Fothergill
      R000239285 - Unemployment and the Labour Market in Britain's Seaside Towns - 28/02/2003 
      Dr C Power
      R000239579 - Socioeconomic Circumstances at Different Life Stages and Adult Smoking - 28/02/2003
      Dr J E Seymour
      L218252047 - Technology and Natural Death: A Study of Older People - 14/02/2003 
      Ms J Heaton
      L218252023 - Technology and Time: Home Care Regimes and Technology-Dependent Children - 31/12/2002 
      Dr S M Peace
      L480254011 - Environment and Identity in Later Life: A Cross Setting Study - 31/12/2002 
      Dr D P Shankland
      R000223797 - Integration, Mobility and Faith Among a Turkish Community in Berlin - 31/12/2002 
      Professor A L James
      R000239102 - Constructing Children's Welfare: A Comparative Study of Professional Practice - 31/12/2002
      Dr A J Simpson
      R000239493 - Men and Masculinities in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS in Zambia - 31/12/2002
      Ms N Stratford
      R000239295 - The Measurement of Changing Attitudes Towards Illegal Drugs in Britain - 30/11/2002 
      Dr D E Crundall
      R000223513 - Visual Attention and Memory in Police Pursuit and Rapid Response Driving-  22/10/2002
      Dr M Anderson
      R000223679 - The Role of Counselling in British Society - 31/10/2002 
      Dr W Koustaal
      R000223749 - Using What We Know: Effects of Retrieval Set on Memory Accuracy and Confidence - 31/10/2002
      Dr B T Heaphy
      R000223465 - Social and Policy Implications of Non-Heterosexual Ageing - 30/09/2002
      Professor J Michie
      L212252040 - Workplace Reorganisation, HRM and Corporate Performance - 06/07/2002 
      Dr K McKee
      L480254031 - Evaluating the Impact of Reminscence on the Quality of Life of Older People - 31/05/2002              


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