iHCI (Immersive Human-Centred Intelligence) is a research group focused on the development and evaluation of intelligent technologies that place human experience, wellbeing, and decision-making at their core.
Explore why Archaeology is an important area of focus for staff at the Research Centre in Evolutionary Anthropology and Palaeoecology.
Research within the Contexts of Human Evolution Group involves archaeological, palaeontological and environmental analyses of human evolution. Our research focuses on mammalian evolution, hominin behaviour and ecology, and patterns of faunal and floral distribution. Discover our research areas and current projects, facilities, collaborations, publications and people.
The Public Health Institute investigates interventions with the aim of reducing tobacco use. We look at the relationship between smoking behaviours and demographics, income, parental smoking, leisure activities and alcohol consumption.
The Public Health Institute is involved in some important research. Read our case studies to gain a good summary of the type of projects we're engaged in.
The Diagnostics and Therapeutics Research Group is focussed on delivering solutions to 21st century healthcare challenges related to cancer therapy, tissue repair, neurodegenerative disorders and respiratory diseases through chemistry, molecular bioscience and nanomedicine.
The Suicide and Self-Harm Research Group builds on existing areas of excellence in research and aligns with the national suicide prevention strategy (2019)
Our research projects at the Institute of Health Research address real-world health challenges through innovative, collaborative, and interdisciplinary approaches.
Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement or ‘PPIE’ has become a wide-spread phenomenon in health and social care research. PPIE is considered the gold standard of research and is typically required by funding bodies (such as the NIHR) to access grant funding.
The Forensic Research Institute partners some of the leading players in the public and private sector from government departments, police forces, local authorities to respected companies delivering forensic services and research institutes worldwide.