The Centre for Digital Innovations in Health and Social Care drives advancements in digital health technologies to address challenges in health and social care systems.
Research at the Faculty of Health Studies
The research world within our faculty is a rich, energetic and diverse culture of activity. We contribute to some of the key health and illness challenges across the human lifespan as well as into the equally important spheres of health policy and practice.
Our Research Centres
The Centre for Applied Dementia Studies is one of the UK’s leading centres for psychosocial research into living well with, and caring well for people with dementia and their families.
Research staff
Our academic staff have strong backgrounds in health care practice but also in the behavioural, social and biomedical sciences.
We are publicly acknowledged international leaders in several distinctive areas such as applied dementia research, inclusion and diversity, and quality and patient safety.
Our Centre for Applied Dementia Studies won the 2015 Queen's Anniversary Prize.
Many of our academic leaders have been awarded national prizes and honours for their work in their respective fields.
Research policy
We have a distinguished professoriate in policy and practice research.
We have a strong and ever growing cohort of doctoral students who come to us for our authoritative expertise, strong supervision, and student support.
We enjoy major collaborations and partnerships in research across other faculties in the university, with colleagues across the NHS, and with other university research centres across the country.
The Wolfson Centre for Applied Health Research now enhances our clinical and public health research between academics within our faculty and applied health researchers at the University of Leeds and the research centres at the Bradford Royal Infirmary (BRI).
Research networks
Our research activities are also highly networked and engaged with busy and active linkages with colleagues from the Faculties of Life Sciences, Engineering and Informatics, as well as Management, Law and the Social Sciences. Much of our work is based on collaborations with colleagues and sites within the NHS and in this context we are significant contributors and participants with The Wolfson Centre for Applied Health Research (CAHR) and the Bradford Institute of Health Research (BIHR) at the Bradford Royal Infirmary.
Our research is funded by NIHR but also philanthropy and charities such as the Alzheimer’s Association.
Research Degrees
We invite applications to join our vibrant community of enthusiastic staff and doctoral students in our excellent facilities.