March 2018 archive

CHSS Director: KM Medical School news ‘fantastic’

‘The new Medical School will strengthen the clinical teaching and research partnerships that already exist between CHSS and local NHS and other health care organisations. The Centre looks forward to developing new areas of research and contributing to this exciting new development’. – Professor of Health Policy, Stephen Peckham, CHSS Director Stephen Peckham has welcomed …

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Prestigious BA Fellowship funds joint UK/Brazil study of Brazilian health policy

  CHSS Director and Professor of Health Policy Stephen Peckham has won a prestigious two year grant from the British Academy in partnership with Dr Fabiana da Cunha Saddi, post-doc researcher at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Federal University of Goias in Brazil. The BA Newton Advanced Fellowship award will fund a new study around primary …

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CHSS Director – Canterbury needs cleaner air now!

Clean air campaigners are mounting an aggressive effort to improve the Canterbury environment. With the backing of the city’s MP Rosie Duffield, campaign group Clean Air met on Saturday 10 March to discuss air quality issues. CHSS Director Professor Stephen Peckham, who is currently working with Dr Ashley Mills gathering data on air quality in …

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