Nov 01
CHSS will be hosting a health policy debate on the evening of Thursday 28 November in advance of the December 2019 General Election. Please note the venue for the debate has changed from Grimond Lecture Theatre at the University of Kent TO: THE MICHAEL BERRY LECTURE THEATRE, CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY, (campus map) Old Sessions House, …
Mar 15
Researchers from the MRC Centre for Transplantation and the NIHR Guy’s and St Thomas’ Biomedical Research Centre have found a novel way to predict rejection of a kidney transplant before it happens by monitoring the immune system of transplant patients. The research, featured in journal EbioMedicine showed that a signature combination of seven immune genes …
Feb 08
Our latest CHSS Newsletter is now available to read or download. We are working on some new and exciting research including our cover story around improving migrant health and an NIHR project to find the optimum team climate for General Practice. Events news includes a recent World Cafe Dementia event, ‘Tea, Technology and Me’ and …
Dec 19
We are delighted to announce that Dr Kate Hamilton-West, CHSS Reader in Health Psychology, has been appointed Faculty Director of Medical Social Sciences. This is a new role within the Kent and Medway Medical School, a joint venture between the University of Kent and Canterbury Christ Church University. Kate will work across the Faculty to develop a strong …
Jul 04
Health Education Kent, Surrey and Sussex (HEKSS)/NIHR Integrated Clinical Academic Programme Internships 2018-19 CHSS (Centre for Health Services Studies), University of Kent will continue as a provider for the Health Education Kent Surrey Sussex (HEEKSS)/National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Integrated Clinical Academic Programme (ICAP) 2018-19. Funding has been awarded to the Centre to enable up …
Oct 31
The latest CHSS Newsletter is now available to read or download on our website. We hope you enjoy our latest news, events, publications and staff updates. This issue has a global feel. We feature Professor Sally Kendall’s project in Western Australia working with Aboriginal mothers. ‘CHSS People’ (p6) profiles Dr Erica Gadsby, and her experiences of working in global …
Jul 31
Our latest CHSS Newsletter is now available to read or download on our website. We hope you will enjoy our latest news, events, publications and staff updates, including: a report on the highly successful CHSS pre-election health policy debate our recent KAPCU (Kent Academic Primary Care Unit) seminar exploring how primary care and mental health services can …
Sep 15
Day one of the ICCHNR Symposium has been a great success. Changing populations, changing needs; Directions and models for community orientated primary care has attracted more than 120 delegates and speakers from countries including Japan, Korea, Spain and Canada. They gathered at the University of Kent’s Grimond Lecture Theatre today to hear contributions from speakers across a …
Jul 01
Collaboration for Community Health Nursing Research (ICCHNR) Symposium:“Changing populations, changing needs: Directions & models for community orientated primary care” Thursday 15th & Friday 16th September 2016, University of Kent, Canterbury, UK We are now accepting LATE BREAKING ABSTRACTS to be submitted up until 31 July 2016. Abstract submissions Registration open until 31st August 2016. The symposium’s overall aim is to …
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