Monthly Archives: September 2015

Melina Malli, Phd student at the Tizard Centre alongside Dr Rachel Forrester-Jones and Professor Glynis Murphy, have published a recent article “Stigma in youth with Tourette’s syndrome: a systematic review and synthesis”.   Tourette’s syndrome (TS) is a childhood onset … Continue reading →

Canterbury’s Westgate Hall played host to well over 100 local people today, at CHSS’ ‘Let’s Talk’ drop-in event designed to increase public engagement with and interest in health and social care research. CHSS research and administrative staff were on hand … Continue reading →

Are you interested in health and health services? Would you like to know more about research in health and social care? Then why not come to our ‘Let’s talk about Health Research!’ event?  Just register and then pop into the Westgate Hall, Canterbury on Wednesday 9 … Continue reading →

Success for students in the School of Biosciences with two undergraduate students being awarded bursaries in the 2015KentHealth Student Vacation Scheme to undertake clinical placements during the summer vacation. This competitive scheme provides support at a rate of £150 per week to allow … Continue reading →

People with low self-esteem use a variety of escape mechanisms to avoid thinking about their own mortality, new Kent research reveals. Researchers led by Dr Arnaud Wisman, of the University’s School of Psychology, found evidence in five studies that people … Continue reading →

In late August MSoP welcomed almost 40 graduate students, researching in eight different EU countries, to the latest incarnation of this series of meetings, initiated by Dr. Hall, together with Prof. Börje Sellergren (Malmö University) and Dr. Panagiotis Manesiotis (Queen’s … Continue reading →

Tania Saheed, a fourth year MPharm student attended the annual NHS Expo in Manchester with NHS Citizen in 2014. She said “it was a great experience and networking opportunity as I was able to network with healthcare professionals across the … Continue reading →

Habiba Akhtar has been named as a finalist in the Daily Telegraph’s STEM Awards, a competition which gives ambitious students an opportunity to prove themselves to leading industry experts. The 23-year-old, who is in the third year of her MPharm … Continue reading →