Author Archives: Richard Barber

‘Is Breast Best?’

Dr Joan B. Wolf, US author of controversial book Is Breast Best? Taking on the Breastfeeding Experts and the New High Stakes of Motherhood, will give an open lecture at the University of Kent on Wednesday 13 February. Dr Wolf’s … Continue reading

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Targeting hearts and minds

“The last era of management was about how much performance we could extract from people … the next is all about how much humanity we can inspire.” Dov Seidman I wrote last week’s email update with the quote above included, just … Continue reading

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Research within ethical bounds

Professor Ulf Schmidt, of the School of History, has been awarded £20,200 from the Wellcome Trust for an international conference on ‘Research Within Bounds: Protecting Human Participants in Modern Medicine – The Declaration of Helsinki, 1964-2014’ in Switzerland on 12/13 September 2013. The aim of the … Continue reading

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Time for change

Time for change Dear Colleagues Health and social care commissioners and providers are currently in the process of agreeing contracts and associated pathway changes for 2013/14, making it the right time to consider the opportunities presented by telecare and telehealth. … Continue reading

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National dementia challenge funding awarded

It’s great to have good news to report to kick off 2013. Our Academic Health Science Network (AHSN) bid to the national Dementia Challenge has been successful. We’ve been awarded £500,000 to allocate grants to support the successful adoption of existing … Continue reading

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Major milestone achieved in Kent autism project

Imagining Autism, a pioneering research project led by the University of Kent to investigate how drama-based activities may play a key role in helping autistic children’s development has reported preliminary success at a special milestone event. The 30 month research … Continue reading

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Kent health expert closely involved in major health shake-up report

Professor Stephen Peckham, Director of the University’s Centre for Health Services Studies (CHSS), has been closely involved in the first in-depth study into how the government’s planned shake-up of the NHS next year is progressing. Professor Peckham is Director of … Continue reading

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