Research
We encourage inter-disciplinary research.
"Rapid technological advances promise big improvements in medical care. The world needs leadership in understanding and responding to the ethical and societal impact of these radical changes. CELS brings together interdisciplinary expertise to meet this need by addressing the ethical, legal and societal issues through research, education, policy engagement and public dialogue".
We encourage inter-disciplinary research.
Results of a joint UK-NL study received press coverage in the Netherlands recently as Dr Juliette Schuurmans defended her PhD thesis in the Netherlands on 28th June 2021. This marked the completion of the first joint PhD from a University of Southampton and Academic Medical Centre Groningen PhD programme.
The COMET conference aims to bring together scholars from different disciplinary backgrounds involving various healthcare specialties and the human and social sciences. A special emphasis is on the dissemination of ongoing research in language/discourse/communication studies in relation to healthcare education, patient participation and professional ethics.
Health psychology is a rapidly growing discipline with many prospective and current students keen to learn more about opportunities and career pathways.
Inspiring Stories with Lisa Ballard (Available to Uos Staff & Students only)
We are exploring how we can facilitate better use of hospital data to improve standards of care within the NHS. It is really important that this system is trustworthy and can promote and protect the interests of individuals, groups and communities. To develop this system democratically, we need lots of people to tell us about their concerns, experiences and hopes for the future. Please take a look at this short animation which looks at this issue.
Hear from Health Psychologist and researcher Lisa Ballard about the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic has had on her research. What have the challenges been and what support might researchers need for the future?
Reinder has joined CELS as a research fellow based in the Faculty of Medicine conducting research into ethical legal and (psycho)social issues in genetics and genomics
Gabrielle has joined CELS as a Senior research fellow based in the Faculty of Medicine where she is exploring ethical issues as they pertain to UKBiobank.
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