Health and wellbeing

Our global reputation is built on excellent research that begins with understanding the fundamental underpinnings of health and disease. We draw on a wide range of academic skills and disciplines, working together to discover, refine and apply new interventions to improve health and wellbeing.

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Underpinning processes and systems

Improving health and wellbeing

Reducing inequalities

Informing policy and practice

Focus area

The University of York Ageing Network

The University of York Ageing Network is enabling the UK to meet the challenges posed by an aging population.

By developing existing collaborations across departments and faculties, as well as forging new working relationships, the Network’s members are delivering research which meets the region’s priorities, and can be applied both nationally and internationally.


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Research highlights global impact of smokeless tobacco use

A review of government control policies has shown a reduction in global smokeless tobacco use, although there are still gaps in research in some countries.

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Researchers call for action to end mental health related deaths

Researchers have called for radical changes on a global scale to prevent the growing mortality rates of people with mental health problems.

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Universal Credit harmful to mental health of lone parents, study shows

A new study has shown that Universal Credit is harmful to the mental health of claimants, particularly lone parents.

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Human eyes really do play ‘tricks’ on the mind, say experts

A new study has shown that the human visual system can ‘trick’ the brain into making inaccurate assumptions about the size of objects in the world around them.

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Featured research

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Ensuring the right treatments are provided for patients with psoriasis

With over 100 million people affected by psoriasis globally, it is important to establish which treatments work best and are most cost-effective in improving quality of life for those with the disease.
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Spending Healthcare Resources Wisely

With an annual NHS budget in England of around £127 billion (2017/18), it is vital that decisions are made so that health care spending generates the greatest impact on the health of the population.
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How can economics help address global health challenges?

The resources available to spend on healthcare are limited. Economics provides the tools to help ensure the delivery of ‘more health for the money’. York research has guided health spending in many parts of the world, including in Africa.
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Bladder tissue research verifies safety concerns for a class of drugs developed for type 2 diabetes

Researchers have developed a collaborative approach to help further understand safety concerns surrounding bladder cancer in the use of dual PPAR agonist drugs.

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Our health and wellbeing research crosses academic boundaries. Find out more about the departments and related research groups involved in this work:

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Research Champion

Professor Joy Adamson, Research Champion for Health and Wellbeing

Joy Adamson is a social scientist by background, her qualifications have put her in the rare position of having in-depth training in both qualitative (PhD) and quantitative (MSc Epidemiology) methods that she has applied in a range of applied health research projects.

Health and wellbeing research at York: overview (PDF , 200kb)

 

research-champions@york.ac.uk

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