Health at Durham
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Welcome to Health at Durham
Our three health frames
Discover more about what is taking place across our interrelated frames of health.
Individuals and Health
Communities, Places and Health
Environments, Ecology and Health
Our mission is to encourage and support high calibre interdisciplinary research to understand and address human health challenges.
Research Excellence Framework (REF)
90 percent of our research, including health, rated 'world-leading' or ‘internationally excellent.'
Health impact case studies
From improving people's health and influencing changes in the law, our research is having an impact around the world.
Supporting voice-hearers and changing perceptions
Pioneering research into infant sleep safety
What's new?
A poem for our Critical Care Garden, South Tees NHS Foundation Hospital
This wonderful plaque was installed last week, with a poem by ICU Steps member Diane Bousfield. Many thanks to Diane, the plaque artist Dr Laura Johnston and the Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing for funding this warm welcome to the garden, currently well used by patients, carers and staff.

Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing Doctoral Training Programme 2022/23: Call for expressions of interest
The Black Health and the Humanities Network moves to IMH
New Centre with University of Johannesburg
Live Well with Pain: 10 footsteps programme accredited by the Personalised Care Institute (PCI)
Mitigating the impact of air pollution on dementia and brain health: Setting the policy agenda
Unmasking Pain: Creative approaches to life with persistent pain
Physical Activity Inequalities - Collaboration through Research, Policy and Practice
The Department of Sport and Exercise Sciences recently collaborated with practitioners, policy makers and researchers at their event ‘Addressing physical activity inequalities through research-policy-practice collaboration’, co-hosted with Country Durham Sport.

A poem for our Critical Care Garden, South Tees NHS Foundation Hospital
The Black Health and the Humanities Network moves to IMH
Contact us
Health at Durham,
Palatine Centre,
Durham DH1 3LE
Tel: +44 (0)191 334 4042