A new Centre for Philosophy of Epidemiology, Medicine, and Public Health (CPEMPH) has been launched by Professor Alex Broadbent, Professor of Philosophy of Science and a member of the Institute for Medical Humanities.

The Institute for Medical Humanities (IMH) at Durham University is delighted to introduce “The Polyphony Meets China”, a new collaborative project between our web platform The Polyphony and the Narrative Medicine Research Centre (NMRC) at Southern Medical University (SMU).

Dr Louise Creechan, IMH Lecturer in Literary Medical Humanities, interviewed on BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking programme 'How to Read' discussing reading, Dyslexia and Neurodiversity.

Prof Jane Macnaughton, former Director of Institute for Medical Humanities, has been recognised for her ‘significant contribution to medicine, healthcare and medical education’ by The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland (RCPI).

A new report has been published which examines the barriers facing medical humanities researchers and identifies strategies for the future development of the field.

In the latest edition of the Institute for Medical Humanities' (IMH) newsletter, we welcome and congratulate a plethora of IMH staff on their new roles, outputs, and funding awards; discuss the success of our latest mental health voluntary sector workshop; and share our response to a UKRI PGR Consultation. We also highlight a selection of top-viewed articles from The Polyphony, share details of an upcoming 'Confabulations' event, and feature a new publication from the Hearing the Voice project.