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People with health issues denied medication in police custody

People in police custody with health issues are regularly put at risk because medication is delayed or unavailable.
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Critical Neurodiversity Studies Conference (24–26 June 2025)

The Critical Neurodiversity Studies Conference has ended. Registration is now closed.
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New creative facilitation training on offer for care-experienced adults

The Institute for Medical Humanities and Blue Cabin are working together to launch a free, nine-month training programme for care-experienced young adults aged 18 to 25.
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IMH Publishes its April Newsletter

News and insights from the Institute for Medical Humanities.
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MedHums 101: What is Medical Humanities? A New Brochure by The Polyphony

The Polyphony is delighted to announce the publication of a new brochure — MedHums 101: What is Medical Humanities?
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ICYMI: Global Medical Humanities Roundtable

We are delighted to announce that the recording of our event ‘Global Medical Humanities: What next for the humanities in health research?’ is now available.
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Call for applications: Lead a funded Research Theme within IMH

Fellows of the Institute for Medical Humanities invited to pitch ideas to develop and lead two new Research Themes.
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We’re hiring! New job opportunities at The Platform

Could one of our new research roles be for you?
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Welcome to Katharine Cheston

A warm welcome to Katharine Cheston, who joins the Discovery Research Platform as a Mildred Blaxter Postdoctoral Fellow supported by the Department of Sociology and the Institute for Medical Humanities.
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Reimagining the imagination at the world’s largest literary festival

Researchers from our Institute for Medical Humanities have taken our innovative ReaderBank project to the Jaipur Literature Festival in Rajasthan, India.
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Welcome to Ifejuola Atunwa

A warm welcome to Ifejuola Atunwa, who joins the Platform as our Partnerships and Engagement Intern.
Ifejuola Atunwa at matriculation in Durham Cathedral.

Applications now open for Medical Humanities in Practice Research Fellowship Scheme

The scheme aims to support professionals and researchers from Health or Voluntary and Community sectors to develop research within the medical humanities.
A structure of interconnected platforms and floating islands on a stormy sea. Each platform features items that reflect the Labs and Sites of the Platform. Top left to top right: Visual and Material, The WellSpring, Measurement, Narrative and Cognition, The Festival. Bottom left to bottom right: The Practice, Affective Experience, Narrative Practice, Moving Bodies.