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The latest Wolfson Newsletter (Issue 101) is out now

The first Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing Newsletter for this academic year should be arriving in your inbox this morning.

Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing Doctoral Training Programme 2022/23: Call for expressions of interest

The Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing are currently inviting expressions of interest from doctoral students to join our doctoral training programme in 2022/2023.
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The latest Wolfson Newsletter (Issue 100) is out now

The first Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing Newsletter for this academic year should be arriving in your inbox this morning.

Trajectories of Moral Injury: Future Research, Tensions, and Cross-Cultural Collaborations

Moral Injury refers to the experience of sustained and enduring negative moral emotions - guilt, shame, contempt and anger - that results from the betrayal, violation or suppression of deeply held or shared moral values.
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Live Well with Pain: 10 footsteps programme accredited by the Personalised Care Institute (PCI)

The 10 Footsteps programme is a 10 hour online training programme for health and social care professionals, delivered by professional and lived experience trainers. The 10 Footsteps training was developed in conjunction with Dr Paul Chazot FBPhS, Durham University’s Wolfson Institute of Health and Wellbeing Pain Challenge Academy, funded by the ESRC (UK). The aim is to enable participants to support people with persistent pain, to develop their confidence and skills in self-management.
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Body, Mind and Medicine: Forms of Mental Illness and their Consequences in the Ancient World and Today. 28th and 29th October 2022

This event – jointly organised by Durham University, the Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing, and the University of Edinburgh – offers an interdisciplinary platform for academics as well as the general public. It will be held as a two-day online conference (via “Zoom”).
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The latest Wolfson Newsletter (Issue 99) is out now

The first Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing Newsletter for this academic year should be arriving in your inbox this morning.

The latest Wolfson Newsletter (Issue 98) is out now

The final Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing Newsletter for this academic year should be arriving in your inbox this morning.

NEPG Conference 2022

The North East Postgraduate (NEPG) Conference 2022 will be held on Friday 28th October 2022 at the Civic Centre in Newcastle upon Tyne with both in-person and virtual attendance options.
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WRIHW and NENC ARC Vacancies

We have two exciting job opportunities which are now live on our recruitment system!
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NIHR Three Research Schools’ Mental Health Fellowships

The NIHR Schools for Primary Care Research (SPCR), Public Health Research (SPHR) and Social Care Research (SSCR) (“three Schools”) have joined together in a unique collaboration between leading academic centres in England to collaborate on a programme of work funded through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR): Improving mental health and wellbeing in underserved populations through collaborative research.
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The latest Wolfson Newsletter (Issue 97) is out now

The penultimate Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing Newsletter for this academic year should be arriving in your inbox this morning.