The Health and Social Sciences (HSS) research institute provides a stimulating environment for internationally excellent clinical and methodological research aimed at enhancing human health and functioning. The majority of research addresses the ‘whole person’, complementing that conducted within other FOH Research Institutes. The Health and Social Science research institute has interdisciplinary expertise in complex interventions for acute conditions, rehabilitation and management of long-term conditions. It has specific expertise, and a track record, in conducting clinical trials and economic evaluations in these areas.
Members of HSS are organised into component Research Units with distinctive programmes and specialisms. However, most research activity involves staff from more than one research unit. Indeed some research overlaps with either the Biomedical and Clinical Sciences or the Education in Health, and more widely with researchers across UEA, the UK and internationally.
The Research Units are:
- Health Economics (led by Professor Ruth Hancock)
- Medical Statistics (led by Professor Lee Shepstone)
- Mental Health and Psychological Sciences (led by Professor David Fowler and Professor Shirley Reynolds)
- Public Health and Health Services Research (led by Professor Max Bachmann)
- Stroke and Rehabilitation (led by Professor Valerie Pomeroy and Professor John Potter)
- Shared Decision Making (led by Professor Richard Gray)
In the 2008 RAE, research undertaken by members of the Health and Social Sciences Institute was submitted across 5 UoAs with 34% of this research judged to be world leading and internationally excellent and 75% in total recognised internationally.
