Apply now for September 2019! The new MSc in Healthcare Management has been designed in collaboration with the Kent Business School to meet the needs of business and industry and offer unique insights on contemporary issues in the global economy. Through varied modules covering the most relevant and current issues relating to healthcare management, it equips graduates for transition into doctoral studies or a career in thi...

Our Spring 2019 CHSS Newsletter is now available to read or download. This issue is full of research news including new projects with topics ranging from Yoga for wellbeing, to increasing NHS workforce research capacity to improve clinical practice. Recent events reported include the successful launch of a new video to promote breastfeeding among the Kent Roma community, co-produced by CHSS Visiting Darzi Fellow Philippa Burdon. Slovakian Roma mothers talk about their personal experience...

A film to promote breastfeeding among Kent's Slovakian Roma community was formally launched on Thursday 25th April at the Turner Contemporary Gallery, Margate. CHSS Visiting Darzi Fellow Philippa Burden co-produced the video which documents women's own views and experiences. The event attracted over 70 people who participated in a workshop about next steps supporting breastfeeding with the Roma community. The celebratory launch – red car...

Researchers from the MRC Centre for Transplantation and the NIHR Guy's and St Thomas' Biomedical Research Centre have found a novel way to predict rejection of a kidney transplant before it happens by monitoring the immune system of transplant patients. The research, featured in journal EbioMedicine showed that a signature combination of seven immune genes in blood samples can predict rejection earlier than current techniques. Monitoring these mark...

Congratulations to Sally Kendall, who received her MBE on 31 January in recognition of 30 years of research in nursing and health visiting. As Professor of Community Nursing and Public Health she is renowned for practice-based research in the area of parenting and maternal and child health. Her parenting work is internationally recognised and implemented from Kent to Japan. Sally said: 'I am delighted and honoured on behalf o...