The Summer 2020 CHSS Newsletter is out now. This issue, written over the lockdown period, features latest CHSS research and news, including a look at the many varied media stories that the Centre team have been involved in shaping. Senior Clinical Research Fellow Lindsay Forbes who has been a frequent expert commentator on Coronavirus; is spotlighted in our regular ‘CHSS People‘ slot on page 6. New project topics include community volunteering and evaluating virtual consultations ...

CHSS Senior Clinical Research Fellow (Public Health) Specialist Dr Lindsay Forbes offers expert comment on why there is a concentration of COVID-19 cases around Ashford, named as one of the country’s virus ‘hotspots’. in a recent feature in Kent Online, Lindsay offers insight on underlying factors behind the data which may help to explain differences in rates across particular areas of Kent. As of 12 June, there were 858 recorded cases of C...

CHSS welcomes Dr Natalia Gusak to the Centre until August from the National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy, Ukraine, funded by the Global Challenges Doctoral Centre. Natalia is Head of the School of Social Work Department. Her postdoctoral appointment will see her work with Professor Sally Kendall and Dr Olena Nizalova on the collaborative study exploring factors affecting mental health and wellbeing of mothers and infants in Ukraine, and evaluating the potential of Primary Health Care to ...

These five 3-year full-time (5 years part-time) PhD scholarships are supported by the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Kent, Surrey and Sussex. ARC KSS aims to develop applied health and social care research across the region for the benefit of patients and the public. We are keen to invite applications from potential PhD applicants to undertake health and social care research, with interests in any of the ARC KSS research themes, commencing in October 2...

As UK Coronavirus cases have increased over the past week, CHSS Senior Clinical Research Fellow (Public Health) Specialist Dr Lindsay Forbes has given numerous tv and radio interviews. On 12 March she talked to Fred Dinenage on ITV Meridian news on likely impacts for those of us who rely on the NHS. She also appeared on BBC south east news and BBC Radio Kent ‘wake up call’ [01h:14 – 1h:18] Read Lindsay’s expert comments on the Coronavirus here Find out more about her ...