The Institute supports a vibrant and active post-doctoral research community that reflect the interests of staff across the university. Students contribute to our research themes and portfolio. Their research titles are listed below by year of commencement:
2019
| Title | Student | Supervisors |
|---|---|---|
| An exploration of the sex specific characteristics of paternal perinatal depression; triggers, symptoms and coping mechanisms | Emma Humes | Dr Lesley Briscoe, Dr Axel Kaehne and Prof Sally Spencer, Faculty of Health, Social Care & Medicine |
2018
| Title | Student | Supervisors |
|---|---|---|
2017
| Title | Student | Supervisors |
|---|---|---|
| Barriers to activity in adults who are obese | Oliver Hamer | Prof Paola Dey, Faculty of Health, Social Care & Medicine Dr Derek Larkin, Dept of Psychology Dr Whitney Curry, Dept of Physical Education & Sport |
| Computer vision-based innovative rehabilitation system for stroke, spinal cord injury (SCI) and motor-neurone disease (MND) | Bappaditya Debnath | Dr Ardhendu Behera and Dr Swagat Kumar, Dept of Computer Science; Prof Mary O’Brien, Faculty of Health, Social Care & Medicine |
2016
| Title | Student | Supervisors |
|---|---|---|
| Tackling the evidence for patient safety in ambulance services | Keegan Shepard | Prof Sally Spencer and Dr Carol Kelly, Faculty of Health, Social Care & Medicine; Prof Paresh Wankhade, Business School; David Ratcliffe, Director of Research, North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust |
| Evaluation of training requirements for NHS ambulance service paramedics recruited from the EU | Kacper Sumera | Prof Sally Spencer and Prof Jeremy Brown, Faculty of Health, Social Care & Medicine; Prof Paresh Wankhade, Business School; David Radcliffe, Director of Research, North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust |
| Promoting cardiac rehabilitation adherance | Eleanor Whittaker | Dr Andy Levy, Dept of Psychology; Prof Adrian Midgley, Dept of Sport and Physical Exercise; Dr Bashir Matata, Head of Clinical Trials – Liverpool Heart & Chest Hospital |
2015
| Title | Student | Supervisors |
|---|---|---|
| Student nurses communication: responding to emotion, patient satisfaction and self-assessed communication skills | Paula Carroll | Dr Peter Leadbetter, Prof Jeremy Brown and Prof Sally Spencer, Faculty of Health, Social Care & Medicine |