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Research
Institute of Health and Wellbeing
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The Institute of Health and Wellbeing Research benefits from strong partnerships with other organisations across academia, healthcare, business and public society.
Our research and evaluation services respond to key health and wellbeing challenges, and lead to innovation across many disciplines of human performance. Our aim is to make a meaningful contribution to the local, national, and where possible international community.
We also aim to provide a supportive environment for our postgraduate research students, and we particularly welcome applications for PhD study within our areas of expertise.
Vision
The vision of the Institute is to enhance wellbeing, reduce ill-health and enable a high quality of life to be experienced by all.
Mission
The Institute’s mission is to provide a supportive, multi-disciplinary environment to bring together diverse partnerships to deliver applied research, knowledge exchange and innovation in health and wellbeing across the human lifespan.
Themes
The Institute has three main research themes.
Find out more about our research themes, projects and publications
Introduction to the Institute
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Our People
Professor Valerie Gladwell
Professor Gladwell's research utilises biochemical, physiological, and psychological skills, with a passion for enhancing lifelong health.
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Lucy Heath-Collins
Lucy supports the Research and Knowledge Exchange Directorate by providing administrative support for the Research Institutes and the Head of Research Culture.
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Dr Rob Southall-Edwards
Rob is a Research Fellow within the Institute of Health & Wellbeing at the University of Suffolk.
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Joanne Abbott
Joanne is a Research Project Administrator with the Institute of Health and Wellbeing at the University of Suffolk.
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Patience Pounds
Patience is an Associate Professor in Midwifery with the Institute of Health & Wellbeing at the University of Suffolk.
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Ellie Rossiter
Ellie is a Research Assistant in the Institute for Health and Wellbeing.
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Health Living
- Dr Rob Southall-Edwards - Institute Research Fellow
Long Term Conditions
- Dr Noreen Cushen-Brewster - Associate Dean for Research and Knowledge Exchange in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Public Health
Biosciences for Human Health
- Dr Nick Tucker - Associate Dean for Research and Knowledge Exchange in the School of Allied Health Sciences
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Dr Paul Freeman, University of Essex
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Dr Jo Barton, University of Essex
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Dr Jamie Pethick, University of Essex
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Dr Oonagh Corrigan, Anglian Ruskin University
Also:
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Active Essex
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Essex County Council
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Suffolk Mind
- Dr Gerry Rayman - Visiting Professor of Diabetes Medicine
- Dr Maurizio Bertollo - Visiting Professor of Human Performance
- Prof Paul Hackett - Visiting Professor of Health Research Methods
- Prof Dave Muller - Visiting Professor of Rehabilitation Psychology
- Dr Stuart McErlain-Naylor - Visiting Senior Fellow in Sport Science
- Prof Ian Philp - Visiting Professor of Elderly Care
- Martin Sinclair - Visiting Professor of Gastro-intestinal disease
- Dr Judith Fynn - Visiting Senior Fellow in Public Health Evaluation
- Prof Victor Preedy - Visiting Professor of Health Sciences
- Dr James Nobles - Visiting Senior Fellow in Public Health
- Prof Colin R Martin - Visiting Professor of Perinatal Wellbeing
Get in Touch
If you would like more information on our research or to explore collaborative opportunities, please do get in touch with the Institute Director, Prof Valerie Gladwell on research@uos.ac.uk.
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Latest News
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A ground breaking space sector project led by the University of Suffolk will see the creation of the UK’s largest optical research test range.
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An Ipswich community project is supplying “more than just the £2 bag of food”, by developing new communities and filling a gap in public sector provision, new research from the University of Suffolk has found.
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Participants are being sort for a new research project evaluating how recordings of familiar voices can help improve the wellbeing of people in care.