Program Overview

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Research profile

The Department of Health Sciences at Brunel is a vibrant, multidisciplinary community of scholars addressing key issues and global challenges for humankind. The Department brings together academics in Public Health and Health Promotion, Occupational therapy, Physiotherapy and Social Work, to carry out world-leading research with the potential to improve human health and well-being.

Together, we work towards integrating academic and scientific rigour with the needs of health and social care providers, the public and service users, policy makers, industry, and the not-for-profit sector, to deliver creative solutions to local, national and global challenges and, thereby, bring health, economic, social, and cultural benefits to societies.

You will benefit from this Integrated PhD programme immensely if you want to:

receive more guided and hands-on supervision of your learning and research process, especially if you come from more traditional teaching cultures

increase your chances for timely completion of your PhD programme in comparison to students taking traditional route PhD, cutting down the expenses associated with prolonged study

access to tailored, highly specialist research training not available as part of the support provided to traditional route PhD students

maximise your chances for a successful research analysis by applying practical assignments and training which are part of the integrated PhD directly to the research you do for your thesis

receive an official Postgraduate Diploma in Research in addition to your PhD award to certify the completion of skills training which may be required by employers in some countries if you wish to pursue an academic career

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Browse the work of subject-relevant research groups

Brunel Older People’s Reference Group

Brunel Partners Academic Centre for Health Sciences

Institute of Communities and Society

Embodiment in Academic and Professional Practice

Health and Wellbeing Across the Lifecourse

LEAP-Lab: Learning, Expertise, Action, Perception

Organ-on-a-Chip

Social Justice

Experimental Techniques Centre

Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience

Health Economics (HERG)

Physical Activity in Health and Disease

Culture and Evolution

Interculturality for Diversity and Global Learning

Kidspace: Key skills and participation in childhood

Institute of Health, Medicine and Environments

Smart Technology Advancements in Health and Rehabilitation

Healthcare Management, Culture and Leadership Group

Health Behaviour Change

Education, Identities and Society

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