CHICAS research focuses on statistical and epidemiological methods and their implementation in open-source software. We have long-standing expertise in spatial and spatiotemporal methods, population health data research, infectious disease modelling, and field study design. CHICAS has been designated as the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Geostatistical Methods for Neglected Tropical Disease Research.
Leads: Professor Joanne Knight & Dr Jonathan Read
Lancaster Intelligent, Robotic and Autonomous Systems Centre, LIRA - Biomedical
Centre for Health Inequalities Research, CHICAS, Health Economics
CHICAS, DSI - Health, FHM Mental Health Theme
CHICAS, DSI - Society, Lancaster Intelligent, Robotic and Autonomous Systems Centre, LIRA - Biomedical
Centre of Excellence in Environmental Data Science, DSI - Environment, Geospatial Data Science, Lancaster Intelligent, Robotic and Autonomous Systems Centre, LIRA - Environmental Modelling, LIRA - Fundamentals, STOR-i Centre for Doctoral Training
Bayesian and Computational Statistics, Biostatistics , CHICAS, DSI - Health, MARS: Mathematics for AI in Real-world Systems, STOR-i Centre for Doctoral Training
The Faculty is pleased to announce that in the most recent Research Excellence Framework (REF2021), 91% of our Research was judged to be world-leading or internationally excellent, and 100% of our research environment was rated world-leading.
REF2021The Faculty of Health and Medicine's multidisciplinary research and teaching operates across three divisions, delivering high quality teaching and research with national and international impact.
The Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences is responsible for coordinating biomedical teaching and research activities at Lancaster.
The Division of Health Research specialises in postgraduate study and high-quality research with national and international impact on health and wellbeing policy.
In addition to offering our medical degree and course in sports science, Lancaster Medical School conducts research into biomedicine, social and ethical aspects of health and medicine, and medical education.
From public lecture series, to student-focused webinars, there's always something going on at the Faculty of Health and Medicine.
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