Interdisciplinary network for culture, health, ethics and society (INCHES)

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Interdisciplinary network for culture, health, ethics and society (INCHES)

Research that aims to improve people’s lives by considering patterns and experiences of health. Researchers in the group investigate healthcare practices, cultures and policies in various contexts, using social science and humanities based methods.

Leads: Dr Liz Brewster and Dr Lisa Ashmore

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Research Excellence Framework 2021

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.

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The 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.

  • Biomedical and Life Sciences

    The Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences is responsible for coordinating biomedical teaching and research activities at Lancaster.

  • Health Research

    The Division of Health Research specialises in postgraduate study and high-quality research with national and international impact on health and wellbeing policy.

  • Lancaster Medical School

    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.

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