Tag Archives: Qualitative Health Research

Health Inequalities Research Network (HERON) (CfP, Conference, London, 14-15 May 2014).

Posted on January 8, 2014 by Centre for Medical Humanities

The first Health Inequalities Research Network (HERON) Conference will be held on 14-15th May 2014 in London, England at the Coin St Neighbourhood Centre. HERON is an international network founded in 2010. It aims to develop and promote interactions between … Continue reading →

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Notes from Galveston (Week 8): Jac Saorsa, Visiting Scholar at the University of Texas

Posted on November 16, 2013 by Jac Saorsa

Week 8! Week 7 disappeared in a visit from a friend, complete with car, and an amazing (for an artist with a passion for the human form) voyage into the world of the University of Texas Medical Branch Anatomy Department! … Continue reading →

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‘Multiple Methods and Unusual Experiences’ (Medical Humanities Postgraduate & ECR Network Event, Durham, Thursday 5 Dec 2013)

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

‘Multiple Methods and Unusual Experiences’ Centre for Medical Humanities Post-Graduate and Early Career Network Thursday, 5th December, 2-3:30 pm, CA113 Caedmon Building (on the Hild and Bede College/ School of Education campus, Durham University) Tea and cakes provided What does it … Continue reading →

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Men’s Health, Masculinities, Work and Wellbeing (Symposium, 19 March, Durham)

Posted on November 6, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Men’s Health, Masculinities, Work and Wellbeing 19th March 2014 9:30 to 17:00, Trevelyan College, Durham Keynote Speaker : Professor John Oliffe. This symposium will bring together a wealth of current research from leading academics in the field of men’s health, … Continue reading →

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Notes from Galveston (week 6), Jac Saorsa, Visiting Scholar at the University of Texas

Posted on November 4, 2013 by Jac Saorsa

Scratch everything I said last week about 70,000 biking incomers to the island this week… word is that there were over 400,000 extra people here over this last weekend! It would not surprise me at all if this were indeed … Continue reading →

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Notes from Galveston (week 5), Jac Saorsa, Visiting Scholar at the University of Texas

Posted on October 27, 2013 by Jac Saorsa

Galveston is gearing up for this year’s Lone Star Rally which is a four day ‘bikers’ festival beginning on Thursday this week. Over 70,000 people are expected to roll into this small island and party all weekend. I love on … Continue reading →

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Notes from Galveston (week 4): Jac Saorsa, Visiting Scholar, University of Texas

Posted on October 20, 2013 by Jac Saorsa

Just up from Murdoch’s on the Seawall is a structure that may at first seem strange to the uninitiated eye. It is the only piece that remains of the famous Balinese Room Pier. Four timber struts and a slatted roof … Continue reading →

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Notes from Galveston (Week 2): Jac Saorsa, Visiting scholar at the University of Texas

Posted on October 5, 2013 by Jac Saorsa

Each day I walk either along the shore, or past beautiful Victorian architecture in the nationally acclaimed ‘historic district’, to the office I have been assigned at the Institute of Medical Humanities. (To be fair, I actually have two offices… … Continue reading →

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Hardly Anything To Add, Everything To Act Upon

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Mike White, Senior Research Fellow in Arts and Health in the Centre for Medical Humanities at Durham University, writes: Check out this blog post summary of the Bristol arts and health conference from Clive Parkinson at MMU.  Oh my, did … Continue reading →

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RCTs – The Holy Grail of Arts in Health?

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Centre for Medical Humanities

Mike White, Senior Research Fellow in Arts and Health in the Centre for Medical Humanities at Durham University, writes: On a humid June day in London, I attended a ‘hothouse’ seminar arranged by the Public Engagement Foundation for the purpose … Continue reading →

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