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Faculty Research
The Faculty, which comprises five schools (Applied Social Studies, Health Sciences, Life Sciences, Pharmacy and Nursing & Midwifery), is a highly collaborative, multidisciplinary group, evidenced by cross-disciplinary funding and publication. A significant body of the Faculty research is consistent with Allied Health Professions and Subjects, with an additional focussed group in Sociology.
Allied Health Professions
Research Achievements in RAE2008
For the first time, the Faculty of Health and Social Care made a multidisciplinary submission to Unit of Assessment 12 (Subjects and Professions Allied to Medicine), focused on our major thematic areas of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease, Cancer and Mental Health. Research from the Schools of Pharmacy & Life Sciences, Health Sciences and Nursing & Midwifery, and from our three research centres, the Centre for Obesity Research and Epidemiology (CORE), Aberdeen Centre for Trauma Research (ACTR) and the Alliance for Self Care Research (ASCR), contributed to this submission. We are delighted that 70% of our research has been recognised as being of International Quality, with 20% rated as either Internationally Excellent or World Leading.
The research strategy within the Allied Health Professions is tightly linked to the spectrum of fundamental and applied research of the schools, focussing upon prevention, treatment, care and well-being of patient groups. A key aim of this strategy is to promote and integrate our basic, strategic research and applied healthcare research across the Faculty. A major objective of all research groups is thus the rapid transfer and application of knowledge gained through basic research to the applied health and social sectors. Three key areas of research strength have been identified, which are consistent with priorities identified by Department of Health (DOH), the Chief Scientist Office for Scotland (CSO) and the new health research strategy adopted in England (Best Research for Best Health):
Sociology
The research strategy of RGU Sociology is to provide an environment that encourages joint working and interdisciplinary Applied Social Research. Within the key themes of the Sociology of Religion and Health and the Body, our applied and policy-relevant research targets processes of social exclusion, health and emotional well being. Research in these areas has informed policy making and strategic planning within both local and national regulatory bodies and voluntary agencies.
