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health + well-being
engaged research
creating healthy publics
health + well-being
engaged research
Together, members of the Centre will explore how experiences of health, illness and medical knowledge are shaped by cultural practices and beliefs, and will investigate how evidence from the humanities and social sciences can be used to help to develop and evaluate innovative and effective public health initiatives.
13 March 2020
It is with regret that we have decided to cancel the talks and other activities that had been arranged to take place on 18-20 March, as part of WCCEH’s External Advisory Board. Earlier this week, we made the decision to also cancel Professor Judith Green’s public lecture and the conference dinner that was planned. We […]
Continue reading...It is with regret that we have decided to cancel the talks and other activities that had been arranged to take place on 18-20 March, as part of WCCEH’s External Advisory Board. Earlier this week, we made the decision to also cancel Professor Judith Green’s public lecture and the conference dinner that was planned. We […]
Continue reading... View all newsAt the end of January I co-organised a workshop with Enda Santé on Partnership for Healthy and Sustainable Food Systems (Àndadoo ngir lekk bu sel, in Wolof) financed by the Exeter GCRF facilitation fund. The workshop brought community health workers and people from Popenguine together with academic researchers in nutrition, pharmacy, public health, history and […]
Continue reading... View all newsProfessor Judith Green, Dr Des Fitzgerald and Dr Martin Moore will be joining the Wellcome Centre for Cultures and Environments of Health in 2020, following a rigorous and robust recruitment campaign in the latter part of last year. The Centre spent much of 2019 involved in preparing a recruitment campaign to attract staff with interdisciplinary […]
Continue reading... View all newsOur research associate Dr Ayesha Nathoo was featured on a BBC radio programme, Resting and Rushing, alongside Claudia Hammond, Matthew Smith and Sarah Cook. The full podcast can be downloaded or listened to online here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000bp2c
Continue reading... View all newsOn Friday 29th November Rebecca Sandover was an expert witness in the Devon Net Zero Taskforce’s hearings to gather evidence towards creating a Devon Carbon Plan. Rebecca focussed on measures to bring more, affordable local food to local markets and local food procurement, drawing on evidence from her recent research, including including her WCCEH-funded project Devon […]
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