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Welcome to the Durham University Media Guide to Expertise, a resource for journalists seeking informed comment on a wide variety of topical issues.
To find an expert in a specialist area, please use the 'search' facility to search by keyword or expert surname.
Health & Welfare
- Disability issues
- Drink & drugs
- Health & welfare services
- Human biology and development
- Medical and health research topics
- Nutrition
- Obesity
- Public policy, health and well-being
Prof Gillian Bentley
Professor, Department of Anthropology
Telephone: 41626 (Durham) / 40690 (Stockton)
Professor of Medical Anthropology, Centre for Integrated Health Care Research
Telephone: +44 (0)191 33 40690
Fellow, Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing
Telephone: 40690
Professor, Health and Human Sciences
Telephone: +44 (0)191 33 40690
Centre for the Coevolution of Biology and Culture
Mobile telephone: 07914 871746
Specialist expertise:
- evolutionary medicine
- human reproduction
- obesity
Dr Andrew Chaytor
Lecturer in Pharmacology (Foundation Strand Leader), Phase 1 Medicine
Medicine, Pharmacy and Health, School of
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 33 40339
Lecturer in Pharmacology, Centre for Medical Education Research
Specialist expertise:
- Effects of medicines and drugs on the human body
Prof Chris Cook
Professor, Department of Theology and Religion
Telephone: 0191 334 1047
Medicine, Pharmacy and Health, School of
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 33 41047
Fellow , Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing
Professor of Theology and Religion, Mental Health Research Centre
Telephone: +44 (0)191 33 41047
Specialist expertise:
- Spirituality, theology & mental health
Prof Douglas James Davies
Professor, Department of Theology and Religion
Fellow, Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing
Home telephone: +44 (0) 191 3757697
Specialist expertise:
- Death ritual and belief
Professor John McLachlan
Associate Dean of Medicine, Phase 1 Medicine
Telephone: +44 (0)191 33 40323
Medicine, Pharmacy and Health, School of
Telephone: +44 (0) 191 33 40323
Fellow, Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing
Telephone: +44 (0)191 33 40323
Co-Director, Centre for Medical Education Research
Telephone: +44 (0)191 33 40323
Medicine and Health Postgraduate Programmes
Specialist expertise:
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine, and health claims in general
- Education in healthcare, including training doctors, and assessment (including exams and testing) of all kinds
- Embryology. All aspects of human development, including abnormalities and their causes, IVF, genetic engineering in humans, termination of pregnancy, stemm cells and cloning
Dr Andrew J. Russell
Senior Lecturer, Department of Anthropology
Telephone: +44 (0)191 33 43312
Fellow, Wolfson Research Institute for Health and Wellbeing
Telephone: 43312
Senior Lecturer, Health and Human Sciences
Telephone: +44 (0)191 33 40248
Specialist expertise:
- health, well-being & welfare
- Tobacco control
Dr David Weinkove
Lecturer, School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Biophysical Sciences Institute
Specialist expertise:
- Ageing
- Ageing and nutrition in experimental animal models
- C. elegans research