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Durham University Global Research Brochure

Our interdisciplinary health research features in Durham’s Global Research Brochure
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Welcome to Veenu Gupta

A warm welcome to Veenu Gupta who joins the Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities as an Assistant Professor in Lived Experience.
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Free Thinking: What is normal?

IMH researchers Louise Creechan and Robert Chapman discuss neurodiversity, disability and madness in an episode of BBC Radio 3’s Free Thinking.
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Narrative & Cognition Lab Events Programme, Jan–June 2024

Announcing the events line-up for the Narrative and Cognition Lab.
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Welcome to David L. Martin

We are delighted to welcome David L. Martin to our Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities.
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Narrative Practices Across Durham

Reflections on a Durham-wide workshop for narrative in health.
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Welcome to Emily Tupper

A warm welcome to Emily Tupper, who joins the Moving Bodies Lab on the Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities.
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Discovery Research Platform Job Opportunities!

We are delighted to announce the following vacancies within the Discovery Research Platform and Institute for Medical Humanities Operations Team.
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Medical Humanities and Sport and Exercise Sciences: An Invitation to Dialogue

Reflections on the first event in the Moving Bodies Lab led by Cassie Phoenix.
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Welcoming Tony Sumner to the Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities

We are delighted to welcome Tony Sumner, who joins us as a Curatorial Fellow in Narrative Practices on the Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities.
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Inside Health: What’s stopping us from exercising in older age?

Professor Cassie Phoenix features on BBC Radio 4’s Inside Health with James Gallagher.
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Welcome to Carolyn Blake

We are delighted to welcome Carolyn Blake who joins the Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities as our new Operations Manager.
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