The School is committed to high quality research and aspires to improve its already high Research Assessment rating. The research activity is co-ordinated through the School Research Committee chaired by the Dean, Professor Karen Luker . Each group is in the process of developing its own web site, but some examples of research activity are given below. Although each research group develops its own research activities, one of the major strengths of the School is in its matrix of the thematic activities which span all three groups. The School views national and international uni and multi-disciplinary collaborative research as a key in its research success.
Many studies utilise a combination of approaches.
Finally, the School maintains extensive links with the NHS and its research takes careful account of the impact, at regional and local level, of national policy. One of the School's Professors holds joint appointments with the Central Manchester Healthcare Trust and plays a key strategic role in the development of Health Services Research. Three of the School's Professors are non executive directors of NHS Trust boards. We hope to publish further details on the web on the principal areas of research shortly. The academic responsibility for these programmes resides with individual programme directors who can be contacted via the divisional secretary Ms Amanda Jolly .