Research projects Our research active academics are developing or furthering knowledge in health which can be implemented into practice or education. Below are some examples of the ground-breaking projects our academics have completed or are currently working on: Mixed families in contemporary London Ongoing Elucidation of the metabolic signature of Friedreich's ataxia Ongoing Stealth marketing and physical activity Ongoing Community sport, wellbeing and mental health Ongoing Sport, Culture, Communities and Wellbeing Ongoing Breathing muscle strength in healthy children Ongoing Cytisine vs varenicline for smoking cessation in New Zealand Ongoing Addressing smokeless tobacco and building research capacity in South Asia (ASTRA) Ongoing Artificial intelligent system for oncological volumetric medical PET classification Completed 3D Software Mapping For Osteoarthritis Pain Self-Management Completed Supporting Patient-Practitioner Collaboration and Adherence via Mobile 3D Interior Design Technology Ongoing Retinal image analysis Ongoing The Migration of Social Workers to and from the UK Ongoing Statistical modelling of multi-omics data Ongoing Diabetes UK: Understanding physical activity Completed Side effects of gene therapy vectors Ongoing New regression models for the analysis of well-being and income distribution Ongoing Health and well-being of adults with cerebral palsy Ongoing Innovative techniques for precise, atraumatic placement of cochlear implant (CI) Ongoing Modelling adenoid cystic carcinoma in a mouse Ongoing A new cell and gene therapy approach for Friedreich's ataxia Ongoing Scientific underpinnings of the clinical assessment of patellofemoral alignment Completed Biomechanical and sociological factors influencing pain and physical activity in children Completed Assessment of injury risk factors and mechanisms in elite netball Completed Vascular stiffness and distensibility in exercising humans Completed Optimising biomechanics of throwing performance Completed Bike riding biomechanics and performance in children Completed Circulating microvesicles responses to exercise and heat stress Completed The impact of hydration status on heat acclimation adaptations Completed Assessing the functional trajectories of people with chronic critical illness Completed Acute cardiovascular responses to slow and deep breathing Completed The impact of task complexity, cognitive load and anxiety on driving Completed The relationship between gaze and information pickup during action observation Completed The effects of sonification on motor imagery ability Ongoing Anticipation in Soccer Completed Road cycling behaviour of young adults Ongoing Improving services for electrically powered indoor/outdoor chair (EPIOC) users Completed Preclinical studies of the inherited disease Friedreich ataxia Completed Respiratory responses to exercise in athletes with spinal cord injury Completed Effects of creatine supplementation on the airways of youth elite football players Completed Medicines and diagnostics in Mozambique and Fiji Completed Physical activity and McArdle disease Ongoing Effects of dehydration and hyperthermia on brain and muscle blood flow Completed Injury Risk in Mixed Gender Football Completed Use of Liquid Biopsies as Cancer Biomarkers Completed Photographing Everyday Life: Ageing, Lived Experiences, Time and Space Completed Low-cost Portable Molecular Diagnostic Platform Ongoing RHOMBUS: Rehabilitation via HOMe Based gaming exercise for the Upper-limb post Stroke Completed Bloodwise Ongoing Safeguarding Quality or Papering over the cracks? Completed Built in a Day? Completed Over the top? Completed The Model Driven Hospitals Completed The Empty Taxi Completed Low-cost Diagnostic Platform for Detection of Poultry Infectious Pathogens Ongoing Evaluating the payback or impact from expenditure on research Completed The economics of public health Completed European-study on Quantifying Utility of Investment in Protection from Tobacco (EQUIPT) Completed Respiratory physiology, human performance and health Completed The clinical and cost-effectiveness of different treatment pathways for neuropathic pain Completed MESOVATS trial Completed Economic and Psychological Evaluation of the Multi-Centre Aneurysm Screening study (MASS) Completed Screening Women for Aneurysms (SWAN) Completed Economic issues associated with operation and Evaluation of Telemedicine Services Completed The growth and rupture rate of small abdominal aortic aneurysms- implication for screening Completed The cost effectiveness of genetic markers for antibiotic resistance in tuberculosis Completed An Economic Evaluation of Telemedicine to Provide Specialist Advice in Paediatric Cardiology (The TelePaed Project) Completed Collaboration with Papworth Hospital Completed Evaluation of the national strain typing service for tuberculosis Completed Assessment Evaluation of the Health Economics of Anti- Depressants (AHEAD) Completed Improving Patient Choice in Treating Low Back Pain (IMPACT - LBP) Completed Economic evaluation of non-invasive tests of fibrosis and cirrhosis Completed Sport and Employability Completed Shadows of the Dawn: Migration and the Indeterminacy of Community and Immunity Completed Preventing Inter-faith relations in Israel through social services and the media Completed Culture, Sport and Wellbeing: Social Diversity and Context Matters Completed The Health and Sport Engagement (HASE) Project Completed Physical Activity in the Workplace Completed Cancer and Physical Activity Completed Muscle response to exercise in cerebral palsy Ongoing Daiwa Foundation sponsored project with Tokyo University Completed Drug rescue of frataxin-dependent neural and cardiac pathophysiology in FA Completed Robotic surgery and society Completed GAP WORK: Improving gender-related violence intervention and referral through youth practitioner training Completed Universities Supporting Victims of Sexual Violence Completed Microfluidics in Diagnosis Completed Modelling the t(7;12) Infant Leukaemia using Gene Editing Technology Ongoing Strength Training for Adolescents with cerebral palsy (STAR) Completed Protein Phosphatase 1 (PP1) in the Regulation of Mitotic Exit and Nuclear Organisation Ongoing Developing the International Safeguards for Children in Sport Completed Muscle heat shock proteins with passive heating Completed Ageing, Communication, Technologies (ACT): experiencing a digital world in later life Ongoing Exploring the Potential of Disabled Comedians in Improving the Lives and Experiences of Disabled People Completed From Plastic Pollution to Solutions: Public Communication of Environmental and Health Risks Completed Photographing Everyday Life: Ageing, Lived Experiences, Time and Space Completed Stem cell mitotic response to damage in old and young Drosophila melanogaster Ongoing What Works Wellbeing: Culture, Sport and Wellbeing Evidence Review: Social Diversity and Context Matters Completed The wellbeing needs of older people living with sight loss Completed Living Well with Dementia (IDEAL) Completed Dare to Age Well Completed Tackling Ageing Continence through Theory, Tools and Technology (TACT3) Completed Why aren't all old people lonely? A comparative analysis of European Union Completed Development of a web-based decision aid to assist occupational therapists to make optimal fitness-to-drive decisions for disabled and older drivers Completed New perspectives on loneliness: developing theory, methodology and evidence practice Completed Pelvic floor exercise device for prevention and cure of Stress Urinary Incontinence in women Completed Scoping our future research priorities Completed Give and Take Care Completed Hydration and human cardiovascular function Completed Chromosome dynamics and Nuclear Motors – Chromobility Completed Cytogenetic Assessment of British Nuclear Test Veterans and their Offspring Ongoing Understanding and Treatment of Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome Ongoing Evaluation of oligonucleotides for therapy of Friedreich ataxia Completed Social cash transfers, generational relations and youth poverty trajectories in rural Lesotho and Malawi Completed