Applied Research Groups
The following applied research groups reflect
the range of interests of staff. Anyone wishing to discuss
specific research activity is welcome to e-mail the group
leader.
CANCER & PALLIATIVE CARE RESEARCH
GROUP
Introduction
The cancer and palliative
care research group continues to build upon the expertise of its
members and is actively engaged in a number of projects related to
its main research themes which include the management of cytotoxic
chemotherapy and its side-effects, workforce / educational
development in cancer and palliative care, and end-of-life care.
The group is currently embarking upon the pilot for a large,
prospective randomized controlled trial comparing topical
interventions for palmar-plantar erythrodysthesia, and a survey of
nurses' knowledge and attitudes towards the assessment and
management of cancer cachexia. The group is developing a study
which will look at changes in taste sensation (dysgeusia) in those
affected by cancer. Recent presentations at international
conferences have included one on cytotoxic chemotherapy at the
Clatterbridge Oncology Centre, presentations on the education and
training of cancer clinicians at the European Conference of Cancer
Organisations in Paris, and another focusing upon the social
representation of good and bad deaths in an English hospice at the
European Association of Palliative Care conference in Aachen.
Publications originating from members of the group include one in
the current edition of the European Journal of Oncology Nursing
entitled Embedding cancer care within pre-registration nurse
education: policy, practice and opportunities for change (EJON
9(4):341-350).
Group Members
Michelle Boot
Jane Depledge
Fiona Gracie
Chris How (Group Leader) (chris.how@bucks.ac.uk)
Nicola Neale
Cathy Wilson
CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH
RESEARCH GROUP
Introduction
This group is involved in
those research activities which contribute to improving clinical
practice in the treatment of a range of cardiovascular diseases.
Our current specialist areas include the measurement of cardiac
power output, heart rate variability, hyperventilation, cardiac
rehabilitation and metabolic changes during exercise. Much of our
research is laboratory based, but increasingly we are working in
clinical environments. Currently patients include those with
peripheral vascular disease, those who are post myocardial
infarction, and patients with heart failure.
Group Members
David Brodie (Group Leader) (
david.brodie@bucks.ac.uk)
Gay Donovan
Lin Guo
Keiran Henderson
Lynette Hodges (Oxford Brookes University)
Djordje Jakovljevic
Nasim Kanji
Nonsi Mathe
Johana Nayoan
David Nunan
Jeyasunder Radhakrishnan
Gavin Sandercock (Essex University)
Chris Shelton
Colin Slattery
Sue West
TEACHING, LEARNING and
INNOVATION RESEARCH GROUP
Introduction
The Learning and Teaching
Research Group provides a forum for faculty-based research on
Higher Education pedagogy. To date, it has developed research
projects on assessment, mentorship and e-learning. Group
members have published widely in teaching and learning journals and
have presented at a range of national and international
conferences. The group also liaises with the University’s
central forum for learning and teaching and with the annual Bucks
teaching conference.
Group Members
Jill Aitken
Pat Blood
Ruth Clemow
Roger Dalrymple (Group Lead) (roger.dalrymple@bucks.ac.uk)
Sharon Edwards
Noel Gavin
Maggie Lord
Mike Mousley
Carol Pook
DIVERSITY, COMMUNITY and SOCIAL
ENTERPRSE RESEARCH GROUP
Introduction
Over the years, staff at
Buckinghamshire New University have developed a substantial body of
national and internationally recognised scholarship and research
underpinned by distinct, discipline based approaches to
social-cultural theory and social policy. With campus
consolidation, it was considered that developing a cross faculty
Research Group enabled members of all Faculties to build upon their
individual work and draw together in collaboration with other
academics with a particular interest in developing new university
business through the development of both research projects and
enhanced pedagogic endeavour based around the topics of
‘diversity’, ‘community’ and ‘society’.
Current research interests of members include: ethnicity; access
to 'outdoor space'; community arts; community cohesion; diversity
in student bodies; pedagogic development. All
interested parties are welcome to contact their Faculty
representative and/or attend meetings of the research
group.
Group Members
Pat Blood
Terry Burridge
Ben Clayton
Jo Donachie
Derek Godfrey
Margaret Greenfields (Group Co-ordinator for Faculty of Society
& Health)
(margaret.greenfields@bucks.ac.uk)
Jonathan Hill
Mark Hudson
Alan Hockley
Barbara Humberstone (Group co-ordinator for Faculty of Enterprise
& Innovation)
(Barbara.humberstone@bucks.ac.uk)
Julie Irwin
Kate McIntyre (Group co-ordinator for Faculty of Creativity &
Culture)
(kate.mcintyre@bucks.ac.uk)
Harry Nicolson
Malcolm Plastow
Gas Seth
Ina Stan
Nadia Wager
Lorraine Watkins-Mathys
Anne Whitehouse
Cathy Wilson
TELEHEALTH RESEARCH
GROUP
Introduction
The focus of the research within this Group is on all aspects of
TeleHealth: telemedicine, telecare and tele-education with a
particular emphasis on improving access to patient care. This
is a recent area of research within the Research Centre
for Society & Health. The Group has access to
various types of telemedicine technology and there are currently
several studies that are being undertaken with clinical
collaborators in hospitals in the UK and Serbia including:
- Provision of paediatric cardiology advice using
ISDN-2 technology
- Telemedicine to support stroke
rehabilitation
- Review of patients with chonic fatigue syndrome
by telemedicine
- Telemedicine for provision of care of patients
with spinal cord injury.
Group Members
Keith Cutting
Glenis Johnston
David Osypiu
Yiming Qiao
Firas Sarhan
Rajan Thiyagarajan (National Centre for Spinal Inuries, Stoke
Mandeville Hospital)
Gwyn Weatherburn (Group Leader) (gwyn.weatherburn@bucks.ac.uk