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Affective Experience: A Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities Lab

We are pleased to announce the ‘Affective Experience Lab’, one of six Labs in Durham University’s new Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities.
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Measurement: A Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities Lab

The Measurement Lab is part of the new Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities (DRP-MH) that will be hosted by the IMH from September 2023 to the end of August 2030. The Lab is also linked to and supported by the Centre for Philosophy of Epidemiology, Medicine and Public Health.
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Narrative & Cognition: A Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities Lab

Led by Marco Bernini, the Narrative and Cognition Lab will bring together scholars from narrative theory, cognitive scientists (philosophers of mind, neuroscientists, psychologists, phenomenologists, neurobiologists), and creative artists to create a methodological catalyst for exploring narrative, cognition, and narrative cognition.
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The DeepEnd: A Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities Site

The DeepEnd will develop new insights into intractable questions around health inequalities, mental health, and the treatment of complex multimorbidities.
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IMH CPEMPH publications illustrate new directions for medical humanities

Two new papers from Fellows of the IMH’s Centre for Philosophy of Epidemiology, Medicine, and Public Health (CPEMPH) illustrate new directions that the critical medical humanities might take, by adopting philosophical methodologies and applying them to public health and epidemiological problems.
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New Professor in Practice: Nick Barley

The Institute for Medical Humanities (IMH) and the Department of English Studies are delighted to announce the appointment of our new Professor in Practice, Nick Barley. 
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Visual and Material: A Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities Lab

Announcing the Visual and Material Lab as part of the Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities at Durham University.
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Durham University receives £9m award to transform humanities' contribution to health research.

IMH researchers have been awarded £9 million Wellcome grant to develop a new Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities.
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Moving Bodies: A Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities Lab

We are delighted to announce ‘The Moving Bodies Lab’, one of six Labs in the new Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities.
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Narrative Practices: A Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities Lab

We are very excited to announce the Narrative Practices Lab, which will be launched in September 2023 as part of Durham's Discovery Research Platform for Medical Humanities.
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Returning evaluation research to the communities where it belongs – An international challenge

Professor Andrew Russell (Anthropology) and Mary Robson (IMH) were invited to India to take part in a workshop aimed at breaking down barriers for those participating in evaluation. Mary and Andrew wrote a short article reflecting on their trip for the Durham University staff blog.
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LIVV: Test out our pilot app for young people who hear voices

Durham’s Institute for Medical Humanities are looking for a group of young people (18–25) with personal experience of hearing voices to test out a pilot version of a mental health app called LIVV.
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