Cross University Research Event:

Health Inequalities

Wednesday 12 October 2022

4pm-6pm

The aim of the CURE series is to bring researchers from across our three faculties (Faculty of Science and Health, Faculty of Arts and Humanities and Faculty of Social Sciences) together around a broad topic. This CURE will focus on health inequalities.

The speakers will make three-minute presentations on their research connected with this topic, followed by networking.

Research being presented:

Faculty of Science and Health

Applying intersectionality to researching inequalities in health and health determination in vulnerable populations - Professor Anuj Kapilashrami , School of Health and Social Care
Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Ageing and Age-Related Disease - Dr Charalampos Rallis, School of Life Sciences
Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Groups Right to Access Healthcare - Professor Ewen Speed, School of Health and Social Care
Obesity Inequalities in an Urbanising World - Dr Honor Bixby, Institute for Public Health and Wellbeing
Gerontology, Physical Activity and Health - Dr Nestor Asiamah, School of Health and Social Care
Daily Stress Contributes to Gender Differences in Depression During Mid- and Later-Life - Dr Robert Stawski, Institute for Public Health and Wellbeing
Health Data Analysis - Dr Yanchun Bao, Department of Mathematical Sciences

Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Body, Disability, Mental Health and Digital Tech - Dr Daniel O'Brien, Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies
Dr Mary Murdoch (1864-1916), The First Woman Doctor in Hull and Innovator in the Field of Public Health - Professor Katharine Cockin, Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies
Migrant Communities - Dr Mary Mazzilli, Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies
Health and Medical Humanities - Dr Nikhil Gokani, Essex Law School
Narratives of Yellow Fever in New Orleans - Dr Owen Robinson, Department of Literature, Film and Theatre Studies
Pandemics and Xenophobia - Dr Xun Zhou, Department of History

Faculty of Social Sciences

Child Obesity and Family Mental Health - Professor Birgitta Rabe, Institute for Social and Economic Research
Ageing and Health - Professor Emily Grundy, Institute for Social and Economic Research
Government Targeting of Refugees in the Midst of Epidemics - Professor Faten Ghosn, Department of Government
Inequalities - Bio Social - Professor Meena Kumari, Institute for Social and Economic Research
Free Clinics and a Psychoanalysis for the People: Progressive Histories, Collective Practices, Implications for our Times - Professor Raluca Soreanu, Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies

Do join us and contribute to this initiative aimed at enabling researchers to come together to share ideas and develop new research collaborations.

This event will be available on Zoom for those based at our Loughton and Southend campuses. To join the event remotely, please email events@essex.ac.uk.