Research Projects

Our research is connected to outcomes that feedback into industry, culture and the environment. Find out more about our researchers and their projects below.

Military Mental Health

This project aims to co-design a leader mediated intervention to prevent poor Mental Health in serving, regular and res...

The parental experience of receiving the diagnosis of Developmental Language Disorder

The aim of this research is to explore the experiences of parents/caregivers about the receipt of a DLD diagnosis for ...

Asthma inhaler treatment, practitioners’ and patients’ views

The aim of this research is to identify barriers and facilitators to initiation and persistence of “combination” inhal...

Mission ICU

The aim of this project is to develop a theory-based instrument to identify barriers and facilitators to optimal manag...

Develop and implement a mortality risk score into acute medical ward in the UK

The aim of this research is to develop and implement a mortality risk score into acute medical ward in the UK.  

Tobacco Risk reduction with E-cigarette nicotine Therapy among adults with serious mental illness (TRIDENT)

This project aims to develop a brief intervention offering e-cigarettes, and a continued support programme given by me...

RAPID and Efficient Eczema Trials (RAPID programme)

To improve the lives of people living with eczema by partnering with citizen scientists to deliver multiple, efficient...

Do lifting cushions work in care homes? Implementation and impact of a lifting cushion for care home residents who have fallen

Care home residents are at significant risk of falling, often related to physical frailty, cognitive impairment and ce...

Radiography mindlines: An ethnographic study of professional knowledge sharing in a diagnostic radiography clinical learning environment.

The aim of this research is to  explore how professional knowledge is shared, accessed, and created between undergradua...

Knowledge mobilisation using co-design to enhance midwives’ gestational weight gain mindlines in relation to South Asian women

The aim of this research is to  co-design prototype strategies that will support midwives to have culturally sensitive ...

Knowledge mobilisation to enhance and amend eczema mindlines

To find effective ways in which to get eczema knowledge to research teams to patients, parents of children with the co...

How feminists are harnessing human rights to advance abortion access

Dr Rebecca Smyth , Lecturer in Law at Birmingham City University (BCU), is researching how feminists use human rights...

South Asian Cinema and Video Online Distribution Research Network

This project centres on the intersection between video online distribution (VOD) and the representation of South Asian...

The experiences and needs of multiple birth fathers during the early years: an exploration with Twins Trust’s peer support service

In collaboration with Twin Trust’s Peer Support Service for fathers, we aim to explore multiple birth fathers’ experie...

Mapping multiple birth care during the first 1,001 critical days: a World Café method study

This research project aims to understand and map the experiences and reported needs of multiple birth families receivin...