Community and Health Research Unit
An Important Influence
The Community and Health Research Unit (CaHRU) is a University recognised research centre.
CaHRU’s mission is to increase people’s health and well-being by improving the quality, performance, and systems of care across the health, social, and third sector care services through our world-leading interdisciplinary research. Our work promotes high-quality care to enhance the experience, safety, effectiveness, efficiency and equity of healthcare by examining and transforming the performance and function of health and social care practice, organisation and delivery.
Our Research Is Different
The aim of our work is to engage service users, carers, practitioners, managers, commissioners, and policymakers in our research activities whilst maximising the impact of our research by responding to service priorities, working with service users and care organisations to embed research findings into practice through a variety of media.
CaHRU is at the forefront internationally of translational and implementation research in the prehospital and primary care setting which identifies gaps in care, develops interventions to address these gaps and evaluates the effects of these interventions, using a variety of methods ranging from systematic reviews, through qualitative, quantitative, and mixed designs to clinical trials.
Academic Staff
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Professor A N Siriwardena | Professor of Primary and Pre-Hospital Healthcare |
| Professor Graham Law | Professor in Medical Studies |
| Dr Zahid Asghar | Senior Lecturer |
| Dr Coral Sirdifield | Research Fellow |
| Dr Stephanie Armstrong | Research Assistant |
| Viet-Hai Phung | Research Assistant |
| Despina Laparidou | Research Assistant |
| Julie Pattinson | Research Assistant |
| Sue Bowler | Administrator |
| Joseph Akanuwe | Research Assistant |
| Elise Rowan | Clinical Database Manager |
| Vanessa Botan | Postdoctoral Research Associate |
| Greg Whitley | Lecturer in Paramedic Science |
| Gupteswar Patel | Postdoctoral Research Associate |
Associate Members
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Roderick Orner | Visiting Professor |
| Professor Aly Rashid | Visiting Professor |
| Dr Ros Kane | Associate Professor |
| Dr Adele Langlois | Associate Professor |
| Ian Trueman | Associate Professor |
| Dr Paul Leighton | Visiting Research Fellow |
| Dr Maria Kordowicz | Visiting Research Fellow |
| Deborah Shaw | Visiting Research Fellow |
| Dr Ffion Curtis | Visiting Research Fellow |
| Dr Andrew Orsi | Visiting Research Fellow |
Research Students
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Viet-Hai Phung | PhD Student |
| Darren Fernandes | PhD Student |
| Betul Yalcin | PhD Student |
| Emadione Lustre Ntungwe | MSc Student |
| Despina Laparidou | PhD Student |
| Andi Seago | PhD Student |
Healthy Ageing Research Group
Our research aims to contribute to developing strategies which maximise the benefits of an ageing society as well as considering strategies to address the challenges.
Research in Mental Health, Health and Social Care
The primary focus of this research group is to provide expert resources to government policy strategists, health, social, and education economies to create and drive innovation in health and social care settings.
Lincoln Clinical Trials Unit
The Lincoln Clinical Trials Unit (LinCTU) was setup in 2020 at the University of Lincoln by the Community & Health Research Unit to support clinical trials.