Professor Claire Hulme
Head of Department
Claire Hulme is Professor of Health Economics with research interests around integration of health and social care and health inequalities.
Email: C.T.Hulme@exeter.ac.uk
The Department of Health and Community Sciences (Medical School)
About us
The Department of Health & Community Sciences undertakes applied health and care research, teaching and underpinning methodological work - research that reflects the needs of patients and of health and care providers, working with people and communities, based on partnership with the NHS and other public bodies and a strong commitment to public involvement. Our aim is to improve the health and well-being of the South West and beyond through the development of high-quality graduates and world-leading research that has international impact.
Our research addresses health and wellbeing across health and community sectors; our research groups include:
- NIHR Peninsula Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (PenARC)
- NIHR National School of Primary Care Research
- Centre for Research in Ageing and Cognitive Health (REACH)
- NIHR Exeter Evidence Synthesis Centre & NIHR Exeter Policy Research Programme Evidence Review Facility
- Exeter Clinical Trials Unit
Our core methodological skills include: Medical Statistics, health economics, sociology and qualitative methods, systematic reviews and meta-analysis, epidemiology, clinical trials, operational research, data science and AI, diagnostics/testing, Patient Public Involvement & Engagement.
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