Research projects

Our research falls under the University Strategic Research Theme of Lifelong Health, along with the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences (FHMS) strategic themes of:

Chronobiology and sleep
Digital health and data science
Healthy ageing and supporting long-term conditions
Nutrition and food security
Understanding people’s relationships with social and physical environments.

Current projects

Chronobiology and sleep

View our chronobiology and sleep publications.

Closed-loop phase modulation of sleep rhythms

Researchers: Henry Hebron and Ines Violante.

Investigating links between cardiometabolic, sleep, cognitive, and brain structural variables (Baependi cohort study)

Researchers: Erkan Alkan and Simon Evans.

Investigating brain structural differences in first episode psychosis, and how these associate with cognitive/metacognitive performance and sleep disruption

Researchers: Erkan Alkan and Simon Evans.

Investigating the contribution of autonomic nervous system dysfunction to risk of sleep disruption and mood disorders

Researchers: Simon Evans.

Digital health and data science

View our digital health and data science publications.

Dynamic modulation of brain states using brain stimulation and neuroadaptive Bayesian optimization

Researchers: Ines Violante and Tibor Auer.

Healthy ageing and supporting long-term conditions

View our healthy ageing and supporting long-term conditions publications.

Multisensory integration in developmental discoordination disorder

Researchers: Will Mayes and Ines Violante.

The effect of long-term khat use on cognitive and brain function

Researchers: Ayan Ahmed and Kathrin Cohen Kadosh.

Nutrition and food security

View our nutrition and food publications.

Better gut microbiome function

Researchers: Kathrin Cohen Kadosh.

Effect of prebiotics of emotional wellbeing

Researchers: Kathrin Cohen Kadosh.

Effect of prebiotics on emotion processing at the behavioural and brain level

Researchers: Kathrin Cohen Kadosh.

Understanding people’s relationships with social and physical environments

View our understanding people’s relationships with social and physical environments publications.

Emotional competence in school transitions

Researchers: Kathrin Cohen Kadosh.

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