Offering a wide range of courses in subjects including science, dietetics and sports, the School of Human Sciences is home to our Science Centre, boasting one of the largest and most advanced science teaching facilities in Europe: the superlab, which houses specialist laboratories for tissue culture research and microbiology, a nuclear magnetic resonance room.
The Science Centre also features a sports therapy clinic and fitness assessment centre. The School is also home to a vibrant research community, which investigates and addresses important scientific challenges.
Research projects:
- Disposable sEnsors for meTal detECTion (DETECT) (Supervisory team: Dr Priyanka Ganguly)
- Antioxidant and pro-oxidant status of Foods and Beverages from Culturally Diverse Backgrounds (Supervisory team: Dr Katherine Fisher, Prof. John Lodge and Dr Abdollah Ghavami)
Multidisciplinary projects:
- Application of Artificial Intelligence to identify predictors of health (cardiometabolic) from complex diet and lifestyle data
Supervisory team from School of Computing and Digital Media (Dr Elaheh Homayounvala) and School of Human Sciences (Prof. John Lodge)
- Multimodal approaches to facial rehabilitation and signalling using virtual reality, haptics and biofeedback
Supervisory team from School of Computing and Digital Media (Dr Fiona French) and School of Human Sciences (Dr Cassie Terry)
Supervisory team from School of Computing and Digital Media (Prof. Bal Virdee and Dr Sandra Fernando) and School of Human Sciences (Dr Priyanka Ganguly)
Please note, candidates may only apply for one project.
