Health Systems Research Centre
The Health Systems Research Centre (HSRC) in the Department of Management Science is a grouping of management scientists with a common interest in the development and application of management science/operational research methods, quantitative and qualitative, to important health systems issues.
Whilst the health systems research issues tackled are wide and varied, many of them relate to the general challenges of helping health systems to make better use of available resources, in terms of both improving efficiency and improving patient experiences. Much of it concerns Knowledge Transfer, be it between researchers and practitioners, between industry and healthcare, or between the health systems of different countries.
Research is undertaken in a variety of modes including longer term research via PhD, Research Council funded projects, and NHS R&D funded projects; and shorter term research via Masters student projects and consultancy projects. This mix of research modes means that shorter term projects designed to meet fast-moving NHS timescales can be informed by ongoing research and expertise, whilst longer term research can benefit from genuine experience of the real issues faced within health systems.
Lancaster University Management Science staff directly involved in HSRC are Dr Dave Worthington, Dr Mike Chiasson and Professor Mike Pidd. Associated staff are Dr Tony Hindle (ahindle@globalnet.co.uk) and Claire Worthington. Research students currently undertaking heath systems research are Murat Gunal, Luciano Brandão de Souza, Minahi Al-Kahtani and Iosif Beloukas. In addition HSRC is able to call upon the expertise of many other Lancaster staff not directly involved in HSRC. For example Dr Roger Brooks, Graham Rand, Professor Richard Eglese and Professor Linda Hendry have all been involved in health systems projects during 2006.
Whilst much of the research undertaken by HSRC crosses the boundaries between the four modes of research, examples from each mode can be accessed below.
- MRes/PhD Research (Including LANCS Initiative projects)
- Research Council and other funded research
- Masters student projects
- Consultancy projects
If you have any queries about MRes/PhD research you wish to discuss, please contact Dave Worthington via email: d.worthington@lancaster.ac.uk or via phone on (01524) 593872. If you would like to apply for a PhD, please click here for application information.
