Department for Health

We're one of the largest departments for student numbers at the University. Our research promotes wellbeing and enhances functional performance.

Study sport, exercise and health

Find out about our undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, funding opportunities and how you can apply.

Undergraduate courses in sport, exercise and health

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Modern sport continues to evolve from an academic, coaching, teaching and performance perspective.

Postgraduate studies in health

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Our postgraduate taught courses combine academic excellence with flexible and innovative design and delivery. You can also apply for doctoral opportunities.

Apply for our Tobacco Industry Monitoring and Research Skills course

Join this Continual Professional Development course taking place 18 to 22 June 2018. You'll improve your skills in and knowledge of tobacco industry monitoring.

Pursuing a career in sport and exercise medicine

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Ronjan Bhattacharya explains his plans to continue working in sport following the MSc Sport and Exercise Medicine at the University of Bath.

Professional Doctorate graduate's research on mothers living with HIV in Ireland

Dr Denise Proudfoot talks about studying for her Professional Doctorate in Health at Bath while working full-time.

Our research and people

Through our research, we aim to promote health and wellbeing, enhance functional performance and improve the quality and efficiency of the health services.

Health research

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We carry out high-quality research with a strong applied focus, promoting population health and wellbeing and the efficiency and quality of health services.

Study highlights tobacco industry’s elaborate attempts to control track and trace undermining ITP

The study from Bath’s TCRG published in Tobacco Control highlights tobacco industry involvement in shaping the global track and trace system.

Four reasons to get involved in the parkrun movement

Gareth Wiltshire, Lecturer at the Department for Health, champions the benefits of the free, worldwide park runs.

Living (and competing) after an organ transplant

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How sport can play a crucial role in the lives of transplant recipients as they deal with the realities of their health being reliant on someone else’s organ.

There’s more to skeleton than meets the ice

Image of athlete training on the push-start track at the University of Bath.

Our researchers are working with British Skeleton and UK Sport to learn more about the science behind the Winter Olympic sport.

Department for Health academic staff

We oversee and deliver the Department’s teaching and research activities.

News

Our latest news and updates.

Health researcher contributes to Harvard conference on global sports inclusion

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Involved in the organising committee, Dr Darragh McGee was also the academic theme lead for the panel discussion on migration and child welfare in sport.

Researcher to contribute to WHO global campaign to combat ageism

Dr Cassandra Phoenix will support a World Health Organisation project to identify what has worked and hasn’t worked in past campaigns to tackle ageism.

Researchers take digital health messages to Westminster

Researchers, including Dr Emma Rich, presenting preliminary findings from their Digital Health project at a recent Westminster event.

Bath academics, investigating how digital technologies are influencing young people's health, presented initial findings at recent Parliamentary event.

Dr Javier Gonzalez receives Nutrition Society award

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Dr Javier Gonzalez from the Department for Health has been awarded the 2018 Julie Wallace Lecture for his research on nutrition and hepatic glucose metabolism.

Health student becomes finalist of the 2018 Postgraduate Prize for Public Engagement with Research

Watch Annaleise Depper talk about her PhD exploring young people's experiences of health inequalities in disadvantaged communities living in Swindon.

New means to tackle severe mental health challenges with BlueIce app

An app, developed by Professor Paul Stallard and now adopted by NHS Digital, is making important inroads in helping young people manage urges to self-harm

Upcoming events

See our upcoming events.

Leisure Studies Association (LSA) Annual Conference 2018

10 Jul 2018 9.00am Chancellors’ Building Various, University of Bath

This conference explores the ways in which leisure has been and is enacted around us; and how leisure, and leisure studies, can be and are being re-created now.

Equality and diversity

The Department for Health aims to support an inclusive culture that values the diversity of its staff and students. We were awarded the Athena SWAN Bronze Award in 2016.

Athena SWAN Bronze Award

About the Department for Health

We conduct research to promote health and wellbeing, enhance functional performance and improve the health services. We offer undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in sport and health.

We have a number of research groups and centres within our department. Our Bath Research & Development unit provides support for getting started with research.