Centre for Healthcare Innovation and Improvement (CHI²)

CHI² leads and explores multidisciplinary research into health and care systems, and ways to improve them.

We are hiring

Current research vacancies at CHI²

PhD opportunity open for applications

Apply now for our GW4 PhD project: Development of universal ‘nowcasting’ methodology to evaluate the impact of NHS service interventions and transformations.

Research Assistant/Associate (fixed term)

A 2-year researcher post is now available to develop simulation models of patient flow and accompanying software tools in R. Apply now and until 22 Nov 2020.

Research

Read about the research we are involved in, including current projects with health and care partners, and academics.

Healthcare innovation and improvement research

We are working on research to better understand, and solve, the practical challenges of health and social care systems.

News

Developments from the centre and healthcare-related news.

Improving Health and Social Care with a free online course

Prof Vasilakis and colleagues reflect on the impact of their ongoing online course on Quality Improvement (QI) in Healthcare (next run starts Jan 2021)

New paper explores how to reduce Covid-19 deaths in hospitals

A doctor in a scrub cap tying a face mask

Professor Christos Vasilakis and colleagues developed a model to explore how 'capacity dependent' Covid-19 deaths can be mitigated.

School of Management’s Dr. David Ellis wins Royal College of General Practitioners research award

Study with implications for COVID recovery planning showed how patients missing GP appointments risk early death

Publications

Papers relating to our research.

Centre for Healthcare Innovation and Improvement (CHI²) publications

Selected publications by members of our CHI² research centre.

Upcoming events

We regularly run healthcare-related events on campus.

CHI² Anniversary Event

11 Feb 2020 5.30pm Weston Studios, The Edge, University of Bath

To mark the fifth anniversary of the Centre for Healthcare Innovation and Improvement, we are holding an event to celebrate our successes and impacts.

About us

This multi-disciplinary centre brings together extensive expertise at the University of Bath in applied health research, including operational research, operations management, analytics, information systems, other quantitative and qualitative research methods and models, and experience from different industries.

Contact us

Professor Christos Vasilakis, Director of Centre