A fair and vibrant society research

Our researchers contribute to the development of vibrant, democratic societies that enable everyone to lead healthy and meaningful lives.
The research activities of our department fall under these research themes.
Our researchers contribute to the development of vibrant, democratic societies that enable everyone to lead healthy and meaningful lives.
Our research seeks to improve performance across a number of sporting, occupational, and clinical activities.
We develop health and wellbeing policies and programmes that target prevention and therapeutic treatments.
Staff from our department are part of these Research Centres.
Exploring pain. Finding new ways forward.
We focus on the study and application of motivation. We aim to understand the determinants of wellness and health, and guide behaviour-change interventions.
View members of the Centre for Nutrition, Exercise and Metabolism (CNEM).
Our research activity is spread across four research groups.
View the membership of the Clinical Rehabilitation and Exercise Medicine (CREM) Research Group.
View the membership of the Injury Prevention Research Group.
View the membership of the Physical Culture, Sport and Health Research Group.
View the membership of the Tobacco Control Research Group.
The impact of our research ranges from influencing international policy and practice through to generating millions of pounds of cost-savings for governments.
Research on an athlete's performance can help them to win medals.
The biggest cause of morbidity and training time lost in demanding occupations and elite sport is due to injuries and illnesses
Fewer than 5% of children in the UK achieve recommended levels of physical activity.
Our research project on the conduct of the tobacco industry and its influence over public policies.
Research shows that 20% of adults with chronic pain reported untreated pain in adolescence.
Our research project to develop a curriculum to address gender-based violence in the sub-Saharan Africa region.
View support for research.
We support all aspects of applied health research within the University of Bath and local primary and community care.
Our comprehensive staff wiki guide provides information on starting your research study with the Bath & North East Somerset Swindon and Wiltshire Research Hub.
The results of Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2014 confirm the excellence of the research carried out at Bath.
Our research strives to promote the population health and wellbeing and improve the quality and efficiency of health services. We work with a variety of partners at local, regional, national and international levels.
The impact of our research is far-reaching, from influencing international policy and practice to generating millions of pounds of costs-savings for governments.
Contact us to find out more about our research.