Location
St Luke's Campus, Exeter
Programme overview
The MPhil/PhD Health and Wellbeing is accredited by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) as part of the larger ESRC-funded South West Doctoral Training Centre (SWDTC), a partnership of the universities of Exeter, Bristol and Bath. The SWDTC draws together the established research excellence of academic and research staff at the three institutions. As part of the MPhil/PhD Health and Wellbeing programme you will have supervisors from more than one discipline and more than one institution. Your home institution will be wherever your lead supervisor is based. Thus you will be able to benefit from the expertise of staff from a much wider base than is usual.
As a student of this programme you will undertake research that develops an interdisciplinary understanding of the drivers of individual health behaviours and interventions appropriate to facilitate health and well-being. The MPhil/PhD Health and Wellbeing seeks to build research capacity at the interface of biomedical and social sciences within and beyond academia.
Behaviours such as diet, physical activity, smoking and alcohol consumption impact on public health and risk of chronic diseases: social science research focuses on understanding how social, environmental and geographical, economic, and psychological factors influence such behaviours, alongside bio-behavioural processes. This programme seeks to develop interdisciplinary understanding of these influences in a way that may shape future policy and practice to maximise health and well-being at an individual and population level.
Possible supervisors for the MPhil/PhD Health and Wellbeing may come from a range of disciplines at the University of Exeter, including:
You will have access to numerous sessions, activities and resources through the SWDTC such as summer schools and advanced training events. In addition, you will have the opportunity to engage with events offered within the College of Life and Environmental Sciences, including reading groups and research seminar series. Further skills development is encouraged through our Researcher Development Programme.
An MRes Health and Wellbeing is also available, which can form the first year of a collaborative 1+3 (MRes + MPhil/PhD) pathway and includes further collaborative elements with all three institutions. Read deatils of the MRes Health and Wellbeing.
Further information
We welcome approaches from interested students throughout the year. Please contact:
Postgraduate Research team
Tel: +44 (0) 1392 723310
Email: pgr-cles-admissions@exeter.ac.uk
