Keywords: physical and mental health, medicine, ethics, society, death, well-being, longevity, family, aging, pharmaceuticals, child development, wellbeing, inequality
Summary of plan
Mapping the research theme (across Schools) to support collaborations and grant applications, increasing visibility of the research by better communications support, workshop
| Suggested focus and ambitions of theme |
Participants agreed that “Healthy Lives” was a good name for the theme that was broad enough to accommodate the diverse interests in the group:
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| Benefits for collaboration under umbrella of theme |
Getting to know people in other Departments: “who are interested, you could write up a short bio but would reference to the same sort of highlighting what are the aspects of healthy lives that they are particularly working”, “Take stock at the point at which the online form detail is put together and I totally endorse what I said about you know, the first step, I think, is identifying people of interest plugging up what our interest areas are and then seeking collaborations at a point when we want them.” Getting to know researchers in other Schools, particularly with the Medical Sciences, if they are interested in working on social science, ethics, etc. Grant writing: “I think that (research map) could be a really valuable resource for any future collaborations and future grant writing”, “It's often the case that you don't have a lot of time like putting a bidding and if you think it would be great to be able to cooperate with someone in you know particular department, but who's out there, I think that would be in itself would be really helpful resource for people to have.” Gaining visibility: “Cambridge is well known for its scientific researchers, a real global leader. Wouldn't it be great if we could increasingly match that with work and reputation and profile in the humanities and social science of healthy lives”. |
