Richard Gettings is an embedded researcher on our Doncaster Health Determinants Research Collaboration. He was recently part of a team that designed and organised the first Doncaster Muslim Wellness Conference. Richard has written for AWRC Voices about the circumstances that led to the development of the conference, some of the challenges faced, and its underpinning philosophies.
Lorna Dowrick recently joined the AWRC team as an embedded researcher on the NIHR-funded Doncaster Health Determinants Research collaboration. The project aims to develop research skills, processes and capacity within Doncaster Council to ensure policy decisions relating to health inequalities are informed, fair and evidence-based.
July sees the arrival of two new researchers to the AWRC. Richard Gettings and Lorna Dowrick are working as embedded researchers on the NIHR-funded Doncaster Health Determinants of Research collaboration, which aims to develop research skills, processes and capacity within Doncaster Council to ensure policy decisions relating to health inequalities are informed, fair and evidence-based. Today, we will meet Richard and hear a little about his background and what he brings to the collaboration.