Public Health

The public health speciality is one of 30 such communities and is made up of leading public health specialists and practitioners.

The public health speciality supports research intended to improve the health of the public and reduce inequalities in health. This means we support and promote a wide range of research, including studies relating to:

Obesity
Lifestyle (diet; smoking; alcohol; substance misuse)
Chronic disease prevention
Screening
Mental health and wellbeing
Environment
Sustainable development
Health inequalities
Social determinants of health

Many of these studies take place outside of traditional clinical environments, across a wide range of health and social care settings, for example in schools or other community settings.

Find public health studies taking place in your area using the map below:

Click here for public health research news from across England.

For more information on public health research in Thames Valley, visit the University of Oxford Nuffield Department of Population Health website.

Find studies you could participate in at bepartofresearch.nihr.ac.uk.