Department of Nutrition and Public Health Intervention Research
Head of Department: Phil Edwards
Department Research Degree Co-ordinator: Dr Cari Free, Dr Mary De Silva
Department Administrator: Gabi Meineke
Tel: 020 7958 8110 Fax: 020 7958 8111
NPHIR is home to several research groups including:
- Nutrition Group, the primary site of nutrition expertise in LSHTM. The Nutrition Group runs the MSc Nutrition for Global Health and is developing a DfID-funded distance-learning module in Programming for Nutrition Outcomes.
- Clinical Trials Unit, a fully registered CTU under UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC)
- Cochrane Injuries Group, co-ordinating systematic reviews in the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of trauma
- Centre for Global Mental Health with ongoing projects in Africa and Asia including trials of strategies for managing common mental disorders and schizophrenia
- Maternal, Newborn and Child Health: Designing and evaluating public health intervention trails to improve maternal, new born and child survival, and child growth development
- Transport and Health Group members, with ongoing projects in the health effects of transport strategies to reduce greenhouse pollutant emissions
- txt2stop trial trial which is evaluating the effect of SMS sent to participants who wish to stop smoking.
For a list of all current NPHIR projects please see Research
