Department of Public Health & Policy

The Department is concerned with applying health, social and management sciences to global issues in public health and health services. Research focuses on international, national and local policy in relation to social and environmental factors in health; health impact assessment and analysis; the evaluation of activities aimed at health promotion and the prevention of disease; the organisation and financing of health systems; the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of health care, and quality improvement in health care; and the study of health policy processes.

The Department promotes multidisciplinary collaboration, and staff include doctors, nurses, pharmacists, epidemiologists, statisticians, geographers, sociologists, political scientists, historians, economists, psychologists and anthropologists. Our research involves studies in Europe and North America , as well as middle- and lower-income countries all over the world. Our students are correspondingly international.

The Department welcomes applications from students wishing to study for either a PhD or DrPH. Research students become members of one of the three Research Units, participating in the full range of the Unit's academic and social activities. Students are allocated a supervisor, and hence a Research Unit, based on their research interests and disciplinary area. A comprehensive research skills training programme is provided. Meetings and social events are organised at intervals throughout the year to encourage students to get to know each other and to develop a supportive environment.

The work of the department and therefore the opportunities for training, is detailed under each unit.