IMS Epidemiology Studies

What is SPHR @ Cambridge

Established in April 2012, the NIHR School for Public Health Research (SPHR) is a partnership between nine leading academic centres with excellence in applied public health research in England.

SPHR aims to increase the evidence base for cost-effective public health practice by:

• Conducting applied public health research to increase the volume and quality of useful evidence on cost-effective interventions.

• Creating an environment where first class applied public health research, focused on the needs of the public, can thrive.

• Supporting local public health practitioners and policy makers to engage with research and actively seek out high quality research evidence to inform their decisions.

• Contributing to ongoing efforts to build research capacity in public health research.

The University of Cambridge is a world-leading centre for public health research, with ongoing projects exploring four key SPHR research areas:

• Health inequalities

• Public mental health

• Healthy places, healthy planet

• Children, young people and families

Research at SPHR @Cambridge brings together expertise from public health, epidemiology, psychology, geography, economics, social policy and data science to address complex population health challenges. 

For enquiries, please contact SPHR Programme Coordinator, Georgia.Herbert@IMS.cam.ac.uk