We are doing this by bringing together science disciplines and integrating them with clinical and public health practices. We aim to improve health in the UK and worldwide.
Sub-themes
Within each theme, we have identified sub-themes of particular areas of research strength, and areas that offer opportunities to build new strengths. These sub-themes will be developed and refined by working groups.
- Transforming Healthcare Through Data-driven Research – advancing our knowledge and capabilities to collect, secure and mine data, allowing us to develop new interventions, improve prediction, diagnostics and prevention of disease, and apply AI to medical systems
- Understanding of Population Health – using data at scale to assess the effects of exposures on human health and linking these back to mechanisms, identifying high risk groups, and modelling preventative approaches
- Precision Treatment – using clinical data, genetics, phenomics and environmental exposure together with a deeper knowledge of disease to develop a better understanding of the patient and develop approaches to identify new targeted treatments, and develop new diagnostics, gene-editing therapies, drug discovery and nano-medicine
- Advancing Healthcare Management and Innovation – combatting disease, improving patient care and developing more effective and universally accessible healthcare systems, working alongside the NHS, policy makers, industry and patients
- Affordable Healthcare and Technologies for an Ageing Society – using our world-leading research in medical devices, bioengineered materials and systems, imaging, sensing and data analytics to develop effective healthcare solutions
- Education and Behaviour Change – applying our expertise in health research to implement policy and change behaviour at a population level, working with experts in public and patient engagement
Cross-faculty initiatives
Our world-leading research and teaching in health are exemplified by our cross-faculty initiatives and specialist centres.