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Policy Modelling for Health is recruiting for a Research Assistant to support the development of data and model assets.

Healthy Urban places have created an evidence briefing showing what we can learn from the experience of implementing Bradford District’s School Street Schemes.

Watch a clear and accessible guide to microsimulations - specially curated for our policy partners but relevant for anyone interested in how microsimulations work.

LHGP researcher Dr Amber van den Akker and deputy director Dr Nason Maani discuss the risks of giving health-harming industries a seat at the policy-making table.

Professor Anna Gilmore joins global experts to explore how evidence can drive climate-health action and build resilient, equitable health systems.

Policy Modelling for Health offering a 3-year fully funded PhD studentship at the University of Essex on microsimulation modelling on the socio-economic determinants of health and health inequalities.

Policy Modelling for Health is offering a 3.5 year fully funded PhD studentship at the University of Leeds

Big conversations and exciting plans for impact ahead.

Health researchers including Local Health and Global Profits Deputy Director Dr Nason Maani uncover the role of the arms trade in health, and call for more scrutiny of its health-harming activities and its unhealthy relationship with governments.

Abstract submission for Prevention Research 26, 4-5 March. Abstracts are invited from all corners of the prevention research community, for oral/poster presentations, Symposia and Workshops.

Professor Anna Gilmore features in an episode of the leading public health podcast ‘Why Should I Trust You?’ to discuss how corporations harm public health.

Chris Booth, Policy & Engagement Executive at Bite Back, writes a guest blog for PHI UK following the launch of Bite Back's investigation into how food and drink companies are selling and marketing to children and young people through schools.

Latent Class Analysis is a powerful statistical method for uncovering hidden subgroups in populations. This introductory seminar provides a clear and accessible overview of what LCA is, why researchers use it and how it can be applied in practice...

We’re excited to launch the new Policy Modelling for Health Lunchtime Webinar Series. Discover how our modelling is shaping healthier, fairer policies, alongside fresh insights from across the policy landscape.

How do urban green space interventions promote health behaviours? Evidence from natural experiments. With Jack Benton from the University of Manchester.

Overview of the TRUUD programme: Trying to tackle root causes upstream of unhealthy urban development. With Daniel Black, Bristol Medical School.

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Join us in 2026 at Vox in Birmingham for a conference to connect research, policy and practice for health equity.

Richard Self from the Welsh Government will talk about Evaluating the 20mph restricted roads policy in Wales.