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Join the expert health research team at the University of Bath to gain a PhD examining how the 'polluter pays' principle could be applied to address the Commercial Determinants of Health.

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.

Population Mental Health's Innovation Lab is a collaborative event which will focus on digital interventions to reduce suicide and self-harm at population-level.

In this Population Mental Health blog, Sanchika Campbell, Siofra Peeren, and Sumaty Hernandez share their reflections on how in the pursuit of equity in population mental health, it's not just about who’s at the table – but who’s missing, and why.

Local Health and Global Profits researchers warn that the health of mothers and children is being put at risk by the commercial activities of large multinational corporations.

Researchers including Local Health and Global Profits director Dr Nason Maani studied social media campaigns by a US private health industry lobby group and found striking similarities to tactics used by unhealthy commodity industry groups.

Local Health and Global Profits took part in this webinar, hosted by the Association of Directors of Public Health exploring town planning, the National Planning Policy Framework, and what this means for local health.

Public health experts from the Local Health and Global Profits research consortium welcome focus on prevention in new 10-Year Health Plan but caution that bold reforms are needed to address structural determinants of poor health.

Without tackling conflicts of interest with harmful industries, efforts to prevent disease and protect public health will fail, warn researchers.

As the body of evidence demonstrating air pollutions’ detrimental effects on climate and health grows, this webinar explores the latest data, an evaluation of a local level case study, and practice sharing from Southwark Council public health.

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.