Transforming lives through Applied Health Sciences Research

Our vision

We are a people focussed, collaborative, high performing community delivering transformative health orientated research that impacts on how health and care are characterised, experienced, and delivered locally, nationally, and globally. 

Our values

Embedded in all that we do are the core values of:

• valuing the people we work with and for;
• working together across sectors, disciplines, populations and communities;
• integrity in how we conduct our research and work with others; 
• making a difference by increasing understanding of health at significant points across the lifespan, co-developing interventions to improve health and care, and strengthening the evidence base for improving the quality of care sustainably and at scale locally, nationally and globally; 
• excellence in applied health sciences research, including innovative, impact focused methodologies.

Research themes

Our research is underpinned by principles of equity and reduction of health inequalities. We actively seek to include people who are marginalised within social, community and health systems in our research. 

Our collaborations are based on the principles of equitable partnership and support for innovative research, which results in mutually beneficial outcomes for all involved. 

• Understanding health: exploring people’s experience of health and wellbeing and the challenges of providing equitable healthcare. 
• Innovation in health: developing and testing interventions that contribute to positive health outcomes for all. 
• Improving health service delivery: design for practice change, quality and safety, equity, service improvement and evidence implementation.