Population Health Improvement UK is a nationwide collective of researchers, policymakers, practitioners, community organisations, service users and representatives from the wider public.
We want to include the voices of all those who can help improve the health of people, places and communities, and reduce health inequalities.
An open and dynamic community
The establishment of PHI UK is an important step for UKRI as it enables multi-disciplinary research across the UK aimed at improving health and reducing inequalities through population approaches.
Our intention is to develop PHI UK as a growing, dynamic and integrated national community of population health researchers, developing new areas of research and connecting the network to existing strengths in the UK.
Across our research, we have investigators from more than 35 organisations, and our project partnerships include more than 50 organisations.
From understanding to change
Our collaborations are bringing together expertise from multiple disciplines and stakeholders: local authorities, public health bodies, the NHS, voluntary organisations, charities, community groups and more.
We are also broadening inclusion and strengthening partnership with change makers, communities and those with lived experience to identify health challenges and co-design research and interventions to meet them.
The knowledge that we generate together will be used to find solutions for complex challenges.
Be part of the change
We are open to new partnerships and collaborations. Find out more.
PHI UK Structure
Our research is comprised of four initial areas of research, each being driven by a consortium of organisations from research, policy, practice and the third sector, addressing separate but complementary challenges.
We are coordinated by a small Directorate team based at the MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge.