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NIHR Policy Research Units 2024-2028

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Published: 01 August 2023

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Specific conditions:

NIHR Policy Research Unit in Cancer Awareness, Screening and Early Diagnosis

Host institution: University College London

Collaborating institutions:

  • University of Oxford
  • University of Cambridge
  • University of Surrey
  • University of Leicester

NIHR Policy Research Unit in Healthy Weight 

Host institution: University College London

Collaborating institutions:

  • Institute for Fiscal Studies
  • City, University of London
  • University of Birmingham
  • University of Liverpool
  • University of Oxford
  • Leeds Beckett University
  • UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
  • Obesity UK

NIHR Policy Research Unit in Mental Health 

Host institution: University College London

Collaborating institutions:

  • King's College London 
  • University of York
  • Anna Freud Centre
  • South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
  • University of Oxford
  • University of Manchester
  • London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

NIHR Policy Research Unit in Addictions

Host institution: King's College London 

Collaborating institutions:

  • University of Sheffield
  • University College London
  • University of Stirling
  • University of Bath
  • University of Glasgow
  • University of Bristol

NIHR Policy Research Unit in Reproductive Health

Host institution: University College London

Collaborating institutions:

  • University of Birmingham
  • London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
  • University of Oxford
  • UCL Partners
  • University of Warwick
  • Hywel Dda University LHB

NIHR Policy Research Unit in Dementia and Neurodegeneration 

Host institution: Queen Mary University of London 

Collaborating institutions:

  • University of Plymouth
  • University College London
  • East London NHS Foundation Trust
  • University of Liverpool
  • Dementia UK
  • University of Exeter
  • University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
  • The Neurological Alliance
  • Merri Yaadain Community Interest Company
  • University of York

NIHR Policy Research Unit in Dementia and Neurodegeneration 

Host institution: University of Exeter 

Collaborating institutions:

  • London School of Economics 
  • University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
  • University of Bradford
  • University of New South Wales
  • Innovations in Dementia CIC

Life stages:

NIHR Policy Research Unit in Maternal and Neonatal Health and Care

Host institution: University of Oxford

Collaborating institutions:

  • The Open University
  • Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
  • University of Manchester
  • University of Birmingham
  • Cardiff University
  • University of Leicester

NIHR Policy Research Unit in Children and Families

Host institution: UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health 

Collaborating institutions:

  • University College London 
  • Bradford Institute for Health Research
  • University of Manchester
  • University of Newcastle Upon Tyne
  • Anna Freud Centre
  • University of Oxford
  • University of Bristol
  • Institute for Fiscal Studies
  • South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
  • King's College London 

NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health Ageing 

Host institution: University of Newcastle Upon Tyne

Collaborating institutions:

  • University of Manchester
  • London School of Economics

NIHR Policy Research Unit in Palliative and End of Life Care

Host institution: King's College London 

Collaborating institutions:

  • University of Hull
  • University of Lancaster
  • University of Leeds
  • University of Cambridge

Specialisms:

NIHR Policy Research Unit in Economics of Health and Social Care Systems

Host institution: University of York

Collaborating institutions:

  • London School of Economics

NIHR Policy Research Unit in Economic Methods of Evaluation in Health and Care Interventions

Host institution: University of York

Collaborating institutions:

  • University of Sheffield

NIHR Policy Research Unit in Policy Innovation and Evaluation

Host institution: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Collaborating institutions:

  • London School of Economics  
  • University of Glasgow

NIHR Policy Research Unit in Behavioural and Social Sciences

Host institution: University of Newcastle Upon Tyne 

Collaborating institutions:

  • University College London 
  • London School of Economics
  • University of Cambridge
  • University of Warwick

System directed:

NIHR Policy Research Unit in Quality, Safety and Outcomes of Health and Social Care

Host institution: University of Kent  

Collaborating institutions:

  • University of Oxford
  • University of Leeds
  • Picker Institute Europe
  • University of Bradford

NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce

Host institution: King's College London   

Collaborating institutions:

  • Institute for Fiscal Studies
  • London School of Economics 
  • University of Salford

NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Systems and Commissioning 

Host institution: University of Manchester  

Collaborating institutions:

  • London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 
  • University of Kent

NIHR Policy Research Unit in Public Health 

Host institution: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Collaborating institutions:

  • University of Cambridge
  • University of Liverpool
  • University of Stirling
  • University of York
  • University of Newcastle Upon Tyne

NIHR Policy Research Unit in Adult Social Care

Host institution: London School of Economics 

Collaborating institutions:

  • University of Kent
  • King's College London