15 Jun 2026
Emeritus Professor Carol Brayne recognised in King’s Birthday Honours
Emeritus Professor Carol Brayne has been made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to medicine, medical research and public health.Carol played a leading role in establishing Cambridge Public Health in 2020 and served as our first Co-Director until 2024. She held the Professorship in Public Health Medicine at the Univers…
8 Jun 2026
Cambridge Public Health at the World Health Assembly: Advancing Global Health Equity
Colleagues from Cambridge Public Health attended the 79th World Health Assembly in Geneva, contributing to high-level discussions at the intersection of global health policy, primary care, public health, and health equity.Representing Cambridge Public Health were Dr Shobhana Nagraj (Department of Public Health & Primary Care), Dr Tom Bashford (Depa…
19 May 2026
Job opportunity: Cambridge Public Health Coordinator (part-time, fixed term)
We are recruiting a part-time Coordinator to support the coordination and delivery of Cambridge Public Health’s activities. The role will help build and maintain relationships across the University and beyond, and create opportunities for collaboration, networking and knowledge exchange.The Coordinator will also contribute to the implementation of …
30 Apr 2026
Workshop strengthens links between local authorities and public health researchers
Cambridge Public Health brought together colleagues from Cambridgeshire County Council, Peterborough City Council, the NHS and the University of Cambridge for a workshop on strengthening collaboration between local authorities and public health researchers.Held on Wednesday 29 April, the workshop explored how academic expertise can support local pu…
19 Mar 2026
Cambridge Festival event explores loneliness in a hyper-connected world
Yesterday, Cambridge Public Health welcomed audiences to the Cambridge Festival event “The Lonely Planet: Are We Experiencing a New Global Health Crisis?” Bringing together researchers from across disciplines, the discussion explored the causes, experiences and wider impacts of loneliness, and why it is becoming an increasingly important issue acro…
10 Mar 2026
Creative Public Health – Cambridge Public Health seminar recording now available
A recording of the recent Cambridge Public Health seminar on Creative Public Health is now available to watch online.Held in March 2026, the seminar introduced Creative Public Health as an emerging cross-disciplinary field at the intersection of participatory arts, museums, hospital arts, critical practice and research in action.Drawing on examples…
24 Feb 2026
Professor Nick Wareham joins Cambridge Public Health as Co-Director
Cambridge Public Health is delighted to welcome Professor Nick Wareham as our new Co-Director.Professor Wareham is Director of the MRC Epidemiology Unit and Co-Director of the Institute of Metabolic Science. He also leads Population Health Improvement UK, a national research network established to develop innovative and inclusive ways to improve th…
27 Jan 2026
Apply Now: Student Flash Talk Competition – Wolfson Global Health Conference
Share your vision for the future of global healthUniversity of Cambridge students are invited to apply for a Flash Talk Competition, offering the opportunity to deliver a three-minute talk at the Wolfson Annual Global Health Research Conference: Global Health in a Changing World.The competition invites students to share their vision for the future …
13 Nov 2025
Cambridge evidence informs House of Lords report on home and hybrid working
Cambridge Public Health Co-Director Professor Gordon Harold has provided key evidence to the House of Lords Home-based Working Committee, whose new report, Is Working from Home Working?, was published today. The Committee is investigating the long-term implications of home and hybrid working for employment, productivity and public health.Professor …
28 Oct 2025
New ‘Global Health Bites’ video highlights research capacity in Tanzania
Cambridge Public Health has launched a new Global Health Bites feature — a short video format designed to share examples of global health research, training and collaboration across Cambridge and with international partners.The first video, Building Research Capacity in Tanzania, features Dr Shobhana Nagraj (Cambridge Public Health), who joined Pro…
16 Sep 2025
New study reveals stark global inequalities in trauma surgery survival
Mortality after emergency abdominal surgery is more than three times higher in the least developed countries compared to the most developed, according to a major new international study led by the University of Cambridge.Published in The Lancet Global Health, the research analysed outcomes for 1,769 patients treated in 187 hospitals across 51 count…
11 Sep 2025
Global estimates for frontotemporal dementia published in JAMA Neurology
Study synthesises global data from 32 population-based studies.A new open-access study in JAMA Neurology, co-authored by Professor Carol Brayne, Cambridge Public Health, provides the most comprehensive pooled estimates to date of the incidence and prevalence of frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and its clinical variants.Drawing on 32 population-based s…
13 Aug 2025
Shobhana Nagraj talks co-design on Global Health podcast
Shobhana Nagraj, co-leader of Cambridge Public Health’s Global Health priority area, is featured in the latest CHW Data Dialogues podcast, hosted by the Community Health Impact Coalition (CHIC). The episode explores how co-design can strengthen data collection, analysis, and use in community health programs.Joining Dr Karen Finnegan (Harvard Medica…
5 Jun 2025
New Cambridge Public Health Seminar Series launching soon
We’re excited to announce a new seminar series from Cambridge Public Health that takes a wide-angle view on public health, drawing on insights from medicine, epidemiology, engineering, social science, arts, and more.The series will showcase the breadth of public health research across the University of Cambridge, highlighting how different discipli…
2 Jun 2025
New report highlights opportunities for better health in the East of England
Insights from the PHREsH symposium in March 2025 highlight priorities for action across the region’s health systems.Cambridge Public Health is pleased to share a newly published report from a regional health symposium hosted by East of England Population Health Research Hub (PHResH) in March 2025.The event brought together public health leaders, ac…