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Outcome measures from international older adult care home intervention research: a scoping review

30 May 2023

A new publication by Cambridge Public Health researchers and others highlights the urgent need to develop a consensus on useful and sensitive tools for care homes, measuring what matters most and in the most efficient and least burdensome way.

Job opportunity: Research Assistant/Research Associate in Population Evidence and Data Science

23 May 2023

The Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge, is seeking a Research Assistant or Research Associate to support delivery of the Population Evidence and Data Science theme of the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) in the East of England. The role involves contributing to the development, conduct, analysis and...

The need for a population-level approach to Dementia Risk Reduction

17 May 2023

Existing systematic reviews of dementia primary prevention include almost exclusively evidence concerning individual-level interventions, and almost no evidence concerning population-level interventions. This is the finding of a new rapid review written by Cambridge Public Health researchers and published in The Journal of...

New report on The Future of Ageing

25 April 2023

More must be done to ensure that the needs of older people are at the heart of research and innovation concerned with ageing.

Half-day symposium promotes how technology & systems thinking can improve public health

3 April 2023

CPH's recent event on technology & systems in public health, part of the 2023 Cambridge Festival, drew wide attention to the increasing importance of innovation in healthcare. Our speakers, which ranged from academics to healthcare professionals and startup CEOs, describes how, across the public health sphere...

Green spaces in town have significant health benefits

Lack of planning guidance prevents walking and cycling facilities

1 March 2023

Professor Sir Michael Marmot and several other health and planning experts, including from Cambridge Public Health, have written to the Housing Secretary calling on him not to ignore health inequality in the Levelling Up Bill. The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill must include specific objectives that require authorities...

Cambridge Planetary Health Seminar Series 2023

6 February 2023

Cambridge Public Health is collaborating with Cambridge Zero and Darwin College on a series of events about planetary health this month. Global environmental change threatens our lives and civilisations like never before. Planetary health recognises that our existence health depends on flourishing natural systems. We are...

Applications open for the Postgraduate Certificate in Healthcare Innovation

20 January 2023

The new Healthcare Innovation Programme aims to enhance the ability of people to innovate in the healthcare sector. It comprises three stacked courses progressing from the PgCert, through the PgDip and then on to the MSt, applying and enrolling each year for the corresponding award. Applications for the first course, the...

Professor Gordon Harold, co-director of Cambridge Public Health

Professor Gordon Harold appointed as new co-director of Cambridge Public Health

30 November 2022

We are delighted to announce the appointment of Child Development and Mental Health expert Professor Gordon Harold as a co-director of Cambridge Public Health. He will work alongside Professor Carol Brayne and Professor John Clarkson to support the leadership of the Centre across the Schools of the University. “It is a...

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Why social and commercial factors matter for neurological health

17 November 2022

A new paper, published to commemorate the 20 th anniversary of The Lancet Neurology , highlights the crucial role that social and commercial factors play in influencing neurological health and calls for research to focus on these upstream determinants of health. The paper provides an overview of neurological research and...

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Outcome measures from international older adult care home intervention research: a scoping review

Job opportunity: Research Assistant/Research Associate in Population Evidence and Data Science

The need for a population-level approach to Dementia Risk Reduction

New report on The Future of Ageing

Half-day symposium promotes how technology & systems thinking can improve public health

Lack of planning guidance prevents walking and cycling facilities

Cambridge Planetary Health Seminar Series 2023

Applications open for the Postgraduate Certificate in Healthcare Innovation

Professor Gordon Harold appointed as new co-director of Cambridge Public Health

Why social and commercial factors matter for neurological health

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