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UCL

Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health - Univercity College London

 

The Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health at UCL is part of the Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care and is headed by Prof Fiona Stevenson. We undertake world-leading research in primary care, addressing the management and prevention of disease in high-priority areas of health. We deliver high-quality teaching in primary care and population health in a range of health and community settings.

Our goals are to:

  • Undertake excellent research that is clinically relevant and impacts on health and wellbeing;
  • Provide excellent teaching in primary care, population health and research methods;
  • Strengthen the discipline of primary care through leadership in research, teaching and clinical practice;
  • Work in partnership with service users, practitioners, policy makers and other stakeholders to increase the impact of our research, teaching and innovation on health and health care systems;
  • Foster professional development to enable everyone to reach their full potential.

Our research focuses on health issues which are top priorities for patients and for health services.

We research the entire life cycle of complex interventions, starting with understanding health problems from patients’ perspectives, and using a range of research approaches (including qualitative, quantitative, modelling and health economic methods) to develop, evaluate and implement interventions. Our research groups are:

  • Ageing (Dr Nathan Davies / Prof Goya Wannamethee; n.m.davies@ucl.ac.uk; g.wannamethee@ucl.ac.uk) 

  • eHealth Unit (Prof Fiona Stevenson; f.stevenson@ucl.ac.uk)  

  • Mental Health (Prof Irwin Nazareth; i.nazareth@ucl.ac.uk)  

  • Sexual and Reproductive Health (Prof Irene Petersen, Dr Julia Bailey and Prof Greta Rait; i.petersen@ucl.ac.uk; juila.bailey@ucl.ac.uk; g.rait@ucl.ac.uk)  

  • Medical Education (Prof Sophie Park; Sophie.park@ucl.ac.uk)  

Methodological Themes 

Our research teams involve many different disciplines, including clinicians (doctors, nurses, physiotherapists, pharmacists, dentists), psychologists, epidemiologists, statisticians, sociologists, health economists, and patient and public representatives (Experts through Experience). 

  • PRIMENT Clinical Trials Unit (CTU) (Prof Greta Rait; g.rait@ucl.ac.uk) 

  • Health Economics Analysis and Research Team (HEART) (Rachael Hunter; r.hunter@ucl.ac.uk)    
  • Centre for Electronic Health Records and Methodology (CEHRAM) (Prof Irene Petersen; i.petersen@ucl.ac.uk) 
  • Centre for Excellence in Qualitative Health Research and Teaching (Dr Julia Bailey; Julia.bailey@ucl.ac.uk) 
  • Improvement and Implementation Science (Prof Fiona Stevenson; f.stevenson@ucl.ac.uk) 
  • Intervention Development (Prof Kate Walters; k.walters@ucl.ac.uk) 
  • Research Design Service (Prof Greta Rait; g.rait@ucl.ac.uk) 
  • Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) (Prof Fiona Stevenson; f.stevenson@ucl.ac.uk) 

SUPPORT FOR EARLY CAREER RESEARCHERS

We offer the Qualitative Research Methods in Health course, which aims to equip delegates with the knowledge and skills to understand, design and conduct high quality qualitative research.  Health Economics Analysis and Research methods Team (HEART) offers an introduction to health economics. We also offer workshops, master classes and bespoke training sessions on epidemiological study designs and methodologies.

PCPH has an established seminar programme where early career researchers can gain knowledge on what other people in the department are doing, as well as having the opportunity to present their work in a friendly atmosphere. There are also regular seminars on quantitative and intervention development/trial methodologies.

For PhD students the Doctoral Skills Training Programme offers courses under four themes: Engagement, Influence and Impact, Knowledge and Intellectual Abilities, Research and Governance Organisation and Personal effectiveness. Doctoral Skills Training Programme | UCL Human Resources - UCL – University College London

For early career members of staff, there is an extensive range of courses run by the Organisational Development team, to enable staff to realise their potential.  Learning and Development | UCL Human Resources - UCL – University College London

CONTACT DETAILS

If you want to conduct your fellowship at the University College London, but not sure whom to contact for support, do feel welcome to reach out to the people below:

Patricia Schartau: patricia.schartau@ucl.ac.uk (SPCR training lead)

Cini Bhanu: c.bhanu@ucl.ac.uk (SPCR Deputy training lead)

Kati Schwab: k.schwab@ucl.ac.uk (professional support)