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Scientific departments

Public Health and Epidemiology

Evidence about communities, health systems and the conditions that shape health.

Public health and epidemiology team at NHRTI

Population health research asks how disease, services and living conditions affect communities. NHRTI brings epidemiology, biostatistics, health systems and environmental perspectives together.

Public health and epidemiology team at NHRTI
The wider picture

Understanding health across communities.

Public health research looks for patterns: who is affected, where gaps in care remain and how living conditions influence health.

Connecting these patterns with the way services work helps frame questions that matter to communities and decision-makers.

Epidemiology and biostatistics

Population studies and analysis supporting disease surveillance and outbreak investigation.

Health systems and health economics

Research on health policy, management, service delivery and the use of resources.

Environmental health

Investigation of environmental influences, including pollution, climate and other hazards.

Participants working with laptops during a research training workshop
Making sense of information

From observations to evidence.

Research brings together field observations, service information and analytical methods. Careful analysis helps teams interpret what they find.

The portfolio includes missed opportunities for vaccination, measles immunity, HPV vaccination within HIV services, antibiotic prescribing and surgical site infections.

Explore the wider research portfolio

Who is being missed?

Studies of immunity and vaccination ask where gaps in protection remain.

Immunisation research

What shapes care?

Studies consider antibiotic use and infection after surgery within the health system.

Health-system research