01 Dec 2023Welcome to the Local Authority Public Health Research Network (London & North Thames)!
This network - founded in 2021, hosted and administered by NIHR ARC North Thames - aims to identify, share, support and progress opportunities for generating robust academic research in local authority settings.
Partners include colleagues and academics from:
- NIHR ARC North Thames (providing secretariat)
- ARCs across London
- Regional UK Health Security Agency
- Office for Health improvement and Disparities
- Local Authorities
- Association of Directors of Public Health London
- NHS
- Public health registrars.
Together, the Network partners seek to identify, share, support and progress opportunities for generating robust academic research in LA settings across the region and nationally.
Join us!
The network is open to anybody with an interest in this area. It might be particularly useful for local authority staff with an interest in public health research, academics with local government service role/interest, public health registrars in a local government role and/or interested to conduct local government research and regional colleagues supporting academia within the local authority.
Meetings are held online quarterly on Zoom. Contact k.airey@ucl.ac.uk if you would like to attend or for more information.
Meeting minutes:
Events
Public Health Research in Local Authorities Conference
26 March 2024 - London
The network held its inaugural conference in March 2024. This event brought together our partners and supporters, to share knowledge, showcase the range of applied research and evaluation going on across London and North Thames, and help public health professionals with an interest in research to build networks and access career development opportunities.
