Centre for Public Health and Wellbeing (CPHWB)

Image credit: Photo “Friends of the Earth 24” by Friends of the Earth Scotland, Flickr, is licensed under CC by 2.0. By Brodie Walker Introduction In 2022, the Scottish Government commissioned a review to examine whether current levels of ambient air pollution, relatively low by international standards, continue to pose measurable risks to population health. … Continue reading "Health effects of low‑level air pollution: implications for public health"

By Dr Amy Beardmore and Leila Powell Introduction Over the past 3 months, Dr Amy Beardmore, a Senior Lecturer in Public Health, and Leila Powell, a Research Associate, have had the opportunity to work on an Accelerated Knowledge Transfer project. This is a rapid, 3-way collaboration between a university, a business partner, and a research … Continue reading "Recovery through community: overcoming barriers to engagement in addiction services"

By Dr Sanda Ismail Dementia is often framed as a biomedical problem, but my research starts from a different place. It begins with a simple observation: people do not live, age, or make sense of health in isolation. They do so within communities, cultures, belief systems, and social structures that shape behaviour, meaning, and wellbeing … Continue reading "Using faith to generate theory, population data to test it, and both to design inclusive dementia prevention"

By Dr. Issy Bray and Yarden Woolf The Centre for Public Health and Wellbeing aims to impact directly on population health and wellbeing, to reduce health inequalities and enable ethical and reflexive contributions to public health policy and practice. Our approach is multidisciplinary and spans physical, health and social sciences. Dr. Issy Bray is the … Continue reading "Meet the CPWHB leadership team – introducing the Centre Director and Theme Leads"