UCL Primary Care & Population Health

🚨 Fantastic PhD studentships with supervisors based at UCL on end of life, social care and dementia care 🚨 Come join our dynamic team and become a leader in dementia research. Please RT and share with your networks. eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%…

Excited to be delivering this course alongside wonderful colleagues from @QMUL_WIPH and @UCL_PCPH

📣 Public Health Research in Local Authorities Conference 📅 6 May 2026 Join us to hear from Prof Kevin Fenton and Prof Adam Briggs, connect with colleagues across London, and share your work. 🔗 Full information is available in this blog blogs.ucl.ac.uk/pcph-blog/2026…

🎉 Great news from our team! 🎉 Huge congratulations to Ayesha Dar on passing her PhD Upgrade yesterday after an excellent presentation on her research into supporting distance carers of people with dementia. So well deserved! 🌟

🚀 NIHR SPCR PhD Studentships now open at UCL PCPH! We’re inviting applications from outstanding candidates interested in developing a career in primary care research. 📅 Start: October 2026 More info: PCPH : ucl.ac.uk/population-hea… SPCR studentships: spcr.nihr.ac.uk/career-develop…

Dr Megan Armstrong joined colleagues in Newcastle for the first in‑person meeting of the @NIHRresearch Cross‑Network Collaboration on Inequalities in MLTCs. Energising discussions led by Professors Rachel Cooper and Liddy Goyder with exciting potential already emerging!

Let’s Talk Dementia — co‑produced resources to help researchers adapt communication when involving people with dementia as partners in research. Funded by @NIHRSPCR . Great work led by @sgriffiths_6 -6.bsky.social and the PCPH team. Check the link below ucl.ac.uk/population-hea…

✨ New blog post ✨ We’re delighted to share a reflective blog by Elle Wyke, “Reflections so far on an NIHR Pre-Doctoral Fellowship”. A great read for anyone considering an NIHR Pre-Doctoral Fellowship pathway or early career research. 🔗 blogs.ucl.ac.uk/pcph-blog/2026…

📢 PhD Studentship Opportunity at UCL Interested in AI, NLP, and health? We’re recruiting a PhD student for TRUST: Transparent, Responsible, User-centred Sexual-health Technologies using NLP. Open to home & overseas applicants Deadline: Mon 26 Jan 2026 postgraduatestudentships.co.uk/opportunity/ph…

📣Our paper on prostate cancer healthcare engagement among Black men in the UK is now published in J of Cancer Survivorship. Interviews with men & healthcare professionals highlight barriers, facilitators, and ways to address inequalities. ⬇️ link.springer.com/article/10.100… @UCL_PCPH

🎄✨ PCPH Christmas party was the perfect year-end! 👏 Prof. Kate Walters shared our achievements 🎯 Prof. Greta Rait led the Activity Trail 🎉 Ended with a fun Christmas quiz! Huge thanks to Stephanie Hume, Jemima Askew & all who made it special

🎉 Huge congratulations to Dr. Izzy Braithwaite on passing her viva on Friday! Her thesis was praised as a “beautiful piece of work” 👏 Supervisors: Jessica Sheringham, Spiros Denaxas, Anna Mavrogianni & Michail Katsoulis

🚨 New Publication Alert!

🚨 New Publication Alert! Carers experiencing socioeconomic deprivation often face a lack of social mobility options whilst making profound sacrifices, such as giving up essentials like heating and healthy food. Policy must do better. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/he…

✨ Continuing the Celebration! ✨ Yesterday we marked 50 brilliant years of British Regional Heart Study BRHS, and the joy is still with us today. We’re delighted to share this wonderful photo of the entire BRHS team