Population and public health sciences
Scope and priorities
Population health sciences (PHS) are concerned with the study of biological, social and environmental influences on the physical and mental health and wellbeing of populations and interventions designed to improve population health or prevent diseases.
Science we support
The MRC supports a diverse range of population health sciences often in multi-funder partnerships. This includes longitudinal population research (for example UK Biobank) and the UK Prevention Research Partnership (UKPRP). We also support intervention development for public health.
Funding for population health science
The MRC funds population health sciences (PHS) through boards and panels, centres and units, various fellowship schemes and strategic initiatives. Support for global health research is provided through the Applied Global Heath Research Board as well as through units, grants, fellowships and partnerships with other funders.
Reviews and reports
Resources include population cohorts, cohort registries, data sharing policies, METADAC and HDRUK.