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We undertake collaborative research to keep the public safe from current and emerging public health threats.
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Evidence-based ways to improve timely uptake of pre-school vaccinations
Promoting pre-school vaccination timeliness is a key public health goal to prevent outbreaks and maximise protection...
Supporting families’ decisions about the HPV vaccine
The COMMUNICATE films co-developed with ethnically diverse parents and aimed to help answer questions they had about...
Supporting the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) strategy
This includes: Reports and dashboards showing trends in bacterial and fungal infections Data on surgical site...
Improving vaccine uptake: identifying the most effective approaches
Project aims Gather evidence: we will search for studies that report on ways to increase uptake of vaccines. We will...
The Bristol VACCINE Study (MMR)
In some parts of Bristol, North Somerset, and South Gloucestershire, fewer than 75% of children are protected against...
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Testing in Prisons: When to Retest and How to Sustain Elimination
Project aims In the UK, initiatives to increase HCV testing in prison has included opt-out testing on entry to prison...
Estimating prevalence of problem drug use in Scotland
As part of the response to the public health emergency in drug-related deaths, our ongoing research project,...
Improving mpox advice, guidance and engagement (IMAGE)
Project aims Understand how people who maybe at higher risk of Clade Ib Mpox — or their families/carers — receive and...
Optimising vaccine evaluation in near real-time
We will use patient health records stored in a large, secure NHS England database called OpenSAFELY, as well as test...
Emergency department opt-out HIV, hepatitis B and hepatitis C testing
Many people with blood-borne viruses (BBVs) - such as HIV, hepatitis B (HBV), and hepatitis C (HCV) - are not...