Undertake research with real-world benefits to improve health and reduce inequalities with our PhD/MPhil/MD in Health Services Research. You’ll explore key challenges in health, and how to improve services, systems and policies to address health inequalities and improve outcomes.IntroductionThe Institute of Population Health is dedicated to globally important and locally impactful population health scholarship, through programmes or research and civic partnerships. Our research focuses on evaluating the effectiveness of health services, the social origins of health and social inequalities in healthcare, and mental health and well-being, including the evaluation of a wide range of psychosocial interventions and therapies.Students studying for a postgraduate research degree in Health Services Research are based within the Department of Primary Care and Mental Health (PCMH) or the Department of Public Health, Policy and Systems (PHPS).Department of Primary Care and Mental HealthPCMH’s goal is to enhance mental health and wellbeing support, and primary healthcare provision. PCMH engages in scholarly activity to develop theories, models and interventions for primary healthcare and to promote mental health and wellbeing. Department of Public Health, Policy and SystemsPHPS is one of the largest public health departments in the UK and has a world-leading status for its excellence in research and education, offering the ideal environment to become a recognised specialist in the field of public health. Research topicsOur Health Services Research PhD/MPhil/MD covers a broad range of potential topics for investigation. We welcome research proposals that match the research areas of our researchers in topics including:Policy Research on Social Determinants of Health and Child HealthEnergy, Air Pollution and HealthNon-Communicable Disease Prevention and Food PolicyPublic Health Simulation ModellingRoutine or Administrative Data for Analysis of Health InequalitiesSocial Science Approaches in and of Public/Population HealthGlobal mental healthChronic conditions and polymorbidityChildren and familiesOlder adultsPrimary care and community mental healthBig data – CIPHA and System-PSuicide and self-harmDementia and ageing