Research projects

We contribute to a wide range of programmes and consortia.

Our current research projects include:

NIHR Public Health Research Programme 

The health and health inequalities impact of a place-based community wealth Initiative  
Prof Ben Barr 

NIHR Policy Research Programme 

RESTORE - Research for Equitable SySTem RespOnse and Recovery 
Prof Ben Barr 

NIHR Policy Research Programme 

Evaluating the health impact and cost-effectiveness of Ways-to-Wellbeing, a whole system approach to mitigate poverty over the life course 
Prof Ben Barr, Dr Katherine Abba 

NIHR Health & Social Care Delivery Research 

Accounting for Unmet Need in Equitable Healthcare Resource Allocation 
Prof Ben Barr 

The Health Foundation 

Citizens Advice Ways to Wellbeing for All - Scaling up a wider determinants of health offer across first level services 
Prof Ben Barr, Dr Rachel Anderson De Cuevas 

NIHR 

Evaluation of the Health Impacts of Universal Credit: a mixed methods study 
Dr Sophie Wickham, Prof Ben Barr, Prof David Taylor-Robinson, Dr Maria Marimpi 

The Health Foundation 

How does emotional support influence the relationship between social disadvantage and adolescent health outcomes? 
Prof David Taylor-Robinson, Dr Nicholas Adjei 

ESRC Research Grant 

Have the two-child limit to welfare policy and cuts to contraceptive services in Britain impacted abortion rates and household poverty? 
Dr Rebecca Geary, Dr Sophie Wickham, Prof Ben Barr, Dr Kate Mason, Dr Andy Pennington, Dr Chris Grollman 

NIHR Research Professorship 

Tackling child health inequality: an interventional epidemiology platform to inform policy. 
Prof David Taylor-Robinson, Dr Davara Bennett, Dr Yu Wei Chua 

Economies for Healthier Lives 

THRIVE: Tackling Health Inequalities and Work in Liverpool City Region 
Prof Ben Barr, Dr Phillip McHale, Dr Yang Yu 

Previous research projects include: 

 

We work with local communities to address health inequalities under the following initiatives: 

 

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