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Professor Benjamin Barr PhD

Professor in Applied Public Health Research Public Health, Policy & Systems

    Research

    Research Grants

    NIHR ARC 2 national social care implementation projects

    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK), LCCG - LIVERPOOL CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP (UK)

    October 2019 - March 2026

    Unmet need for healthcare

    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)

    June 2020 - November 2023

    Population-level impact of Pennine Lancashire's Together an Active Future local delivery pilot

    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)

    March 2020 - December 2022

    The health and health inequalities impact of a place-based community wealth initiative

    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)

    April 2021 - March 2024

    Analysis of the socioeconomic burden of digestive diseases and identification of relevant research gaps in the field of digestive health

    UNITED EUROPEAN GASTROENTEROLOGY (AUSTRIA)

    July 2020 - September 2022

    NHSA Health Inequalities Project

    NORTHERN HEALTH SCIENCE ALLIANCE LIMITED (UK)

    July 2018 - November 2018

    From data to decisions: embedding a Real-world Intervention Causal Evaluation (RICE) tool in the decision-making process

    THE HEALTH FOUNDATION (UK)

    October 2019 - March 2026

    What are the health and health inequalities impacts of the Big Local community empowerment initiative in England?

    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)

    March 2018 - September 2021

    North West Coast CLAHRC

    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK), LCCG - LIVERPOOL CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP (UK)

    January 2014 - June 2021

    Due North (linked to Fuse and the Health Inequalities programme)

    PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND (UK)

    April 2016 - March 2017

    Tackling health inequalities and extending working lives (THRIVE).

    ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

    April 2016 - September 2019

    From Policy to Inequality: Assessing the effects of policy interventions on inequalities in child health using natural experiments.

    WELLCOME TRUST (UK)

    May 2015 - April 2016

    Health Protection Research Unit (Gastrointestinal Infections)

    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)

    April 2014 - March 2020

    Making employment services for people with mental ill-health responsive: how work and welfare affect employment

    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE (UK)

    January 2010 - May 2015

    Country Case Study on UK: Focusing on England, in the project Learning from promising Primary Care Practice Models.

    TRAINING AND RESEARCH SUPPORT CENTRE (UK)

    March 2014 - October 2014