Dr Yu Fu PhD, MPH, BMed

Personal Statement

I am an NIHR Advanced Fellow & Tenure Track Fellow in the Department of Primary Care and Mental Health at the University of Liverpool. I am an experienced mixed methods health services researcher with clinical and academic backgrounds in medicine, public health and applied health research, specialising in leading research and implementation that benefits the lives of patients and their families.

I have a strong academic background in the fields of multiple long-term conditions with expertise built from various projects in pain management, pelvic floor disorders, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and mental health. My work is focused on improving physical mental multimorbidity through tailored service provision via the real-world evaluation that informs the development, evaluation, refinement and implementation of complex interventions to impact practice and policy. A key challenge in my field is inadequate mental health service access/provision that widens health inequalities, e.g. ethnic minorities often have limited access/support and poor outcomes even though they are more likely to experience mental health problems. Consequently, much of my work is focused on supporting vulnerable/marginalised groups and reducing health inequalities in collaboration with clinicians, commissioners, patient/public advisors, academics and patient support groups.

I use many different methodologies in my research work to generate evidence. I have conducted numerous qualitative research studies and systematic reviews, natural/quasi-experimental studies with electronic health records, and clinical trials funded by prestigious funding bodies.

Currently I sit on the NIHR RfPB funding committee and am a member of the NIHR Statistics Group Routine Data section, Methodology and Mental Health Research Incubators.

I am currently accepting PhD applications concerning health inequalities, physical mental multimorbidity and women's health.