Health and Wellbeing Research Centre

In a rapidly evolving world, health and wellbeing are shaped by shifting environmental, technological, and societal landscapes. The Health and Wellbeing Research Centre takes a forward-thinking, interdisciplinary approach to address these challenges through research and innovation. Our work explores the impact of our physical, built, and social environments, harnessing technology for innovation, tackling inequalities, and ensuring wellbeing across the life course. 

Through interdisciplinary collaboration and a commitment to social justice, our work focuses on understanding and tackling the complex factors that shape health outcomes through the following themed areas of work:  

• Health & Wellbeing and the Environment
• Health and Wellbeing and Inequalities
• Health & Wellbeing and Technology
• Health & Wellbeing and the Workforce
• Health & Wellbeing across the lifecourse

The NIHR funded PHIRST (public health intervention responsive studies team) South Bank Centre which was established in 2020 sits within the Health and Wellbeing Research Centre. PHIRST South Bank undertakes evaluations of locally led public health interventions to better understand what works in addressing important public health challenges at a local level.