Population and Public Health Expert Review Group

This ERG will consider requests for support of population-based research for the improvement of public health, focusing on UK and low- and middle-income countries. Its remit includes:

Epidemiology, demography, social science and health economic studies
Multifactorial studies of disease and complex interactions using longitudinal and case-control studies
Informatics - health records and public health
Impact of climate and environment change on health and populations
Healthcare systems and policy research
Small/pilot non-pharmacological intervention studies, particularly those investigating behavioural change
Promoting translation into policy and practice

Find out more about the remits for all the Expert Review Groups.

The terms of reference for this Group are the Standard Terms of Reference for Expert Review Groups.

Meeting dates

3 October 2013
30 January 2014
9 May 2014

Investigator Award and senior level fellowship applications are processed three times a year. Applicants are advised to allow at least four months from submission of a main application to their preferred start date and also to take into account the meeting dates of the relevant Expert Review Group and Interview Panel.

Members

Dr Jeffrey Koplan (Chair)
Woodruff Health Sciences Centre, Emory University, Atlanta, USA

Professor K K Cheng (Deputy Chair)
Division of Primary Care, Public and Environmental Health, University of Birmingham

Professor Tony Barnett
London School of Economics

Professor Zulfiqar Bhutta
Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan

Professor Rona Campbell
Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol

Professor John Cleland
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

Professor Anna Glasier
Division of Reproductive and Developmental Sciences, University of Edinburgh

Professor Helen Rees
Reproductive Health and HIV Research Unit, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa

Professor Nelson Sewankambo
University of Makere, Kampala, Uganda

Staff member

Caitlin Cook (Manager)
Populations and Public Health Team Manager, Wellcome Trust