Our mission
“Through our research, teaching and translational activities, we aim to improve the health of children and young people now and throughout their adult lives.
Our academic expertise
“We are a multi-disciplinary group of academics with an international reputation for innovative discovery science, translational research and teaching that shape clinical practice, health service provision and public health policy. Our scientific expertise is wide ranging and encompasses both quantitative and qualitative methods. This expertise includes epidemiology (classical, life-course, social, clinical and genetic), biostatistics, data science, psychology, medical sociology and anthropology. We undertake research in a broad range of specialist areas with the ambition of enhancing child health and development in its broadest sense, including addressing the determinants of health and improving prevention, treatment and supportive care. Our interests encompass common and rare communicable and non-communicable disorders affecting physical, mental and sensory health, alongside child growth and nutrition, child development, health-related behaviour, childhood disability and the impact of serious illness on the child and family. Our collaborations include national and international academic and policy networks and alliances with the 3rd sector as well as NHS partners including Great Ormond Street Hospital. Our research is undertaken with active participation by children, young people and families.