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The Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health at UCL is part of the Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care and is co-led by Professor Greta Rait and Professor Kate Walters.  

Mission:

  • To undertake excellent research that is clinically relevant and impacts on the health of individuals and populations;
  • To use our research, teaching and innovation to impact on health system improvement and service redesign;
  • To work in partnership with people who use services, practitioners across the health and social care sectors, policy makers and other stakeholders relevant to increasing the impact of academic activities;
  • To provide excellent teaching in primary care, population health and research methods;
  • To strengthen the discipline of general practice through leadership in research, teaching and clinical practice;
  • To foster professional development in all members to enable each individual to reach their full potential;

In order to do this we:

  • Carry out all phases of clinical research from epidemiology and qualitative fieldwork through to intervention development, evaluation, implementation and translational research, as well as methodological research and development;
  • Work in multi-disciplinary teams, bringing together clinicians, scientists, patients and public  with a wide range of methodological skills and expertise;
  • Foster excellent communication within the Department, across workgroups and disciplines, and with local, national and international colleagues and organisations; 
  • Foster a learning environment where students (MB BS, BSc, MSc, MD, PhD), researchers, teachers and administrators are all supported in learning and continuing professional development;
  • Invest in the career development of all of our staff;
  • Promote an open, friendly, diverse and inclusive working environment.


PCPH is a member of the prestigious NIHR School for Primary Care Research.

REF results:

IEHC REF result and case studies: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/epidemiology-health-care/research-1

Faculty’s REF pages: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/population-health-sciences/research/ref-2021

UCL REF 2021 results and supporting information: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/research/evaluation/research-excellence-framework/ref-2021

We have strong collaborations internationally, nationally and within UCL. 

In addition to being part of the Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care we have links with the UCL Institute of Digital Health, the Institute of Clinical Trials and Methodology and the Centre for Behaviour Change:


Structure of the Department

 

Management

 
Head of DepartmentGreta Rait and Professor Kate Walters
Department ManagerJusna Jalil
Graduate TutorDr Louise Marston
 

Research Group Leaders

 

Ageing:

 

E-health Unit

Professor Fiona Stevenson

Implementation Science

Professor Fiona Stevenson

Primary Care Education Research GroupProfessor Sophie Park

Sexual and Reproductive Health:

 

Health InformaticsProfessor Irene Petersen
PRIMENT Clinical Trials UnitProfessor Irwin Nazareth, Professor Greta Rait
Primary Care Mental Health Research GroupProfessor Irwin Nazareth
 

Administrative Staff

 
Department Human Resources AdministratorIone Karney
Research Finance Administrator

 

Institute Finance AdministratorAyan Robleh
Research Administrator for CAPS and e-HealthAlice Pritchard
Teaching Administrator Team LeadAngelika Zikiy
Teaching Administrator, Primary Care Medical EducationHema Patel
Teaching Administrator, Primary Care Medical EducationWahida Mizan
Teaching Administrator, Primary Care Medical EducationJingyu Pan
Teaching Administrator, Primary Care Medical EducationDiana Kwan
Medical Education Teaching Finance AdministratorRosemary Koper