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Health Policy at UCL

From dementia research to cancer care, UCL’s research is making a difference to patients’ lives and health policy in the UK.

As a world-leading research university with expertise across the range of life and medical sciences, UCL works with policymakers in government and the NHS to use research insight to improve health outcomes. Find out more about how our researchers are informing health policy and organisation through world-leading research.

NIHR Policy Research Units

UCL hosts five Policy Research Units (PRU) funded by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), which bring together multidisciplinary teams of experts to address complex social challenges and support the development of evidence-based policy both nationally and locally.

  1. Children and Families PRU
  2. Reproductive Health PRU
  3. Mental Health Policy PRU
  4. Healthy Weight PRU
  5. Cancer Awareness and Screening PRU

Find out more about some of the key areas we work in