Welcome to the first IPHW newsletter! We are delighted to be growing the community of staff interested in and involved with public health and wellbeing, and are so pleased to see many of you signing up to be Associate Members of the IPHW.
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Highlights
IPHW Honorary Professors
We recently announced two Honorary Professorships at the IPHW. The appointment of Lucy Wightman, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Nurse at Provide Health, and Dr Ed Garratt OBE, Chief Executive of the NHS Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care Board, will help ensure Essex research is grounded in the context of real-world healthcare, and cements links with two key regional stakeholders.
Centre for Global Health and Intersectional Equity Research
We are delighted to welcome the Centre for Global Health and Intersectional Equity Research to the IPHW family. The CGHIER will help academics and health professionals tackle global health challenges, and will ensure policy makers and health professionals have access to the latest research, tools, methods and data that can help protect the world’s most vulnerable people.
PhD Studentship opportunity
The Centre for Coastal Communities is currently advertising a PhD studentship jointly with ISER. Starting October 2024, this studentship will look at differences in young people’s mental health between coastal & inland areas. Applications close on 23rd June 2024
Health, Wellbeing and Care Hub
The IPHW is enjoying its new home in the new Clingoe House building on the University’s Knowledge Gateway. We share the ground floor with the ground-breaking Health, Wellbeing & Care Hub, which was officially opened last month. The Hub will be an amazing resource for the community, local partners & the University, and will revolutionise how we deliver services with partners, approach research and offer transformational learning experiences to our students.
Hot desks!
In the IPHW's new Clingoe House offices, there are a number of desks avaiable for researchers from across the University. Colleagues working on health and wellbeing related topics are welcome to book a space to work with us. If you would be interested in this, please contact the IPHW (institutepublichealthwellbeing@essex.ac.uk) to discuss it further
Research and publications
Rising risk of heart disease caused by air pollution
The 2024 World Heart Report, which was co-led by researchers from the Institute of Public Health and Wellbeing, shows deaths from cardiovascular conditions caused by air pollution have been rising for a decade and will continue to rise.
Funding extended for research on mental health inequalities
The NIHR grant for Using Understanding Society to examine Mental Health Inequalities in the East of England was recently renewed for a further 18 months, enabling the team of researchers from across the University to continue this important work.
The project aims to find out if there are people living in the East of England who are more likely to experience mental health or care inequalities.
Mental health blog
Susan McPherson and Claire Wicks recently published a blog on long term failures in UK mental health policy, highlighting inadequacies in mental health care provision and inequalities in access to mental health support.
Research on young people in deprived coastal areas
Emily Murray, Director of the Centre for Coastal Communities, has recently published a paper showing young people living in deprived coastal areas are likely to become unhealthier young adults than those living in deprived inland communities. This highlights the importance of further research into tackling inequalities in coastal areas.
IPHW News
IPHW welcomes new Deputy Director
Susan McPherson has joined us as the new IPHW Deputy Director, on secondment from the School of Health and Social Care. Welcome Susan! We’re all very pleased that you’re joining us and look forward to working together.
AMS Springboard achievement
We are absolutely delighted that our Research Fellow Honor Bixby is one of the recipients of this prestigious funding from the AMS Springboard scheme, to support and develop emerging health research leaders.
Congratulations Honor!
Welcome to John Day
John has recently joined the IPHW for two days a week, working with the REO Evaluation Services, strengthening the University's delivery of evaluations of interventions, programmes and initiatives in health and social care.
Events
Centre for Coastal Communities launch event
Wednesday 19 June, 3.30-5pm, online
Join us for the launch of the flagship Centre for Coastal Communities. Find out about the Centre's vision and research, and discuss new ways to tackle the challenges faced by coastal communities.
Read more details and to register to attend on Eventbrite.
Health Partnerships in Action seminar - SNEE ICS
Tuesday 3 September, 2-4pm (in-person and online)
Join us for the next IPHW/ISER Health Partnerships in Action seminar where Preeti Sud and Tony Young will be visiting us from the Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust.
Preeti Sud is Director of Strategy and Innovation, Strategy Unit, Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust. Tony Young is National Clinical Lead for Innovation NHS England.
They will discuss key priority areas of need, strategies and priorities, and ongoing/ possible future collaborations, partnership and research opportunities.
Find out more and register to attend
Do you have news to share?
If you have any news or events that you would like us to share in our next newsletter, please get in touch (institutepublichealthwellbeing@essex.ac.uk)!
