Professor Annette Boaz
Professor of Health and Social Care
- Director, NIHR Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit
- Better Health & Care Future Co-director
Biography
Annette Boaz joined King’s from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine where she was Professor of Health and Social Care Policy in the Department of Health Services Research and Policy. She has more than 25 years of experience in supporting the use of evidence across a range of policy domains. She was part of one of the largest UK investments in the evidence use landscape, the ESRC Centre for Evidence Based Policy and Practice and a Founding Editor of the Journal Evidence & Policy. She has undertaken an international leadership role in promoting the use of evidence, recently publishing a new book on evidence use ‘What Works Now’ and co-leading Transforming Evidence with Kathryn Oliver.
Annette has a longstanding interest in supporting the use of research in the health and social care sectors and is currently leading an NIHR funded study setting up and evaluating innovative research practice partnerships between care homes and universities. She is a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences and the Higher Education Academy. She is a member of the WHO European Advisory Committee on Health Research and advises WHO on a number of international projects. She is a member of the NIHR Health and Social Care Delivery Research Committee and Advanced Fellowship committee and UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships Peer Review College. She has recently completed an ESRC funded fellowship based in the Government Office for Science. Annette worked at King’s from 2004-2012 and has continued to work closely with colleagues at King’s through the South London NIHR Applied Research Collaboration.
Annette Boaz: ORCID iD | King's Research Profile
Research
New Roles in Health and Social Care
There is increasing interest in new work roles that can change how existing tasks and responsibilities are distributed.
Project status: Ongoing
Better Health & Care Futures
A world-leading cross-university development in research and education.
News
What are the intrinsic rewards of working in Occupational Health?
New article from one of two OH studies at the Unit
Unit Annual Report 2023
A year of transitions at the Unit
Navigating the NHS, present and future
Annette Boaz, Irene Higginson and Mary Malone outline the challenges facing healthcare
At HSR UK Conference 2024
Ian Kessler, Caroline Norrie, Jess Harris and Annette Boaz were in Oxford
Therapists for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
Report by Ian Kessler and Annette Boaz
Expanding the concept of 'ageing in place' to include 'dying in place'
Professor Linda Yin-King Lee, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, visited the Unit
At the NIHR School for Social Care Research Conference 2024
The Unit was a strong presence at the annual conference in Birmingham
The NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce Programme of Work
The Policy Research Unit announces seven new studies commencing in 2024
Annette Boaz announced as new Director of the NIHR Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit
Professor Boaz is a recognized expert in evidence implementation in health and social care policy and practice
Events
What next for care work? A symposium on futures
Join us to learn about the future of the care workforce from sector leaders
Please note: this event has passed.
Features
Navigating the NHS, present and future: how might an incoming government respond?
Ahead of the general election PROFESSOR IRENE HIGGINSON looks at how the NHS can move forward, from failings and criticisms and into a better future.
Meet the speakers: What next for care work? A symposium on futures
Ahead of our exciting symposium on the future of the Care Sector, meet the experts from care, innovation, enterprise and policy.
Care analysis: retaining talent in the workforce
In conversation with Professor Annette Boaz, Director of the NIHR Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit.
Research
New Roles in Health and Social Care
There is increasing interest in new work roles that can change how existing tasks and responsibilities are distributed.
Project status: Ongoing
Better Health & Care Futures
A world-leading cross-university development in research and education.
News
What are the intrinsic rewards of working in Occupational Health?
New article from one of two OH studies at the Unit
Unit Annual Report 2023
A year of transitions at the Unit
Navigating the NHS, present and future
Annette Boaz, Irene Higginson and Mary Malone outline the challenges facing healthcare
At HSR UK Conference 2024
Ian Kessler, Caroline Norrie, Jess Harris and Annette Boaz were in Oxford
Therapists for children and young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities
Report by Ian Kessler and Annette Boaz
Expanding the concept of 'ageing in place' to include 'dying in place'
Professor Linda Yin-King Lee, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, visited the Unit
At the NIHR School for Social Care Research Conference 2024
The Unit was a strong presence at the annual conference in Birmingham
The NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce Programme of Work
The Policy Research Unit announces seven new studies commencing in 2024
Annette Boaz announced as new Director of the NIHR Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit
Professor Boaz is a recognized expert in evidence implementation in health and social care policy and practice
Events
What next for care work? A symposium on futures
Join us to learn about the future of the care workforce from sector leaders
Please note: this event has passed.
Features
Navigating the NHS, present and future: how might an incoming government respond?
Ahead of the general election PROFESSOR IRENE HIGGINSON looks at how the NHS can move forward, from failings and criticisms and into a better future.
Meet the speakers: What next for care work? A symposium on futures
Ahead of our exciting symposium on the future of the Care Sector, meet the experts from care, innovation, enterprise and policy.
Care analysis: retaining talent in the workforce
In conversation with Professor Annette Boaz, Director of the NIHR Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit.