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Annette Boaz

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.

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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

    Thumbnail woman and elderly woman smiling
    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

    Cover of Occupational Medicine

    Unit Annual Report 2023

    A year of transitions at the Unit

    Logo of a research unit

    Navigating the NHS, present and future

    Annette Boaz, Irene Higginson and Mary Malone outline the challenges facing healthcare

    NHS sign

    At HSR UK Conference 2024

    Ian Kessler, Caroline Norrie, Jess Harris and Annette Boaz were in Oxford

    Four people with lanyards on

    Expanding the concept of 'ageing in place' to include 'dying in place'

    Professor Linda Yin-King Lee, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, visited the Unit

    Researchers at King's College London

    At the NIHR School for Social Care Research Conference 2024

    The Unit was a strong presence at the annual conference in Birmingham

    Researchers and colleagues at a conference

    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

    Logo of a research unit

    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

    Annette Boaz

    Events

    28Feb

    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.

    NHS sign

    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.

    Healthier Working Lives banner

    Care analysis: retaining talent in the workforce

    In conversation with Professor Annette Boaz, Director of the NIHR Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit.

    Healthier Working Lives banner

      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

      Thumbnail woman and elderly woman smiling
      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

      Cover of Occupational Medicine

      Unit Annual Report 2023

      A year of transitions at the Unit

      Logo of a research unit

      Navigating the NHS, present and future

      Annette Boaz, Irene Higginson and Mary Malone outline the challenges facing healthcare

      NHS sign

      At HSR UK Conference 2024

      Ian Kessler, Caroline Norrie, Jess Harris and Annette Boaz were in Oxford

      Four people with lanyards on

      Expanding the concept of 'ageing in place' to include 'dying in place'

      Professor Linda Yin-King Lee, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, visited the Unit

      Researchers at King's College London

      At the NIHR School for Social Care Research Conference 2024

      The Unit was a strong presence at the annual conference in Birmingham

      Researchers and colleagues at a conference

      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

      Logo of a research unit

      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

      Annette Boaz

      Events

      28Feb

      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.

      NHS sign

      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.

      Healthier Working Lives banner

      Care analysis: retaining talent in the workforce

      In conversation with Professor Annette Boaz, Director of the NIHR Health and Social Care Workforce Research Unit.

      Healthier Working Lives banner