Climate, environmental and social change is a research theme under the Centre for Mental Health Policy and Evaluation.

We are international experts in utilising population-level electronic health records (e.g., Clinical Record Interactive Search (CRIS), General Practice Research Database (GPRD)), large-scale databases (e.g., UK Biobank), birth cohort data (e.g., 1946 birth cohort) and smartphone technologies (e.g., Urban Mind app) to design longitudinal cohorts and quasi-experiments. 

We use these to inform public health and clinical decision on how climate and environmental stressors and other forms of social adversity affect population mental and physical health, and on the effectiveness and implementation of mental health policies, interventions and services.

How do we work?

We work across a wide range of stakeholders from epidemiologists, statisticians, modellers, clinicians, policy makers and patients.

What are we aiming to achieve?

We aim to identify modifiable risk and protective factors to inform and design public mental health prevention policies and interventions.