Research projects
We contribute to a wide range of programmes and consortia.
Our current research projects include:
NIHR Public Health Research Programme
The health and health inequalities impact of a place-based community wealth Initiative
Prof Ben Barr
NIHR Policy Research Programme
RESTORE - Research for Equitable SySTem RespOnse and Recovery
Prof Ben Barr
NIHR Policy Research Programme
Evaluating the health impact and cost-effectiveness of Ways-to-Wellbeing, a whole system approach to mitigate poverty over the life course
Prof Ben Barr, Dr Katherine Abba
NIHR Health & Social Care Delivery Research
Accounting for Unmet Need in Equitable Healthcare Resource Allocation
Prof Ben Barr
The Health Foundation
Citizens Advice Ways to Wellbeing for All - Scaling up a wider determinants of health offer across first level services
Prof Ben Barr, Dr Rachel Anderson De Cuevas
NIHR
Evaluation of the Health Impacts of Universal Credit: a mixed methods study
Dr Sophie Wickham, Prof Ben Barr, Prof David Taylor-Robinson, Dr Maria Marimpi
The Health Foundation
How does emotional support influence the relationship between social disadvantage and adolescent health outcomes?
Prof David Taylor-Robinson, Dr Nicholas Adjei
ESRC Research Grant
Have the two-child limit to welfare policy and cuts to contraceptive services in Britain impacted abortion rates and household poverty?
Dr Rebecca Geary, Dr Sophie Wickham, Prof Ben Barr, Dr Kate Mason, Dr Andy Pennington, Dr Chris Grollman
NIHR Research Professorship
Tackling child health inequality: an interventional epidemiology platform to inform policy.
Prof David Taylor-Robinson, Dr Davara Bennett, Dr Yu Wei Chua
Economies for Healthier Lives
THRIVE: Tackling Health Inequalities and Work in Liverpool City Region
Prof Ben Barr, Dr Phillip McHale, Dr Yang Yu
Previous research projects include:
- Drivers of inequalities among families involved with child welfare services
- Mental Health and Substance use in Children and Families Experiencing Adversity or OveRcoming Adverse ChiLdhood Experiences (ORACLE)
- NIHR Public Health Policy Research Unit
- CF PROSPER: Cystic Fibrosis Pregnancy Related Outcome data to Support PERsonal choices.
- Together an Active Future
- Real-world intervention Causal Evaluation (RICE)
We work with local communities to address health inequalities under the following initiatives: